Poor Sheppard, the guy had been pretty devastated upon Rogue's disappearance. From what he gathered, the loss of her had been akin to losing Doctor Weir all over again. He'd never met the first Atlantis leader, but cobbling the pieces together, she'd been one of no equal.

"And what about you?" he asked, sipping his tea. "Miss him enough to want to go back to him?"

Her home was here, with a crew who looked out for her like one of their own...But, being human, she had one foot in the door of a possible life with another human.