[Athena just makes an mmm noise in response; it's unclear whether it's positive or negative. She's still not really used to talking about her feelings and her relationships, so she's just. Going to end it there. At least they got pretty far, right?]

Exactly. Jack doesn't scare me, and I'm sure as hell confident I can fight off anything he throws at me or any of us, but that doesn't exactly change the fact that I don't want him anywhere near her.

[Or knowing just how close she and Athena are. Because once Jack has his meltdown - and she can tell it's coming - he's going to get desperate to get at them. Athena's already had one loved one used against her in a horrible way. There's no way she's going to let Janey end up like Jess. Hell no.]