Around a month later, as Elizabeth noticeably gained weight and was rather depressed about it, she along with SG-1, Daniel, Jack, mini-Jack, Cassie and the twins finally got a chance to go to the Zoo, as the Archaeologist had promised his children a month previously.

He was still mulling over what he had learnt a month previously and wondered how much truth was in it. Jack, exasperated at the younger man's excessive worry, decided that a change of scenery was in order to distract him, and organised the en masse day out.

As everyone but Jack and Elizabeth spread out to explore the Zoo, Daniel, holding Cammie in his arms as James reached up to hold onto the railing, looked down into the Penguin enclosure, quietly talking to the twins. James, a little impatient as he peeked over the edge of the wall, grizzled as Cammie said, excited,

"Peng'in."

Daniel smiled slightly before saying, looking down at James, "James, wait 'til I put your sister down – I'm not as strong as Mommy."

He made to put Cammie down but she shook her head and whined, "No Daddy… wanna see Peng'in."

Jack swung into action before James saw fit to bawl and he picked the now giggling boy up, and remarked, "No-one is as strong as Mommy, although methinks that Daddy's putting himself down."

James grinned, saying, "Silly Daddy."

Daniel rolled his eyes as Jack smirked before turning the little boy so he could see the Penguins. Elizabeth, leaning on the railing on the other side of Daniel from Jack, remarked, raising an eyebrow briefly,

"They just eat, walk around, reproduce, excrete and die. They don't have anything to worry about… no rent, bank loans, no silly complications that us humans have."

Daniel replied with a sigh, "That's for sure, but living in a restricted enclosure isn't something I'd like to do."

"Well, taking into account Plato's Cave analogy, we could quite possibly be in a restricted enclosure of our own."

As he prevented Cammie from trying to climb into the enclosure, he replied, "That's for sure, especially taking into account our sizes relative to our wider surroundings… How are you feeling?"

She said with a sigh as she watched the Keeper throw fish at the Penguins, making the twins and surrounding children gasp and/or laugh, "Fat."

He gently squeezed her shoulder with a free hand and replied, "Liz, you're not fat… and you've got about five months left. You'll be fine."

"I know… I'm glad the morning sickness is gone – that was really icky."

With a knowing smile, he replied, "Tell me about it. Come on, let's check out the lions."

Cammie instantly beamed, squirming in her father's hold as she said, "Lions!!!"