[ By all rights, Angela should be upset with him for not coming to her for all that time. She'd have been able to do something about his injuries, seeing to it that the damage to his face wouldn't have scarred over. Jack doesn't mind that so much, though. The scars serve as a good reminder. It would be wrong for him to have come out of all that completely unscathed.

He hadn't been ready to face any of them, but ultimately El Nysa hadn't left him with any choice. If he can be grateful to the Natha for one thing, it's for giving him the chance to make some sort of amends to his agents, or at least the few who've woken.

Angela doesn't want an apology, she understands, and while Jack can't see how she's able to handle this all so calmly, he isn't going to push his luck. In this place, it's better that they stick together, so he's relieved she hasn't run off to angrily process all of this, as justified as she would be doing so.

Plus, they still have the connecting vine to deal with. ]

It's not much of an excuse, but... thank you, Angela.

[ He lets out a rough breath, like he's shedding a weight from his shoulders, and then answers her question. ]

I didn't trust the Natha from the start. But it probably doesn't surprise you to hear that.