Malcolm Bright

[Abel stares at the counter in front of him a moment at that statement, not really appreciating the thought at all. If the Admiral could look at all of time, if he was some kind of observer, the time he'd chosen was when he'd been at his most desperate for something to change, to make sure that his life had been worth something.

Motivated, isolated and idealistic. Desperate was a trait he added himself, why both Cook's plan, and the Admiral's worked so well.]

So what you're saying to me is that it was entirely on purpose that he let me experience my candidacy of Project Thebes to the end so that I would 'need' him too.

That isn't at all comforting, Malcolm.