Laia wrote: <I think he's about the only one who ever even mentions Cally's death after _Rescue_

Yes, but what I like about it is the way he does it is so very Vilaesque ...

"If I died it'd be a real joke. Who'd care? Who cared about Cally?"

He's still thinking first and foremost about himself, isn't he? It echoes that line waaaayyy back in Duel:

VILA: Have you thought what might happen if those two don't get back? I mean, could you operate this ship properly? Well, could you?

He's not worried about Blake and Jenna so much as what might happen to them (him) if Blake and Jenna were lost.* (Avon *was* insulting him with that line about proving you care, IMO). Vila is both very consistent and very honest about this part of himself, it's part of what makes such a all-for-me-and-me-for-me personality endearing in spite of it ...

*I like this, too. Took a while, but we found out what would happen if they were lost, and Vila didn't much care for it any more than Fighting for Freedom ...

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