"That's part of why Dean's here." Since Dean's part of Security and all. "Right now, I'm going to assume that since Stacy hasn't said anything, that Iniss is safe enough. Stacy would have intervened if it was going to damage or kill him." Well. He was pretty certain about that, at least. Schmuz certainly wasn't in a hurry to make himself known at the moment.

Sam turned his attention back to Tom with a small smile. "Nah, we wouldn't mind. Bobby'd love to have somebody else around to chew on and force into playing fetch." Okay, there wasn't a lot of 'forcing' involved. "I mean, we've both got other duties around the ship, but we'd be happy to have you stay."

And, yeah, Sam was a little protective of the kid. He'd been through a lot. Sometimes the dog and the kitchen were the best ways to let him feel normal again.