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Quote #4
When I was trapped in the house, it felt like I'd already died. At least when I was with you, it felt like my life mattered somehow.… No, that's not really it; it felt like my life was being noticed. It sounds weird, I know, but I could tell that you liked having me around. And that was better than the alternative, that feeling of emptiness that threatened to drown me every hour of being in that house. (35.8)
It's funny how the farther we get into her stay with Ty, the more Gemma begins to sense that he really doesn't mean her any ill will. Obviously if he likes having her around, he's going to keep being nice and not kill her.
Quote #5
You smiled, remembering. "You asked me if I was looking for Easter eggs. We talked—you told me about your fairies and their flower houses. I told you about the Min Mins: the spirits who live in the trees around here and try to steal lost children. And you weren't scared, like most people were of me back then.… You just looked at me like a regular person. I liked that." (37.25)
This recollection of the first time Ty met Gemma kind of gives us some insight into why he treats her with the compassion he does: As it happens, she was actually kind to him first. You have to consider that Ty probably didn't look like a normal dude after spending all that time in the Australian bush; at best, he was probably really tanned (and not in a hot model way) and looked homeless. And yet, Gemma treated him with kindness.
Quote #6
"What did you do to him? After you dragged him into the bushes?"
You looked at me then. A flash from your eyes told me you knew exactly what I was talking about.
"Nothing," you said. "I did nothing."
"He left me alone after that."
"I know."
I uncurled my knees and leaned toward you […] "Do you think you saved me from him?" (46.61-66)
Maybe attacking a guy and dragging him into the bushes doesn't look compassionate on the surface, but who knows what Josh was planning on doing that night? It's interesting that Gemma's kidnapper—not the teenage boy who has a crush on her—is the one who seems to care about her the most.