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by Suz suzvoy@tesco.net
Disclaimer - MGM/Gekko/Double Secret own them.
Spoilers for 'Divide and Conquer' and 'Metamorphosis'. A 'Metamorphosis' episode addition, set when Jack is brought before her. Feedback would be appreciated.
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Reading the human's mind at that particular moment compelled him to question his God, to force his way into Her thoughts.
He'd accessed O'Neill's mind infrequently since his arrival, enough to know that more than anything he wanted Her *dead*. It horrified him.
But as O'Neill spoke to Her, Agar peered inside and...saw.
He was offering himself in exchange, not just for his people, but for *her*. To save *her*.
Someone who cared that much could not be entirely without merit, and the thoughts, memories and feelings Agar experienced prompted his investigation.
Because he'd rather die himself, than lose her.
~FINIS