"I saw you suddenly stop and seem to go into a state," Viktor offers, glad to see him regaining himself. He frowns regardless, brow furrowing as he tries to think of what this could be. Rationality and maybe a bit of nosiness, the tools of a scientist, as it turns out. Hopefully useful here.

"Your neck is bruised as though you were choked- I would have thought the breathing was due to panic but it's possible some force was doing just that. Here-" He pulls himself to his feet and offers Shen Yuan a hand. "Let's find a place to sit, there's some benches nearby."