Daniel Jackson had envy issues, not that he would admit it. He had confidence in his skills and in his work but that never secured a spacious mansion, a fast car or beautiful women. Materialistic things never held much of anappeal for him but sometimes he wondered what it would be like and his curiosity made him want.
Vala was very easy on the eyes just not his nerves. He didn't know much about her and what he did know he wasn't sure how much of it was true.
After all seeing is believing and on P8X-412 he had seen a different side of her.
He had seen the glow of compassion as she tried to heal the people who had once worshipped her and even a little guilt for the things they had faced in their need to please her.
Daniel had tried to tell her it was her symbiote but he thinks that Vala can't quite separate herself from Qetesh. Maybe Vala would have the done the same and maybe she knows that.
As he drifted through the sea of the sick he had found himself asking questions about the Vala he wouldn't get to know. Apparently nothing much had changed but he had found himself deeply envious of the fact that these simple people had so easily loved something they didn't understand.
Try as he might Daniel had yet to understand Vala Mal Doran but he could understand how easy it might be to fall for her.