"Pain is nothing," Jesse answers evenly. "Death is nothing. We endure. What is one life when the rest go on?"

He isn't fooled by her attempt to distract him. His task is to capture her, not the others. He looks at her hands, gripping his fingers through cloth. It's a clever solution to her problem; she guessed correctly about the limitations of his power. But she's also let slip that she doesn't want to hurt him. Her sentimentality can be exploited.

Rather than fight her with his hands, he leans in. He brings his face closer to hers, staring at her with those empty blue eyes. "Everything is beautiful and good with us," he murmurs serenely, "so pain cannot exist. Let me show you." His head dips down as he moves to kiss her lips.