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"That was weird." Jack said as he leaned back on his cot. Daniel didn't reply. His head was still swimming with images of River's face; a tortured look that appeared the second Heru-ur touched her.
"I better get on the horn to Jacob and tell him what's going on." Jack said, grabbing for the radio.
"What is it Jack?" Jacob's voice filled the room.
"Well, the invisibility devices work great, we found out what Heru-ur's secret weapon is… oh yeah, and Martouf is dead." A long silence followed this statement.
"That quick huh?" Both Jack and Daniel were shocked by this question.
"What?" Jack said.
"We thought that might happen. The operative that died said something about having to kill the subject once or twice. He's in the sarcophagus now right?" Jack gave Daniel one of his expressions of fury that he reserved specifically for dealing with the Tok'ra.
"I guess you didn't feel it was important to mention this little detail to us humans, we of the inferior race. Tell me Jacob, did you bother telling Marty!" He screeched.
"Of course we did. He knew everything going in, and for the record, he was prepared to take the chance." Jack's face turned a deep shade of scarlet and he dropped the radio, cupping his face in his hands, shaking his head, and mumbling to himself in an exasperated voice. Daniel bent down and picked up the radio.
"Jack?" Jacob said.
"Uh, no, this is Daniel. Jack's a little…what do we do now?"
"You said you found the device that Heru-ur's been using to-"
"Uh, yeah about that…" he interrupted. "It's not a device after all, she's a teenage girl." The silence was deafening.
"What?" Jack reached for the radio, which Daniel offered him gladly. He didn't know how to explain what they had just witnessed.
"She can read people's thoughts. Hey, isn't telepathy supposed to be a myth?" Jacob didn't answer this time, Selmak had taken over.
"That which you refer to as telepathy is a myth. However, it is possible for person to hear the thoughts of another. Thoughts and memories as we know them are simply the firing of neural pathways in the brain. These firings give off energy, an electrical output in its purest form. If the human brain could be altered to recognize the energy patterns being emitted from another brain, then it is possible, theoretically."
"Is it weird that I understood every word he just said?" Jack asked. Daniel only shrugged. "Okay, so we know Heru-ur's dirty little secret. What do we do now?"