*wails* I may not be able to sleep now. Sheppard's guilt weighs heavily upon him, and you show that very well. A need to protect drives both of them, but Ronon knows Sheppard would never let an innocent die in his place.

“It would only lower me to kill a bystander for Colonel Sheppard. It would betray everything he ever stood for.”

“Your colonel is being torn to pieces... do you not want to stop his pain?”

Ronon's guts twist, knowing he's giving up his chance. “He's taught to be better than that.”

Perfect.