Talk:Lumen Pierce/@comment-59.183.51.69-20120715064912/@comment-69.196.137.233-20121024053737

But, the point of having her move on is to show that not all traumatic experiences lead to one becoming a sociopath or serial killer. It was more realistic for her to move on based on her age of capture/torture. Most serial killers become what they are from childhood trauma, when the brain is still developing, not during adulthood. There are studies that show such intteruption in development deeply alter the formation of the amygdala (what Dexter calls "lizard brain"), and in many sociopaths, the production of oxytocin is stunted in adulthood, leading to a lessened ability to feel limerence or bond with others in any genuine way. Lumen is far too empathetic to be like Dexter.