Jim's learning silence, or Kyle's forcing him to. Either way, he enjoys the peace and quiet, and having someone around. Space, when one got down to it, was infinite, black, and empty. Silent, too. The crushing, belligerent silence that made one think of an eerie calm before thunder.

He likes quiet, sometimes. He uses it, because it means real power, and not something that people just like to flaunt. He learnt that the hard way, when he stopped yelling and started doing, when he carried another man's sins (an entire Corps' sins). It's when the rookies ask Hal or Guy for stories and get an entire hour's worth, but the same question posed to John or Kyle would get one word, one sentence at best.

It's not victory if you're the last one left standing.

He starts at the question, and calls back, 'Yes, please.'