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He could only look back to her and smile a bit as he thought. Yes, TAZ was active again, just as he hoped it would be but it disturbed him, even angered him a bit that all of his work with Gallia ended up in all TAZ ships being considered military targets, even his humanitarian fleet of Med Force ships.
He remembered the words of some past friends. Malaclypse often told him to "keep things in perspective" while former Premier Alvin Katz reminded him on many an occasion when Doc came to anger that he was a man of peace. He also knew that operating his dream would be conflicted under hostile threat. Would his reaction be an over reaction? He just couldn't tell.
It had been some time as well that someone actually considered his feelings. This thought came with her saying ""I guess I just don't want to see you unhappy." In a time when diplomacy had become more of the shotgun variety and houses were as pushy and demanding as ever, not caring about those caught in the middle, the very thought of one person, even if she was a Rogue, was thinking of his interests as well as her own.
He finally turned back to her smiling. He was again speechless as he admired her a bit. He simply said to her, "Thank you. I needed that."