Something about her said she was still worried, but he said nothing of it, deciding that if she had something to say, she'd say it.

"Indeed" he said, swelling with pride a little. Hard not to, he'd not had a queen in decades, and Teyla's short reign didn't count in the slightest, though her actions did set things in motion for this alliance.

"It'll be some time before we start to replenish our numbers, but you can't have it all at once." he chuffed. "For now, we're headed back to Atlantis, and there we'll remain for awhile."

The queen would have to be monitored for side-effects of the drug, and while there he'd also simultaneously work on the serum for the drones too.