A splicer. [She repeated, but her expression shifted into confusion. How could he be a splicer and not know what the term meant? Maybe he wasn't, maybe she was wrong, maybe it was...something else.]

[But she didn't think so.] You received your abilities, they were injected into you...at least, that's how it worked in Rapture. They changed you. Genetically.

[As if to further her explanation, she holds out her hand and her fingers and palm burst into flame. But unlike his, it's not pain-free, and after a few moments she shakes the effects away, tucking her hand behind her back as it heals over.]