The line of farm workers seemed never ending as they stepped out of the shed, alternating from one side to the other. Jack sighed and resigned himself once again to the long wait when Carter suddenly shouted “Daniel!”

Looking up he saw an olive drab form step out on the other side of the bus stop. He rushed around the corner only to be grabbed into a bear hug and bounced up and down by an extremely happy, full-sized version of his friend.

“Aurgh!” Jack complained with a laugh. “Put me down!”

“Hi Jack!” Daniel greeted, setting him down and hugging Sam as she rushed into his arms. “I’m back!”

“Daniel! Are you okay?” Sam greeted, getting all choked up.

“Aw, the usual. A few bruises, a few scratches. I’m great,” Daniel enthused, releasing Sam to clasp Teal’c’s arm. “Hey, Teal’c. You guys are not gonna believe this. I started thinking about it when Sam brought us dinner…”

“Whoa! Daniel, save it for the debriefing,” Jack broke in, unable to keep the grin off his face.

“Jack, we have to go back! There’s a whole miniature metropolis I didn’t even get to visit yet!”

“You mean they don’t go back to normal size to enter the city?” Sam asked in awe.

“No,” Daniel gushed. “They get even smaller!”

“Wow,” Sam exclaimed turning to Jack. “Colonel…”

“No,” Jack shot them down. “First we get Daniel checked out. If everything is all right, we’ll come back and then we’ll all go to the city. No arguments.”

“Okay,” Daniel acquiesced without a fight, just happy to be himself again.

“Okay?”

“Sure, I mean, they’re not going anywhere, right?” Daniel asked, calming down considerably, but unable to shake the excitement completely.

“That’s right,” Jack agreed.

Ooluk approached warily until Daniel spared him an ear to ear grin. The farmer’s apprehension melted and he smiled broadly as he offered his hand.

“We’ll be back,” Daniel assured him, shaking his hand firmly and then waving again as they moved apart.

“So what did you think?” Sam queried hungrily as they started for the stargate.

“I think they are wonderful people with a lot to offer. But things are going to go pretty slow until we break the language barrier,” Daniel offered thoughtfully. “But I also think it would be well worth the effort to establish a fulltime team for the job.”

“Yeah?” Jack asked, making a mental note to back the proposition all the way.

“And I think that sooner or later, there’s going to be an awful lot of pink houses crop up around the city,” Daniel added with a mischievous gleam in his eye.

The End