Lev considered the joke that Jess had made at Russel's expense as well as her question about the other side. He then gave a grin and a laugh at her. "Da Comrade Davis may have a thing for the older woman but admittedly he has good taste" he couldn't resist teasing the marine a bit. "In regards to the question well things are going quite well I am thinking." He then leaned back in his seat a bit more "There have been no reportings of attacks from the gates and Politics are the same annoying bundle of nothing getting done that they have always been no?"