- Amira: After my husband and I first arrived to Paris, I was afraid to ever leave our apartment. So I would stare out in the window into the alley, and I would see this cat looking for scraps. One day some children came into the alley and trapped him in a box. I watched them light firecrackers and drop them in the box. I could hear him howl from three stories above. So finally, I had a reason to leave my apartment. I rescued this cat and I brought him home. He sits with me when I read, sleeps with me, and he purrs. But, every once in a while, he will bite me or scratch me. He does this because sometimes he forgets that he is safe now. So I forgive him when he bites me, because I remember what it is like to never feel safe. And that is because of you. So today, I ask only one thing of you: I ask you now to show me the respect by acknowledging what you did to me. That it was you who questioned me, tortured me and that you remember me.
- Sayid Jarrah: I remember you. I remember your face. Your face has haunted me ever since I left Iraq.
- [crying]
- Sayid Jarrah: I am sorry. I am so sorry for what I did to you. I am sorry.
- Amira: I forgive you. When my husband returns, I will tell I made a terrible mistake, that it was not you, and he will release you.
- Sayid Jarrah: Why? Why are you letting me go?
- Amira: We are all capable of doing what those children did to this cat. But I will not do that. I will not be that.