"(Is something wrong?)" she asked with the same quiet caring that she'd been showing.
"(Uh... no... not really... Just thinking,)" he replied.
"(Oh... Was it about your wife?)"
"(Why would you think that?)"
"(You looked at me, and then went quiet...)"
"(Ah... Yeah...)"
Kasumi pursed her lips. "(Did something happen to her?)"
"(You... might say that?)"
"(Oh my! You must be concerned about her. Do you want to go check up on her?)"
"(That's the thing. I can't. She's been... taken, and I can't get to her right now...)"
"(How horrible for you. Is there anything that I can do for you?)"
"(Eh? What do you mean?)" he asked with a blink.
"(Well, this must be a trying time for you. I thought that you might want any help you can get with handling things until you can get her back. But once you do, I'm sure that you'll find yourself much more relaxed.)"
"(I wish.)"
"(Hmm?)"
"(Things have been done to her, and... She isn't the same person that I married. If I get her back, it might be a long time before I can fix what happened.)"
"(The poor dear. If I can help her, then let me know.)"
"(You want to care for my wife?)"
"(It would only be the right thing to do,)" she replied, cocking her head to one side as if it were the only thing that she could think of possibly doing.
"Well, this is interesting," Takeda murmured.
"How do you mean?" Jack asked.
"We've worried about suicides, or transformees going overboard in trying to get the guys they want in the face of possible rejection. But apparently Doctor Jackson has managed to get her to want to be... helpful."
"That's... a different spin on it."
"Just what I was thinking."
"Gee. Lucky me," the archeologist commented dryly. "(I thank you for you kindness. I just have to hope that she'll be alright.)"
"(Don't give up hope. I'm sure that you'll see her again,)" the rather kind succubus said.
"(It's what makes it easier.)"
"(You poor dear... This must be very hard on you.)"
"(There are better days than others...)"
"(I understand,)" Kasumi murmured, and pulled Daniel into her arms before he knew what was going on. But it was not a sexual embrace, as her arms were more comforting than confining. She didn't even seem to notice how her chest was pressing against him, or even that she was a young woman hugging a man where others could see. Instead of paying any notice to it, she nudged his head to where it rested on her shoulder, closed her own eyes, and pressed her cheek to his hair before wrapping her wings protectively around him.
"Okay, that's different," O'Neill said with a raised brow at the scene, while:
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