Stargate: Atlantis2004

Ronon Dex:
[after Sheppard sits down at his table and begins to eat] Teyla's already spoken to you, hasn't she.

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard:
Yeah, well, we had a little chat.

Ronon Dex:
Hm. So let's hear it.

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard:
Hear what?

Ronon Dex:
Whatever you've got to say.

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard:
Not gonna say anything.

Ronon Dex:
Really.

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard:
I don't have to because you already know what I'm gonna tell ya. You're a valuable member of my team and that it would be difficult to find somebody to take your place.

Ronon Dex:
Mm hm.

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard:
And that you may think you're going back to find something you've lost, but there's nothing to go back to. Sateda's gone, and running around with your buddies isn't gonna bring that back.

[with a satisfied look, takes a bite of food]

Ronon Dex:
[straight face] You're not gonna say any of that.

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard:
[shakes head, mouth full] Oh, I don't have to.

Ronon Dex:
Look, this isn't about me trying to bring back the past.

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard:
[getting increasingly angrier as the conversation progresses] Well then what is it?

Ronon Dex:
They need me. They always have. I'm the one that took care of them, got them home alive whenever we went into battle.

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard:
[staring at Ronan] You're one man, Ronan. You can't expect to protect them forever.

Ronon Dex:
Probably not. But that's where you guys come in.

[pause, Sheppard looks interested]

Ronon Dex:
We got some intel on a Wraith target.

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard:
[pauses, shifting position] The Wraith and the Replicators are kinda beatin' the crap out of each other right now; I think it's counterproductive to run an op against them.

Ronon Dex:
I have a feeling you'll change your mind once you hear the details.

Lt. Colonel John Sheppard:
[small nod, picks up coffee] Let's hear it.

Ronon Dex:
Not yet. I want Tyre, Ara, and Rackai in on this.

[Sheppard sighs]