"Man after my own heart," Jack mused, trying to find a blank spot to sign. "And I don't know anything about it, but Carter said that we'd talked about it in her timeline. Getting together after I retired and making a go of it, that is. Since I love her and it was out in the open, I figured it was okay to go ahead and pursue it out here, but like I said earlier, she's not interested."

More than that. More like it was complicated and Carter was dragging her feet because she wanted to get home, but that was Carter's business.

"Fine kettle of fish, isn't it?"