They ought to stick that in the "Consequences of Joining a Gate Team" training session: Unavoidable disdain for anyone who has never been farther than eight thousand miles from home. Put it right in between complete destruction of circadian rhythm and inability to keep a houseplant alive.
I started laughing at this, and then got steadily more and more quiet, because ... poor Daniel, always the alien, and this:
He always expected to be misunderstood. Jack had never been able to train him out of it; perhaps had trained him into it in the first place. I may have gotten soft, but I haven't forgotten. That wasn't the right thing to say. But Daniel was coming to him now, so Jack just waited.
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They ought to stick that in the "Consequences of Joining a Gate Team" training session: Unavoidable disdain for anyone who has never been farther than eight thousand miles from home. Put it right in between complete destruction of circadian rhythm and inability to keep a houseplant alive.
I started laughing at this, and then got steadily more and more quiet, because ... poor Daniel, always the alien, and this:
He always expected to be misunderstood. Jack had never been able to train him out of it; perhaps had trained him into it in the first place. I may have gotten soft, but I haven't forgotten. That wasn't the right thing to say. But Daniel was coming to him now, so Jack just waited.
This just breaks my heart. Oh, boys.