[ He listens, part because he can feel her frustration at not being understood, and part because really, he'll always listen to her. He might not like what she says, and he might not always believe what she's saying is the whole truth - and admittedly, he might not always understand what she means or her motivations behind it - but he'll always listen.

He doesn't agree, though. There's so many things he believes she does for herself, so many times she shows no empathy for the other Hosts, no remorse for causing them pain. When she doesn't seek to understand them the way that she wishes to be understood, or seek to make who they are a part of herself the way she wants to impart herself on others. It's not that he thinks all of that is bad, exactly, but it makes her an individual. Means she considers herself separate from those who she disapproves of.

She is a part of the Nest, but only as much as it serves her own purpose. But maybe he's misunderstanding again, maybe they still have two very different ideas of what the Nest is, and what it means to be a part of it. ]

I wish I had your confidence. [ That the symbiote can't take who he is, he means, if he stopped fighting it. If he stopped using it only the way he wants to, and really, does that make him all that different from her? ] You didn't answer my question, you know. You say we're all of you, but do you really want everything about me to be a part of you?