She tried to suppress the wince as he flinched away from her. Briefly she wondered just what the hell had been done to this version to break him so much.
"Sam, I need you to listen to me ok?"
The look in his eyes made her wince. She'd once had a similar look in her own.
"I used to be the same. Only hurt people, anyone I could. I killed them and I tortured them because I could. And I was right where you are now, I was begging someone to kill me. But I'm still here. Despite a few slip ups along the way."
She made sure to hold his gaze, even though it almost hurt her to do it.
"We can help you Sam, some of my friends here they've got power the likes of which you've never seen. No matter what was done to you, there's a way out ok? We just need you to let us help you."
Inwardly she prayed that she was getting through to him somehow. Because she really really didn't want to fight him.