His favorite saying, went without saying it; there was far more to wraith than humans knew.

Todd sat down beside her and listened quietly, taking in her voice, the southern drawl, and the story itself, only interrupting when she finished a chapter to ask about it.

After the fifth chapter, he had her stop, mark her place, and shooed her off to dinner, and to talk to Sheppard. While she was gone, he quickly gave his crew another check-in before coming back and skimming through the chapters Rogue had already read to ensure he'd not missed anything.