…It's a Perfectly Legitimate Question…
…X…
McKay walked into the room, startling an occupied Zelenka. "All right, I'm here, now there's actually a chance of saving them," McKay declared, and Zelenka rolled his eyes. They bickered back and forth about the problem, and then lapsed into silence for a couple of minutes. Finally, Zelenka turned to McKay.
"Rodney…could your…psychic whale be causing the interference?"
"What?" McKay asked, pinning Zelenka with a glare. "What?"
"Could your psychic—"
"It's not my whale! And what did I tell you? That we were never going to discuss that—that incident—again!"
"Rodney, if it could help Colonel Sheppard—"
"There wasn't any interference when it was around me was there? No! So it's probably not the whale! Can we change the subject now?"
"…Yes."
"Good!" McKay worked a couple more minutes in silence, and then turned towards Zelenka. "Elizabeth should call back Ronon and Teyla—they'd want to know what was going on."
Zelenka tipped his head to the side, considering McKay. "Rodney…"
"Hello boys! I've been sent—well, not really sent so much as chose—to come visit and see how everyone's favorite scientists are doing! Well, not favorite-favorite, of course, what with Sam, who I guess should be mine, but…"
"Vala?" McKay asked, frowning as he looked her up and down. And then (maybe) snuck another look. "What're you doing here?"
"Oh, y'know…Daniel and Sam are off getting ready to go save the day and I just thought…well…can I help at all? Maybe?"
Zelenka was still staring at Vala in open-mouthed shock. "Yes!" he practically shouted.
At the same time a skeptical McKay declared, "No."
"Mmmm…Right," Vala nodded. "So what can I do?"