Stephen and Jedikiah in “Girl, Interrupted”

One of my classmates, who's been having pretty serious mental problems, is thinking about killing herself.

Oh, that's tragic.

So... I-I should try to help her?

What was it that Stalin once said? "When one man dies it's a tragedy, when millions die, it's a statistic." Well, obviously he was a monster. And he had it backwards. Because what happens if by using your powers to help this person, you accidentally reveal to the rest of the world that there's a new species living amongst them? One that could read their thoughts, steal their secrets, prey upon them. Humans would either try to exploit you or kill you and then millions would die, of your kind and mine. And that would indeed be a tragedy.

So what does make Emily? Is she the statistic?

You can't save everybody.