[ There's a part of him that wants to hear that, wishes he could believe it right along with her, but he's a bit too far gone for that level of optimism. Still, it's reassuring to know she's so open-minded. ]

You really feel that way? I mean, don't get me wrong - it's very noble and kumbaya of you, but from my experience sometimes there are things that just want to make people suffer. [ Not strictly true - there were human motivations behind almost everything, but it wasn't enough of a justification for Josh. ] Where I come from it's not so much aliens as it is monsters. It's kind of hard to hold out an olive branch when someone's unapologetically living off the blood of the innocent.