"My fault," Sawyer replies just as quietly, brow raising, willing to admit to himself nonetheless that it was probably rather unfair for him to hit her like that, when he knows some of what she's gone through. Or at least, what she's gone through that's left a lasting impression in her nightmares, which speak more for a person than practically anything else. "Didn't mean to startle ya."

Pressing his lips together, he shakes his head.

"Give up on mankind in general, that ain't my issue, but there's gotta be at least one person out there. One person who matters, who you wouldn't just toss out with the rest. Else you would've turned hermit already."