This is one thing I hate about this life, travelling through the gate- these strange things that happen. Alternate universes, alien technology, ascended beings…clones. I never really knew Carson, so this wasn't as hard for me as it was for the rest of the expedition- Rodney, Colonel Shepherd and Ronon especially. Jennifer worked so hard to find a cure, and the team was so close to finding Teyla with Carson's help.
I couldn't help but feel selfish, for as I watched them put Carson in stasis- until we can find a cure- my mind went to the past. My memories carried me four years back in time, to another stasis pod-this one in Antarctica. Carson's eyes were open as he was frozen in time, staring across the room while he waited. Another stasis pod, another set of eyes. These ones belonged to a close friend, a man I'd risked my life with for seven years. These ones were a chocolate brown, and as they were sealed behind the icy glass, they too were staring out. But they weren't looking across the room. They were looking at me.
I'm glad Carson couldn't speak Ancient. I know that if he'd said anything close to "aveo amacuse" I would have lost it. Why can't people close their eyes when they go into those things?