"Ever since I was inoculated, they've been experimenting with the enzyme but haven't gotten very far." he answered "The situation was there, so I pushed it. Their dependence on us for it will outlast our need to rely on supplies from them. Eventually they'll have to offer something else up or learn to synthesize it."

Synthesizing something organic took a lot of time. So already they were ahead of Woolsey in the debt race. Always a good place to be.

"You have nothing to apologize for, your run-in with Adams was an accident that was due to happen anyway, and Atlantis was bound to try the enzyme on a sick patient eventually. Sheppard himself, and McKay, know all too well the effects of it. The good and the bad."

Todd got up from the bed. "We'll skip the training tonight I think, you're too exhausted and stressed from the day."