Why I like fanfic, part something-or-other
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sinanjuThe Serpent and the Sentinel by Helen W. (The story in question)
One of a series of stories mostly about The Sentinel, but with crossovers to Stargate: SG-1. In this particular story a goa'uld who's been living on earth for centuries recognizes Jim and Blair from CNN (the episode where Blair "confesses" to faking his sentinel research), knows the truth and decides to take Jim as a host. It's...not going well.
Ular laid back down. What to do? A body he could not trust, that he could not even make love in - what use was it? And yet, to feel things so vividly was, at times, so utterly marvelous.
/Can you leave me, and let me live?/ inquired the sentinel.
/Yes,/ Ular answered. /Though it would be stupid to do so. You of all humans./
/You know I have killed. Far more often than any human should. But you must also know that I have never killed when there was any other option,/ said the sentinel, and Ular realized that the human was right - his response to a foe was containment, a recitation of rights of all things, then to pass the problem along.
/So I'm human now?/ Ular asked.
The sentinel laughed, a flash of silver and gold in his mind. /Hardly. And I can't quite picture putting you into lock-up. Interrogation would be interesting. Would you need a host to answer questions?/
/Yes. I only speak, only function toward any goal beyond self-preservation, through a host./
/That WOULD be difficult, then,/ said the sentinel. /So, what are we going to do?/
/Get to America, see if the results of the melding improve in that environment./
/So, this isn't going well, is it?/
/Not by my normal standards, no,/ said Ular. /Or, perhaps I have simply forgotten how uncomfortable this stage of a merging can be./
/How can you call this a merging, if it is you who are completely in control?/ asked the sentinel.
/Hmmm... are you familiar with a British television show 'Dr. Who?' Many different actors played the Doctor over several decades. Each was playing the same character, but each Doctor was unique./
/'Dr. Who'... that's the sci-fi show with the guy with curly hair and a long scarf?/
/That was Tom Baker,/ said Ular. /Never mind./
/You aren't what I'd have expected from a body-snatcher./
/Well, I'd had higher hopes for a sentinel,/ said Ular.
No deep meaning this time. I just find the interaction here entertaining.
One of a series of stories mostly about The Sentinel, but with crossovers to Stargate: SG-1. In this particular story a goa'uld who's been living on earth for centuries recognizes Jim and Blair from CNN (the episode where Blair "confesses" to faking his sentinel research), knows the truth and decides to take Jim as a host. It's...not going well.
Ular laid back down. What to do? A body he could not trust, that he could not even make love in - what use was it? And yet, to feel things so vividly was, at times, so utterly marvelous.
/Can you leave me, and let me live?/ inquired the sentinel.
/Yes,/ Ular answered. /Though it would be stupid to do so. You of all humans./
/You know I have killed. Far more often than any human should. But you must also know that I have never killed when there was any other option,/ said the sentinel, and Ular realized that the human was right - his response to a foe was containment, a recitation of rights of all things, then to pass the problem along.
/So I'm human now?/ Ular asked.
The sentinel laughed, a flash of silver and gold in his mind. /Hardly. And I can't quite picture putting you into lock-up. Interrogation would be interesting. Would you need a host to answer questions?/
/Yes. I only speak, only function toward any goal beyond self-preservation, through a host./
/That WOULD be difficult, then,/ said the sentinel. /So, what are we going to do?/
/Get to America, see if the results of the melding improve in that environment./
/So, this isn't going well, is it?/
/Not by my normal standards, no,/ said Ular. /Or, perhaps I have simply forgotten how uncomfortable this stage of a merging can be./
/How can you call this a merging, if it is you who are completely in control?/ asked the sentinel.
/Hmmm... are you familiar with a British television show 'Dr. Who?' Many different actors played the Doctor over several decades. Each was playing the same character, but each Doctor was unique./
/'Dr. Who'... that's the sci-fi show with the guy with curly hair and a long scarf?/
/That was Tom Baker,/ said Ular. /Never mind./
/You aren't what I'd have expected from a body-snatcher./
/Well, I'd had higher hopes for a sentinel,/ said Ular.
No deep meaning this time. I just find the interaction here entertaining.
