"Why not? I loved her too!" he lashes back. "I was proud to serve under her, proud to be a part of the Pegasus, back before what we became!"

He takes a step toward Felix, then stops.

"Back before anything, no matter what, was declared to be worth the cost in service of the war. Before Admiral Cain's hatred of the Cylons led her to turn a blind eye - led us to, to..."

The stream of words chokes off there, and he shakes his head, unable to speak at first -- and then, only in a whisper.


"She was wrong. Oh gods, Felix, as incredible as she was, she was wrong. So were we all.

And so were you."