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In an Iraqi interrogation room, Sayid is confronted with a prisoner from his past, Nadia, whom he used to know as a child. As he attempts to interrogate her for information on a bombing, she reveals the horrific scars of her previous torture, forcing Sayid to grapple with his loyalty to the Republican Guard and his personal connection to her.
SAYID: Noo Abed Jaseem... I’m going to ask you some questions... And if you refuse to cooperate, I am going to hurt you. Do you under--
NADIA: Nobody calls me “Noor,” Sayid. You of all people should know that.
SAYID: Nadia.
NADIA: And your mother would tell my mother... And I would be in such troubl
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