"What's that got to do with anythin'?" she asks, genuinely interested still and perhaps not understanding her angle. Lena smiles when she finally takes up her offer of snacks. "Your life doesn't stop just because you're making other lives better. That's not how it works." She chuckles at the idea, echoing someone else's words more than her own.

She might not be on Jack's level in terms of martyrdom tiers but she understands the approach. If Emily had been a different person, it wouldn't have worked between them.