Love it! Perfectly i/c, with Rodney's rapid-fire chatter and complete contempt for the intelligence of anyone who isn't him.

Doctor Rodney McKay, actually, not that anyone really cares once they figure out the 'astro' in 'Astrophysics' has absolutely nothing to do with astrology. Idiots.

Though, apparently, he does spot a brain under John's pretty hair. Hmmm. I think you left a 'Prologue' or 'Part 1' off the header, hon. ;)