Sam hurried into Daniel's lab where she found him bent over the desk, a couple of reference books alongside the digital video images and crayon rubbings from the temple.
"Daniel!" She said, urgently.
He looked up, startled. "What?"
Sam walked in. "Sorry, I didn't mean to startle to you."
"You're fine." He said returning to his work. "How's Jack?"
"Grumpy. He's tired of being in the infirmary, but Janet's not sure what he needs."
"Well, it could be worse." He said, absently.
Sam raised a skeptical eyebrow. "How? I've been switching my time between the infirmary and my house. My daughter is clinging to me when I am home because she is teething, and my husband is clamming up because he is PREGNANT!" She ranted before taking a deep breath with her eyes closed, trying desperately to find her happy place.
"Sam, are you okay?" Daniel asked, setting down the resource books, not entirely processing what she'd just said.
She placed a hand on her head "I'm sorry, Daniel. You didn't deserve that. I'm…I'm just tired and overwhelmed."
Daniel nodded in understanding. "Kind of like that fight you and Jack had about whether or not you were really married after you found out you were expecting…" Daniel's eyes widened. "Did you just say that JACK is pregnant?"
She nodded quickly, taking a deep breath as she did so.
"Whoa!"
Sam gave him a tight smile. "Oh, yeah…"
"No wonder he's cranky."
Sam shot him a look, and he chuckled nervously in response. "Not that pregnant women are unduly cranky."
She seemed to accept this as an apology because she walked over to look at his notes. "How's the translation coming?"
He looked back at the desk piled high with papers and books. "Ah…slow."
"What do you mean?
"Sam, the walls are full of the history…you know, the obligatory "Dionysus is our god" stuff…"
"Okay…" She said, wondering what this had to do with her husband's condition.
"Well, like I said earlier, Dionysus was bisexual because the queen was placed inside a male host."
"Yes."
"Well, apparently, this device was created to end centuries of this symbiote's barrenness."
"Why didn't the symbiote just switch hosts?" Sam asked, pointing out the flaw in his logic.
"Because the queens were only used to breed. They were never given positions of power other than that of the passing of their genetic memory. They were rarely granted the position of system lord."
"So, he felt inferior."
"Exactly." Daniel said, nodding. "He was looking for a way to harness his power as a queen to make him the most powerful system lord in the galaxy. However, that made him look into male conception."
"Male conception? That's biologically impossible, Daniel."
"I know…but that's all I have right now."
"So, this device is the product of that research?"
"Well, given Jack's current condition after interacting with the device…yes."
"But the text doesn't say what it does…"
"Not yet."
Sam took a deep breath as she brought her hands to her face, almost as though in prayer. She released it quickly as she let her hands drop to the side. "Well, keep us posted."
He nodded. "Sure."
She turned to leave, but his voice stopped her. "Hey, Sam!"
She turned back toward him, a weary look in her eyes. "Yes?"
"If you need anything…"
"Thanks." She said, quickly, taking another deep breath.
