: I agree. He's become harder, more resourceful, fiercer. And he's more honest, hiding far less behind a smartass persona while clearly feeling more comfortable in his bizarre circumstances.

I don't know if he would have or not. I don't like to think that he would have, but Chiana seemed REALLY scared when he had her pinned against the ship. On the other hand, his rally cry of "humans are superior!" has a certain ring to it; he does seem to be one of the strongest characters on the ship. His intuitions are right more often than not, and he seems to be best suited to thinking his way out of scrapes (regardless of the accustaion that humans are 'slower' and less evolved than any race ever encountered)