He could understand that, half a century without the touch of another that wasn't harsh or harmful. Sometimes he wondered how he'd kept going all those years locked up. Apart from the part where dying from starvation wasn't possible of course.

A grunt of a reply at that. He still felt he owed her a debt he was not sure how to completely repay other than doing what he could for her.

"Good, for a moment I thought I'd get an evening alone" he grinned in good humor.

Sheppard and McKay walked in and Todd was happy to see the colonel smack the doctor's shoulder, McKay no doubt retelling what annoyances he'd been up to. Sheppard gave Rogue another apologetic look but sat with his team-soon joined by Ronon who had a fresh bandage above his eye, most likely from a sparring accident.