"He's a Cylon," Adia elaborates. "A biological robot. Humans used to treat them as slaves, denying them basic rights, and refusing to believe that they were sentient at all. Then the Cylons rebelled and..."

She trails off a moment, expression even more subdued as she revisits her memories. It's only been a few years since both humans and Cylons made peace and settled on Atlantis, but that's not much time in the face of all the trauma that has happened in the years before.

"There were atrocities committed on both sides," she continues quietly. "I think it's pretty safe to say that everyone involved was traumatized in one way or another. I was so happy to be reunited with Caspar after the war that I think we both tried to pretend that we were okay for the sake of the other. Caspar is especially stoic, he kept all of that inside for the longest time, not wanting to upset me. We never fought about it, but we did have to learn to not pretend that it doesn't exist, either."