He found himself twisting uncomfortably as she tried to recap what he was getting at, and ended up letting go of her hand. "Forgive me, I don't think I'm explaining this very well. This sounds...worse than I think it should." He was silent for a moment as he gathered his thoughts. This had seemed so easy to explain before she got here, but now that he was looking her in the eyes, he felt like he was making a fool of himself. It probably didn't help that this was all so, well, alien to him.<br/><br/>"You've probably seen someone in a relationship before and felt a pang of jealousy, yes?" The shows and stories he had been learning about made it seem like that was a common enough situation, hopefully it was one Allison could relate too. Valinor still felt that pang for almost every relationship he had observed on this world, and the concept was still fairly foreign to him, so it was hard to imagine she wouldn't know what he was describing. "Imagine how much more real that jealousy would be if the relationship you were observing was the only relationship on the planet. If nobody else had someone they shared a bond with. Believe me when I tell you that nobody on this ship has that kind of a bond with anyone, nor have they ever. I think if they see this kind of a relationship, they will be jealous of it. Hopefully, we can make them realize that the key to understanding that kind of connection is your world, and they'll want it badly enough that they'll risk a confrontation with the Wraith to understand what that would require."<br/><br/>He forced himself to stop talking, fearful that he might explain something that she had likely already figured out. It seemed like a simple leap to realize that she had been selected for this because he found her desirable, not just physically, but what he had observed of her as a person as well. Obviously seeing her on the news wasn't the same as knowing her, but he felt like he had seen enough to suspect that if this was going to work, he would want it to work with someone like her.