Ezekiel Sanders Dialogue Challenge

The dialogue challenge with Ezekiel Sanders occurs during the Neutralize the Terrorist Leader mission in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Winning the challenge cause Sanders to release Josie Thorpe as his hostage, granting the Unforeseen Consequence achievement. Losing the challenge causes Sanders to leave with Josie, causing her death.

It is not possible to use pheromones on Sanders.

The challenge can always be won by always picking Empathize unless Sanders says one of the following lines:


 * "Look at you, shaking in your boots…"
 * "I’ve gotta exploit my advantage…"

The remainder of this page will show all of Sanders' possible responses and the result of picking each choice. Each response is identified by its first words. If Sanders' persuasion level is 0 at the end of the conversation, the challenge is still won.

First Round
Humble: -2 Reason: +1 Empathize: +2

“There’s no way I could put my trust in you…”
Humble: -2 Reason: +1 Empathize: +2

“Look at you, shaking in your boots…”
Humble: +1 Reason: +2 Empathize: -2

“I know your kind. I saw it a million times…”
Humble: +2 Reason: -2 Empathize: +1

“I’ve gotta exploit my advantage…”
Humble: +1 Reason: +2 Empathize: -2

“I can’t listen to you…”
Humble: -2 Reason: +1 Empathize: +2

“You augmented Hanzers…”
Humble: +2 Reason: -2 Empathize: +1

“One of your kind tricked my brother…”
Humble: +2 Reason: -2 Empathize: +1

“The cause is blowing up…”
Humble: -2 Reason: +1 Empathize: +2

“You know what? We’re done talking…”
Humble: +1 Reason: +2 Empathize: -2

“This is out of control…”
Humble: -2 Reason: +1 Empathize: +2

“You’ve wasted enough of my time…”
Humble: +2 Reason: -2 Empathize: +1

“You know what? I’m done talking here…”
Humble: +1 Reason: +2 Empathize: -2