"A hybrid? Such as Lastlight?" Here he halts to correct himself, aware that the name would mean nothing to Sheppard. "The one you called Michael?"

But perhaps not. Sheppard had mentioned scaly skin, and had said that the young female wraith had devolved into a creature more like an Iratus than wraith or human.

He turns back to study the results on the screen again. "Perhaps more Iratus than Wraith," he mutters, more to himself than actually talking to Sheppard. "But Wraith are human and Iratus. There is less, here, and different. Still, it could explain it."