"Och," Jamie replies, just as nonchalantly as Rachel did a few moments earlier. "It'll take more than a wee space battle to take a McCrimmon down."

He goes to tuck his thumbs behind his belt, meaning to draw himself up proudly, but realizes when the one arm doesn't want to move that that won't really work properly at the moment. So he doesn't bother, letting his free hand swing freely.

"Ye should have seen it, though. It was not like anything I'd ever seen before. Mind ye, it's not as though I've been in too many space battles - not ones I could do anything about, anyway."