Once upon a time, it might have been unnerving for the wraith to look him square in the face. Now, Jim meets his gaze unflinchingly. There's a pause, after he speaks, but it isn't uncertainty. It's more an acknowledgement of the gravity of the discussion they're about to have.

"If I flinched at every terrible thing the human race had done, I wouldn't be around right now," Because Jim had a curious mind, and he had a passion for Earth's history. Humanity made mistakes, some horribly grievous, but you didn't learn anything, or change, by ignoring that it happened. "Tell me."