"You're wrong, Anne." His voice took on a firmness that surprised him. "I don't have anything to lose. I'm alone here." Now he was the one getting angry, the firmness in his voice giving way to a shaky rage. "Then what do I need? Tell me, Anne. What do I need?" He turned his face away then, because he knew that everything she was saying was true. But what could he do about it? He couldn't change his nature. It was the way he'd been programmed. They'd learned their lessons well from KARR.