"You son-of-a-bitch!"

"Jack-"

"I can't believe this!"

"Jack, please-"

"How dare you!" Jack yelled. He couldn't remember ever being so angry.

"Please Jack, listen…" Kanan stood up and walked toward Jack, his hands outstretched in an understanding manner, but it turned out to be a mistake. Jack threw one of his clenched fists and it collided with Kanan's jaw, or rather the jaw of what Jack assumed was his former host, sending him sprawling to the ground. He rolled himself onto his back clutching his jaw with one hand and holding the other out protectively, but he made no further attempts to rise.

"You took me to Baal's planet, against my will!"

"I know."

"And you left me there to die!"

"I know."

"That was one of the worst things I've ever been through!"

"And I can never forgive myself for that. I deserve nothing less than death for forcing you to go, and for leaving you there, and for taking you now." Kanan sighed again and looked back at the ground.

Despite how much Jack wanted to walk over and kick him, he felt sorry for Kanan. Somewhere inside him, he knew that Kanan had suffered as much as if not more than he had since they last met. He walked slowly over to him and held out a hand. Kanan flinched a little, expecting to be hit again, but he took his hand and Jack lifted him to his feet. He had often pondered this very situation, imagining himself beating the life out of Kanan; but time had taught him to forgive, and Jack found himself saying something completely unexpected.

"I think, someday…I can…forgive you." Kanan's gratitude for this statement flowed into Jack, who still felt wrong saying it, but they both felt better nonetheless.

"Thank you. But I still must explain this to you." Jack nodded and sat back down.

"Explain away, but-"

"Not like Major Carter, I know." They both laughed aloud at this until Jack remembered that she had seen him taken as a host.

"My people are gonna come looking for me." He said hesitantly.
"I am counting on it. We are going to need both their help and the assistance of the Tok'ra." Jack cocked his head somewhat.

"Why were you on that planet?"

"I was sent there by a jaffa. After I fled your body, one of Lord Yu's jaffa that happened to be part of the resistance found me and allowed me to live in his symbiote pouch. When we went to battle on a planet controlled by Anubis, he died and I took a human slave as my host; through him, I was able to play a minor Goa'uld in Anubis' ranks.

"It is due to information I recovered that I had to take you as a host. I was discovered by Anubis' jaffa and I had to flee with my injured host; I went to the planet, knowing I couldn't heal him, and knowing I could survive even without a host, until you came…"

"What information?" Jack asked, now thoroughly interested. Kanan looked at the ground for a moment and sighed before looking back upwards at Jack.

"Anubis has fleet stationed on one of his planets. It departs for Earth in eight days…"