Jack held Kui'la as he navigated the kitchen looking for the ingredients he needed to make her a banana milkshake. It had been a long time since he held a child while cooking and it was a little harder than he remembered but he managed it without having to set her down. He found a blender in the cupboard and pulled it down adding milk, ice cream, peanut butter and with difficulty opened and added a whole banana. He blended the concoction pouring part of it into a small glass for her. She took it from him, sipping it as he sat her down at the table. Returning briefly to the counter, he poured another glass for himself then took the seat across from her.

"Is your milkshake good?" Jack asked her. She nodded as she continued to drink it slowly. She was still sobbing softly, but her tears had dried up leaving streaks on her cheeks. Jack took a drink of it finding it to sweet for his own tastes. Still, he took another drink as he tried to figure out how to interact with his daughter. "I spoke to Tosh today. She told me that you were right and the answer was 38.273."

"I know," she told him. Jack chuckled.

"As rude as your daddy," Jack informed her.

"I'm not rude," she argued.

"Yes, you are but it's not your fault. Your daddy is just as rude but I'm not worried about that right now. What I want to know is how did you know that the answer was incorrect?" Jack questioned her.

"She wrote the numbers wrong," Kui'la answered.

"What numbers?" Jack asked. Kui'la didn't reply as she took another drink of her milkshake. "If you can't tell me, can you show me?" Jack reached into his pocket pulling out a pen and a piece of paper. He looked at the paper seeing it already had writing on it but it wasn't important. He passed it to Kui'la. She took the pen and began writing on the paper. Jack watched in amazement as she not only wrote out the wrong part but the entire mathematical equation. He made a mental note to be careful around her when it came to numbers as she passed the paper back to him.

"That part's wrong," She told Jack pointing at the paper. Jack looked at it seeing that she had written the incorrect parts just like Tosh had. Jack smiled.

"You like math?" He wondered. Kui'la nodded. She finished off the milkshake with a slurp.

"Can I please have more?" she asked.

"Of course," Jack responded. He picked up her glass, going to the counter and added more to it. When she finished the second glass, he took her into the medi-bay with him to check on the Doctor and to examine her hand now that she was calmer. The Doctor was still sleeping soundly and the TARDIS informed him that she was going to keep him under until the morning as he needed to rest and she expected him to keep resting for the next few days. Jack accepted the slight scolding he received from the TARDIS for interrupting the Doctor's nap earlier in the day. He promised to let the Doctor sleep as he could look after Kui'la. Turning to his daughter, he carefully examined her bruised hand. Her palm had the rectangular pattern of the grating with clear bruising across her hand. While it would be sore for a few days, she would be fine. The cold glass of the milkshake had been good for her hand and Jack gave her an ice pack wrapped in a cloth to hold to help with the bruising.

With the rest of the evening ahead of them, Jack took Kui'la to the living room to relax. He quickly found out that even if she loved math, she wasn't too fond of reading so instead he turned on a film for her to watch. She curled up in one of the chairs holding her doll tightly to her chest as she gripped the ice pack in the other hand. Her eyes never left the screen as a young girl made friends with an alien learning about what it means to be a family and then watched on as an Emperor learned to care about someone other than himself. When the second movie ended, Jack suggested that she get ready for bed.

"I'm not tired," Kui'la whined as her eyes drifted closed.

"I know, but it is time for bed," Jack told her. He picked her up and she wrapped one arm around his neck holding tightly to her doll's arm with the other. He carried her into her room, then helped her change into her pajamas. As he tucked her into bed, she began to cry again.

"I want daddy," she whimpered.

"I know, baby. I know, but your daddy needs to rest. Just sleep now and I promise that when you wake your daddy will be awake," Jack reassured her. His reassurance did nothing as she reached out to him crying harder. He scooped her into his arms taking her over to the rocking chair that he sat in the corner. He rocked her slowly humming softly until she finally drifted off to sleep in his arms. Careful, so as not to wake her, he placed her on her bed tucking her in.

After laying Kui'la down for the night, he returned to the medi-bay to check on the Doctor. The Doctor was still stable and the TARDIS informed Jack that the Doctor could be moved to his own room to sleep for the rest of the night. Moving the blanket, Jack picked up the Doctor bridal style carrying him to his room and laying him down on the large bed covered in blue blankets. Carefully, he removed the Doctor's shirt, then unbuckled his belt pulling down his trousers. With his abdomen exposed, Jack could see the bruising from fingers on the Doctor's hips. He ran his fingers along the bruises knowing that it was because of him. He pushed down the feeling of guilt as he turned towards the Doctor's wardrobe. From it, he selected a pair of blue pajamas. It was a little harder to dress the Doctor but he managed it before tucking him under the thick blankets. The Doctor snuffled, turning on to his side with a sigh. Turning off the light, he left the room going back into the corridor.

"I want daddy," Kui'la sobbed from in front of her room. Jack sighed as he opened the door to the Doctor's room wider.

"You can go snuggle with him, just be careful not to wake him," Jack told her as he quickly came to the conclusion that the little girl wasn't going to sleep without being near her father. She nodded as she ran into the Doctor's room climbing up on the bed. Jack followed her in, helping her to settle down beneath the blankets on the opposite side of the bed from the Doctor.

"Good night, Kui'la," he whispered as he kissed her on the top of the head.

"Night, papa," she replied sleepily as her thumb entered her mouth. Jack was pretty sure that she was too old to be sucking her thumb but he didn't stop her as he left the two of them to sleep.