[She doesn't argue with him. Part of her wants that so desperately, for him to be right, for the others to come. But she fears what might happen if they do. Would they all be trapped here? Would they be condemned to the island's experiments in an attempt to save her life?]

My empathy. They want to understand it. I think... He wants to find a way to replicate it, to use it to cause others pain. Eebo. They hurt him, torture him just to see how I'll react, how strongly I'll need to heal him, and I... I tried to fight it, Spike. I did.