He sounded so sure of himself, in her weary state, she half-believed it could be true. Kara certainly wanted to believe Al's reassurances could be true.

"What's your brilliant plan to save everyone, Lieutenant?" she asked, her tone wry, but she was really hoping he had one; so far, her tactical strategy of deny, deny, deny had gotten her nowhere, and would likely leave her in the same place. If Al had any insight on how they could escape unscathed, she was all ears.