Daniel was sitting with her in her confined room playing cards. He thought
she seemed really sad for someone who had returned home.
"What's wrong, Liz?" He asked his tone gentle.
"While on the planet, as you'll read on the PDA I have brought you, I was married to the son of a councilman. My husband died in a storm the day before I returned home", she looked down, trying not to cry again.
She was still trying to get used to human ways again. Some of her actions seemed very different than what they were used to. Daniel nodded, he understood. It was not too long ago that his wife had died.
"My wife, Sha're, died. It's ok to have loved and lost. Just remember him and all the happy days you had together", Daniel reassured, picking up another card.
Liz smiled softly at the comforting words, "There's something else though," she commented and allowed her smile to fade again, "What my mother- in-law, Laura, said to me as she told me it was best I go back."
She paused, wondering how to word it, "She told me to let his memory spread and live with me and my people. Why would she say me and my people?"
"I don't know. That does seem strange..." Daniel looked up from his cards, collecting a response.
"Once I'm cleared, I'm going to request permission to go back. I fear that she meant they would not survive. I want to know what she meant", She arose and walked over to what the Laknees called SID, or square information devices, and picked them up.
One, she handed to Daniel, the other, meant for General Hammond; she sat down with and began flipping through its files. She had to see if Wise Mother had left her a note or something.
As they were glancing over the information, Sam and Teal'c slipped into the room silently.
"Liz!? Is that really you?" Sam exclaimed, smiling happily.
Teal'c almost smiled in his Jaffa way, "Indeed, it appears to be Lt. Tucker."
Liz looked up, "Major Carter, Teal'c, it is pleasant to see you both once more."
She looked back down at the SID and continued looking through its information texts. Sam gave Daniel a strange look and Teal'c arched his eyebrow.
Looking over Liz again, Sam wondered what she was wearing. Liz was still wearing her royal overcoat, which was a present from her husband on the day they married. Looking back to Daniel, he looked up from the device in his hands.
"You'll have to excuse her; she got back from an alien planet this morning and has to relearn the English culture." Daniel smiled.
Once he looked back down, he got to a diary entry by Liz Tucker. It was one of several. He decided to read the first one; after all, she had said he could read everything on there.
'Today, I have been revived by Councilman Dracous and his son, Drake. They lifted me out of a sarcophagus and laid me on a bed of flower petals. The councilman walked away, leaving his son with me. He told me what had happened, and how the fighting was tapering off, but they couldn't win without help.
Offering to help them, I was then given civilian clothing and my old items stored. The only things I was able to keep were my boots, my weapons, and my dog tags. They showed me how to use this device, and I shall record every part of my life here.'
He decided to skip to the last entry and read it.
'Drake is dead. I shall wear my royal robe in remembrance of him. Wise Mother Laura told me to leave, so I shall. I await the bright, knowledgeable faces of my good 'first friends' upon my arrival to Earth.
I loved him so, and he is gone. May he live forever in memory and warm thoughts that comfort us on cold winter nights.'
He thought that she had changed, and these two really prove how much she had changed. He would read more at a later time to see what all she had done there. Right now, he was supposed to look for clues as to what Laura meant.
***
After finding nothing, she asked Daniel, who had stayed with her, to give the SID she held to General Hammond. She gave it to him and went over to her bed.
Once she was on her bed, she set up a picture that she had kept in her overcoat. It was really a holographic projection over several pictures, but she left it on the one of her and Drake on their wedding day. She fell asleep, tossing and turning through the night.
"What's wrong, Liz?" He asked his tone gentle.
"While on the planet, as you'll read on the PDA I have brought you, I was married to the son of a councilman. My husband died in a storm the day before I returned home", she looked down, trying not to cry again.
She was still trying to get used to human ways again. Some of her actions seemed very different than what they were used to. Daniel nodded, he understood. It was not too long ago that his wife had died.
"My wife, Sha're, died. It's ok to have loved and lost. Just remember him and all the happy days you had together", Daniel reassured, picking up another card.
Liz smiled softly at the comforting words, "There's something else though," she commented and allowed her smile to fade again, "What my mother- in-law, Laura, said to me as she told me it was best I go back."
She paused, wondering how to word it, "She told me to let his memory spread and live with me and my people. Why would she say me and my people?"
"I don't know. That does seem strange..." Daniel looked up from his cards, collecting a response.
"Once I'm cleared, I'm going to request permission to go back. I fear that she meant they would not survive. I want to know what she meant", She arose and walked over to what the Laknees called SID, or square information devices, and picked them up.
One, she handed to Daniel, the other, meant for General Hammond; she sat down with and began flipping through its files. She had to see if Wise Mother had left her a note or something.
As they were glancing over the information, Sam and Teal'c slipped into the room silently.
"Liz!? Is that really you?" Sam exclaimed, smiling happily.
Teal'c almost smiled in his Jaffa way, "Indeed, it appears to be Lt. Tucker."
Liz looked up, "Major Carter, Teal'c, it is pleasant to see you both once more."
She looked back down at the SID and continued looking through its information texts. Sam gave Daniel a strange look and Teal'c arched his eyebrow.
Looking over Liz again, Sam wondered what she was wearing. Liz was still wearing her royal overcoat, which was a present from her husband on the day they married. Looking back to Daniel, he looked up from the device in his hands.
"You'll have to excuse her; she got back from an alien planet this morning and has to relearn the English culture." Daniel smiled.
Once he looked back down, he got to a diary entry by Liz Tucker. It was one of several. He decided to read the first one; after all, she had said he could read everything on there.
'Today, I have been revived by Councilman Dracous and his son, Drake. They lifted me out of a sarcophagus and laid me on a bed of flower petals. The councilman walked away, leaving his son with me. He told me what had happened, and how the fighting was tapering off, but they couldn't win without help.
Offering to help them, I was then given civilian clothing and my old items stored. The only things I was able to keep were my boots, my weapons, and my dog tags. They showed me how to use this device, and I shall record every part of my life here.'
He decided to skip to the last entry and read it.
'Drake is dead. I shall wear my royal robe in remembrance of him. Wise Mother Laura told me to leave, so I shall. I await the bright, knowledgeable faces of my good 'first friends' upon my arrival to Earth.
I loved him so, and he is gone. May he live forever in memory and warm thoughts that comfort us on cold winter nights.'
He thought that she had changed, and these two really prove how much she had changed. He would read more at a later time to see what all she had done there. Right now, he was supposed to look for clues as to what Laura meant.
***
After finding nothing, she asked Daniel, who had stayed with her, to give the SID she held to General Hammond. She gave it to him and went over to her bed.
Once she was on her bed, she set up a picture that she had kept in her overcoat. It was really a holographic projection over several pictures, but she left it on the one of her and Drake on their wedding day. She fell asleep, tossing and turning through the night.