NOTE: Little bit of a break and consolidating. Just a quick team thing.

Chapter 17 – Lunch

The team sat down at a table in the mess with trays in hand. Everyone, (apart from Daniel who had had dinner before a failed attempt to sleep the night before) hadn't eaten since lunch yesterday before they had left for Aberon.

"So where is she now?" asked Vala.

"In the infirmary." Replied Cam as he dug in. "From there she'll be taken to guest quarters under guard and we'll have a bit of a chat with her soon." He pointed his fork at Daniel, "I'm trusting you on this one Jackson. Are you sure about her?"

Daniel shrugged, "Strangely yes. There's something so strangely familiar about her and I know that I can trust her." He took a bite of his food.

"You believe you know her from your time amongst the ascended?" asked Teal'c.

Daniel nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, I think so."

"We have also seen similar healing abilities to her's before."

"You think that she's an ancient?"

"It is possible."

Daniel shrugged, "I guess so. But I've never heard of an ancient having two bodies before, whatever that means."

Cam knitted his brow. "What do you think about this whole two bodies thing Sam? Real or some elaborate trick?"

Sam let out a breath as she shrugged. "I'm not sure. I mean, the way that she explained it to you in the time that she had was that she had a physical body and one that was ascended and she was able to transfer her consciousness from one to the other at will, leaving the other in – what I would assume – is something like a brain dead state. Now I have absolutely not idea how someone could have two bodies in the first place, let alone why. The way I understood it, people ascend to move on from physical existence. Daniel should be more of an expert on the subject than I am though. What do you think Daniel?"

"Well," Daniel had a note in his voice that told he didn't fully understand what he was saying, "I never even considered it…but I trust her…so I guess I do believe it's possible."

"You think she's an ancient?" asked Cam.

He shrugged, "I don't know. Like I said, I recognise her, I trust her but I don't know anything about her."

Vala was absentmindedly running her fingers over the perfectly clear skin of her neck. "Whatever she is she's defiantly hiding a lot."
"Doesn't she have a right to?!" said Daniel indignantly, "I mean, she made a mistake, she's obviously sorry for it." He indicated Vala's neck which she immediately stopped touching with a sheepish look on her face. "What right do we have now to dig up every little bit of her life. Can't she be allowed to keep some of those deep dark secrets to herself? Do we have every painful memory just so we can feel that little bit more secure!? For God's sake," he let out a humourless laugh, "she's just found out she's been unconscious foe a thousand years!"

"Gees, Jackson." Cam said, shocked at his friends actions, "Why are you acting like this?"

Daniel's angry expression froze and his eyes widened as he saw just what he was doing. "I…I don't know what…"

"Anyway," Cam continued, "who says we're going to do that? We just want to know who she is."

Daniel put his elbows on the table and cradled his head in his hands. He gave a small moan and said, "I think you're going to have to. This doesn't make any SENSE!" Daniel slammed his fist down onto the table making everyone jump.

"Okay," Cam said slowly, "let's just calm down. We've got sometime before we have to go and talk to her. I say we all have something to eat and just take a moment to…clear our heads."

"Yeah," Daniel rubbed his temple, "you're right on that."

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