[ Okay, the dragon of her frustration with him is ... greatly tamed. Jack's being all calm and rational and it's a pretty good argument and at this point she's pretty convinced he could read the dictionary and make it a good argument.

But she can't leave well enough alone, so there's still a grumble. So, she's convinced that Lan's a good guy deep down. But, it's way deep down. China deep. Possibly deeper. ] His heart may be pure, but it's getting filtered through a scope that's about as dirty as he is. [ She huffs. ] What kind of leader can he be if he doesn't even respect the people he's leading? If he's really been here several decades, I think it's time to assimilate.