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    'I will never again take something so precious as time for granted. Our last mission was almost disasterous for Jack. Those people had been used by their God as lab rats. They aged a year in a day to satisfy his curiousity. And Jack almost died for that same experiment though it had ended millenia before. I hadn't seen Jack in a year before he returned to Abydos, but the feelings I hid so well from him the first time we met, are comeing back and expanding. I would have gone through the gate if Teal'c hadn't been watching me. I would have given up Shau're and Skarra and spent my last days dying beside Jack. And I would have been happy to be able to die beside him. And that scares me.'

   Daniel put his pen down and closed his journal with a soft flutter of pages. He would have to rewrite that entry. He couldn't be precise while his emotions were still so shaken up by what had almost happened.

    "Jack. . . was she worth almost dying for? A pretty face? A pretty 'girl'." He rubbed his eyes and a half sigh half groan escaped him. //Daniel, what did you learn years ago? Wishing for someone like Jack is useless. He doesn't see you like that, you aren't even in the running."

    "DanielJackson."

    Tired, lense covered eyes looked up at the Jaffa and Daniel smiled softly, "yes Teal'c." //Good that didn't sound too depressed.//

    "I would speak to you a moment." Teal'c looked as unmoved as ever.

    //Maybe he beleived it.//

    "You look tired DanielJackson."

    //Nope, didn't fool him for an instant.//

    "I have a lot of things to do. That's all."

    "Could we speak?"

    "Of course! What's on your mind?"

    "Whar is considered an acceptable pairing on Earth, in regaurds to gender and mates?"

    Daniel drained his coffee cup and wished to every God he hadn't killed that it was something stronger. "Uh. . . well. . . Male and Female. Male as the dominant proveder is most common but not exclusive."

    "What of Male and Male bonds?"

    //God Teal'c! Why did you have to get curious now?!// "They exist but. . . this nations society sees bonds of the same gender as a bad thing. We have no way for a man to reproduce with a man and so romantic relation between to men is thought of as a useless match."

    "And what of the ideal of love which your people are so adimant about?"

    Daniel smiled, "Some people are very sure of one ideal but don't support it fully. They are called hypocrites. There are a lot of them in this world."

    "This is unfortunate."

    "Yes it is."

    Teal'c sat in the chair across from Daniel and thought a moment then spoke again. "And so the pairing of colonal Oneil and yourself. . ."

    Daniel spit his fresh cup of coffee and swore, rushing to clean up the mess he'd made and control his blushing.

    "I did not know a human's eyes could get so wide."

    "uh. . . oh. . . Teal'c why did you. . . the colonal and I. . .?"

    "Just for example."

    "Oh. . ." //Do I feel stupid.//

    "And so?"

    Straightening his glasses and nodding as he threw the soaked scott towels away, he turned and faced teh alien man once again compossed. "The military diesn't see those types of pairings under a good light. Jack and I would both be kicked out of the project and Jack would most likely receive a dishonorable discharge from the military all together."

    "This would be unacceptable."

    "Yes it would." Daniel slumped back into his chair and hid his tears under his lashes. "So is that all you wanted to ask?"

    "Yes. I beleive I understand know." He stood and walked out the door leaving his commrade to his thoughts. //And so there is a reason that colonal Oneil and Daniel Jackson do not share a relationship as their actions indicate they wish too. I must learn more of this.// The alien nodded and took note of the mission, marking it down in a mental inventory he'd begun to keep.

    'Mission to Argosia, DanielJackson showed increased heartrate and extreme joy that Oneil would be alright. This would seem normal to Earth freindships but DanielJackson also showed instant dislike of Oneil's relations with Argosian Kynthia. I will watch them more closely.' "While doctor Jackson loves his wife, I beleive it is not to the depth with which he loves Oneil, it is only what he has accepted as correct because of the social emplications and possible repercussions."

    "What was that?" Same smiled as she approached their ally.

    "I was only thinking a loud SamanthaCarter."

    "About why Daniel love his wife differently than he loves the colonal."

    "It is unfortunate you heard this. You could cause them much trouble for such sentiments."

    Sam grinned, "I think you're reading way too much into Daniel's naturally kind attitude toward the colonal, but even if you weren't we have a policy here called don't ask don't tell."

    "In protection of relations such as the one I think of?"

    "Yep but I still don't beleive it."

    "I suggest we both watch more carefully and reach educated desicions in the future."

    She nodded, "You should have been a scientist." Then patted Teal'c on the back, "Come to my office ok? Tell me more about your theory."

    "This is acceptable."
 

~end~

[note] The Argosians were meant in episode 8 'Breif Candle'