[Charles listens, takes his time before answering. He does feel a fair bit of sympathy for him, and wonders if John would too, if he'd known Scorpius's reasoning. He'd said he didn't know, and the telepath would like to believe that he's telling the truth. He certainly hadn't seemed like he was lying, anyway.]

Well, first of all, I want to make one thing perfectly clear: anyone who tries to say that you don't have a right to be angry with them or want them dead for what they've done to you doesn't have the right to tell you anything, as they clearly aren't anything close to emotionally intelligent. I can also promise that your being here doesn't mean that their actions are somehow justifiable, because they aren't. [He'd also like to think the reason he's never seen or heard of one of the ones responsible on board means the Admiral feels the same way - that some things can't be forgiven - but he also wouldn't put it past him to give it a shot. Hannibal was here, after all.]

You're not here because they're right and you're wrong. You might not even be here because Commander Crichton is entirely in the right, and if what you've told me is true and I believe that it is, I don't think you'll be expected to surrender total control to the Scarrans and allow them to choose the fate of your universe. You might just have to make some compromises on how you plan on combating their more hostile intentions.