He sat in the dank cell, on the hard packed dirt floor, knowing he would die and he could not summon enough energy to care. They had shown him the rest of the body. He didn't really want to see it. He had been briefed first hand when the incident occurred. So why in Gods name would they show him the charred remains of the child's body. Now he couldn't close his eyes without see it, without hearing the wailing of the mother and the angry curses of the father.
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When the initial report came through to the SGC he grabbed Daniel to go with him to extradite his men SG – 9. It wasn't their fault. The accident had occurred before SG – 9 even stepped through the gate. They were ready for their mission, they looked to General O'Neill, he gave the go and the gate was opened and the boy died.
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Nusa was an inquisitive child. He was supposed to be doing chores but the sound of the chevrons engaging lured him. The stone circle was said to be enchanted and forbidden so naturally he longed to touch it, to have some of its power. And the gate opened and consumed him.
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When the men stepped through they were faced with the smoldering remains of a child. These men had children of their own. They grieved for a tragedy they could not have prevented nor anticipated. A Jaffa would have stepped over the body or kicked it aside or gave it three with his zat-nickatel and not think of it again. But these men felt the pain as if it were their own flesh. They reported the incident to the SGC and brought the body to the nearest village.
Their sin was punishable by death; the law here was strictly an eye for an eye. The parents of the child were beyond caring, too horror stricken at the remains of what just a short time age had been a happy carefree child, but the priests and officials decided that only more blood could right this wrong.
