Cowritten by Taylor and Nicke in google docs.
This conversation takes place after
John Sheppard's conversation with Elizabeth Weir Rodney couldn't really enjoy the flight back to Atlantis. He'd expected Sheppard shouting at him - which had not happened, so there'd be a follow up sometimes. And the prospect of having a conversation with Elizabeth
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"Rodney," she said, pitching her voice to try and sound more conciliatory. "I won't say I want Radek back at work as much as you do, but I do want him back, very much. Now, I'm not a psychiatrist, but neither are you, and that means we both need to trust our professionals when it comes to what's best for Radek. We need to do this not just because they're the experts, but because trust is about the only thing holding us together right now. You do see that, don't you?"
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"Yes," he finally agreed. Though he wasn't convinced on the trust thing. He thought he could trust Carson -- only to find out how wrong it had been to trust the man.
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"Rodney," she said, "don't make the mistake of thinking that I've never lost my trust in someone, or had someone important lose their trust in me." She could not help thinking of Sheppard then, and of the sense of failure she felt about their last meeting.
"I know it hurts," she continued, her own pain evident in her voice. "I do, but we have to keep trying. Here, especially, we can't afford to walk away from anyone, or to let anyone walk away. We're each much too precious."
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"No," he agreed finally. "Unfortunately we can't walk away. It'd be much easier if I could," he added quietly.
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"Maybe it would be easier," she said, "but I like it think of it as Atlantis forcing us to do the better, harder thing."
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