I've been driving myself *nuts* trying to remember who wrote this one, in spite of the fact that NLM very clearly referenced it when we were talking about 05-05-05 stories. Ha. Anyways, in addition to insight into Michael of him planning this very explicitly because Packer is coming, this feels like a really good look into Pam's head at this moment in the narrative and how she'd be consciously processing what she's feeling for Jim (or, more to the point, *not* processing it).