Jess growled back at him, clearly not in the mood for backing down. "She's going to have every man and woman in the Federation forcing her to fight with all she's got to stay alive over the next few years. Don't you think it'd be better for her to have at least one person who went easy on her and let her have a breather every once in a while? Her brother's certainly not going to do that, and neither is anyone else except maybe you. So why not lay off and give her support instead of being another obstacle in her life, huh?"<br/><br/>Depending on who you asked, she was maybe butting in too much at this point, but she seemed to sincerely want the best for Mira.