User blog comment:TRRFan6/Character Appreciation - Week 14: Dakota/@comment-4726418-20170401191334/@comment-30933826-20170401205048

I guess the difference is that she gets a mutation through no fault of her own while he becomes feral as a result of his own actions in boarding a plane and not accepting being eliminated.

Dakota refused to accept her elimination too. She just didn't stowaway on a plane.