[ Jack watches her reaction with an expression like he's confused, though of course that's not quite it. He's not an idiot. He knows exactly where her objection is coming from here, but the fact that it's Elizabeth expressing it is giving him more pause. Most of the people here, he gets it. There's no place in the galaxy like Pandora and everything around it, so it's no surprise that other people would find their particular casual nature about death and justice a little worrying. For most people, Jack can dismiss that easily and move on, because he knows it's not something he'd make any headway on arguing anyways. ]

First of all, that's just Rhys for you. He's- I dunno. He just does stuff like that? Talks himself into trouble. Usually he ends up getting his ass kicked for it, so all things considered, I'm kinda proud of him for doing better than usual.

[ ...Of course, that's important to address first. But with that, he gets to the much more important point, and it's the one that gets him to sigh heavily, even bowing his head forward lightly as he runs a hand through his hair. ]

But listen... I think you's misunderstanding why I brought it up. It wasn't because I was just wanting to narrow our field, otherwise, hell, I would have just tossed Arumat and the rest of them in with the idea of killing them. But Machias? He's guilty, Elizabeth. It might be pretty sympathetic, but he still tried to kill the kid. It was just a gut feeling at the time, but I knew that was the case as soon as I heard it. And so far as I'm concerned? Someone like that, they're gonna kill again.

[ He stands up a bit straighter, then shrugs as he finally answers her question. ]

So, no, wouldn't have suggested to kill you. But that's because you wouldn't be in that situation, would you?