Relief flickers across her face for an instant, then she blinks. "If I couldn't return to my own universe? If I had to stay here, on this ship?" She smiles slightly. "I would continue to perform the duties to which I am accustomed, to the best of my ability and to the extent which I am permitted to do so."

She steps closer to the forcefield, close enough that the skin on the back of her neck prickles. "Are you going to let me out of here, Jim?"