[Her struggles earn Christine a pistol-whip to the head, but almost immediately Victor's talking down the man who struck her.]

Hey... don't do that. Don't do that! This is Chrissy here! She's not really meaning that... she just doesn't know any better!

[He kneels down so he can look at her again up close, running a hand along her head to try to check the damage.]

Hey there... he didn't hit you too hard, did he?