Steph can't say anything for a long moment, she just stares at Kate's back, her brow knitted into a deep frown. She suddenly hates the world more than she ever has before, because it's Kate and she shouldn't have to go through that, "I'm sorry." It's said softly, but with genuine emotion behind it, and with the slight wry awareness that comes with knowing sorry doesn't fix anything. It threatens to bring up her own past experiences, but she forces that down. Now isn't the time.

But at the next thing Kate says, Steph shakes her head, "I don't think it takes us down to their level. Why you do something makes a difference," she honestly believes that, she always has, "They make their choice as soon as they hurt innocent people, we're just the repercussions. But I'm not trying to convince you to kill someone, I understand if you don't want to. I just need you to be okay with me doing it."

Steph isn't like Jason, she won't stop fighting alongside Kate just because Kate won't kill someone. Maybe that's risky, but she trusts Kate and that's more important than any moral differences.