was like. >> when you see me come up the stairs and you see me look, before i went down and looked at the door, people were out there standing around and all that kind of stuff, i told them i think they're downstairs. so when i went down there and i get confronted by them, they're actually in the building. i honestly didn't know they were that far in the building. and they lock eyes on me right away and just like that i was in it. it wasn't a matter of let me leave them alone or not. i feel like they would have followed me anyway. most people don't know i was actually outside, too, for a little bit during that, outside the fighting. yeah, it just -- i don't know. i was just in go mode, you know what i mean. >> de-escalation was big on your mind, safety and de-escalation.