"You're lucky it ended up being something you were interested in, then," Lee replies, because in his case, he doubts that he would have joined the Fleet if it wasn't for his father. The plan was for it to be temporary anyway, before the attack on the Colonies. He's not sure it would have been an option at all, if he hadn't been born the son of William Adama.

"Imagine if you'd hated it from the beginning."