This is a spectacularly bad idea. Although really, Billy could have told the Doge that five days ago when he'd first heard about it. Donna Laura Roslin does not respond well to coercion.

This time, she apparently responded well enough to agree. Billy has a horrible sick feeling that the Doge's "persuasive" tactics centered on him, but he has no idea how to bring it up with his mother, and he's fairly sure that she won't ever tell him why she agreed to this. Besides, it feels more than a little bit narcissistic to assume that everything his mother does revolves around him-- it doesn't, especially now that he's an adult, and for all he knows the Doge threatened her personally.

Billy doesn't trust the Doge at all.

He isn't sure how he feels about Commander Adama, either. The man strongly resembles his father, with whom Billy is not best pleased just at the moment, and of course he's stolen Billy's name, relative birth years notwithstanding. He does, however, seem to be extremely embarrassed about this whole business, and he's treating Billy's mother with a sort of delicate, concerned respect that is a little bit hilarious but at the same time rather sweet. Billy he's ignoring, as he should-- they'll have very little to do with one another, in the end.

Billy decides, eventually, to reserve judgment. If Commander Adama treats his mother well, he'll probably end up liking the man. If he doesn't...

Well.

If he doesn't, then Billy will guard his mother's back. That's all she's ever needed from him.

She has her own ways of solving problems.