They've been building to this a long time. Something just... snapped that day. After that, things fell into place. It's not like it don't happen.

[He's old and experienced.] Yeah, Gar thinks he oughta go to save his rep, but it's like I told her- history's gonna remember Jack Chessing the way it wants to. He could save a hundred lives on Andres and they'll probably still remember him as the guy who said screw protocols and fell in love with a librarian.