"I need to," says Kara, and she doesn't shift under his gaze, exactly, but his attention is a fixed, intense thing. She's never liked feeling vulnerable, but Sawyer's seen her soft places before. That makes it easier.

"I think it'll make me feel less unhinged, and not just the island stuff," she continues. "The things that happened to me back home, they don't make much more sense. There was some purpose I was serving, and I don't understand it. I don't think I'll feel right until I do."