"He's fit as can be after...well you know, it happened before you left, just before I came back." He paused, "He can't be here because of the President. Politics. Lee's been her aide in the past." He shrugged not really having much more of an answer for her than that and not enjoying the weirdness that was suddenly between them.

He suddenly wished she were acting mad, or silly, or anything but aloof. "What the frak Kara?"