"That's understandable," O'Neil said, "But who is he, and how'd he get down here?"
"This is Ranma Saotome. He and his father were the ones that we were instructed to contact by Doctor Tomoe if anything happened to him or his daughter."
"Ahh... An emergency contact field trip."
"Is not trip. (I wanna find Hotaru and save her)," Ranma grumbled, "(I can't do that without going and finding her.)"
"Ain't going to happen."
"(What's that mean?)"
"It means that kids with no intel, no clearence, and no idea of what's going on shouldn't go and risk little girls getting hurt."
"(I wouldn't do that.)"
"You'd risk it," the colonel replied, "You really wanna help out? Let us handle things."
"(It's not what I'm supposed to do.)"
Teal'c nodded. "Indeed. He's a warrior. For such to go back on an oath is no little thing."
"(See?)"
O'Neil gave the dark skinned man a sour look. "Who's side are you on anyway?"
"You do realise that for him, it is like you are asking him to let someone close to him be in danger when he feels he could stop it."
"He's got a point there," the man in glasses commented.
"Thank you for that, Daniel," O'Neil drawled.
"You're welcome... err..."
"There is a way to make him settle down," Teal'c informed the group.
"And that would be..?"
The bald man gave the teen a measuring look. "Would you risk going after your companion without knowing where she is, or what sort of forces you might be facing?"
"(I could figure out something when I got there..,)" Ranma muttered.
"But would it not be better to know what it is that you face, and how to defeat it?"
"(Ugh... You're right...)"
Teal'c nodded in response to the boy's agreement.
"One thing though," Daniel commented, "Did anyone think to mention to him that he can't get to where she is unless the Gate's opened for him?"
At his words, O'Neil turned to the woman. "Carter?"
"That's true, sir. Unless he was instructed in the use of the dialing computer and given clearence, he wouldn't be able to dial out."
"Carter..."
"He can't use the Gate unless someone shows him how."
"And since he hadn't been on base long enough for that, it's certain that he won't be going anywhere," Hammond said.
The Japanese boy sighed heavily and slumped as he realised that even with his need to help Hotaru, he couldn't act as he'd hoped to.
"That's reassuring," O'Neil commented, "Now, can we leave the room and get on with business?"
Hammond nodded. "Certainly. Unless Mister Saotome wishes to try something else."
"(No. I'll wait. For now,)" Ranma muttered, clearly displeased about his being delayed.
"Good. Then you can stay on the base while we figure out just what we should do."
"Great. We get to report on our outing," O'Neil drawled while:
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