He knew that look too well, the one that clouded Jara's eyes for a second. Death was better than being a host, but still, if the host could be saved...
Daniel had the impression he was losing something in the translation. A head voice send guide? Telepathy? This sort of thing wasn't a strong point of his, it felt like it was more of Sam's arena, and he didn't think Jara would be up for explaining it more clearly. He wasn't even sure he'd understood him right. He might be talking about something else entirely.
Jara was looking at him curiously. Daniel had the grace to look embarrassed. "Sorry. A sarcophagus is part of a tomb. A box." he tried to indicate its rough shape and dimensions with his hands. "Ancient Egyptians would put their dead in them and seal it. They did it to to preserve their bodies from decay."
There was more to it, like the threat of grave robbers or the mummification process, as well as the fact that the Egyptians weren't the only ones to make use of sarcophagi, but he was trying not to overwhelm Jara while he was at it.
"The Goa'uld have their own version of them, except theirs is like a machine. Their sarcophagi can heal a person, even bring them back from the dead. A System Lord with a sarcophagus could live for hundreds, even thousands of years."
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He knew that look too well, the one that clouded Jara's eyes for a second. Death was better than being a host, but still, if the host could be saved...
Daniel had the impression he was losing something in the translation. A head voice send guide? Telepathy? This sort of thing wasn't a strong point of his, it felt like it was more of Sam's arena, and he didn't think Jara would be up for explaining it more clearly. He wasn't even sure he'd understood him right. He might be talking about something else entirely.
Jara was looking at him curiously. Daniel had the grace to look embarrassed. "Sorry. A sarcophagus is part of a tomb. A box." he tried to indicate its rough shape and dimensions with his hands. "Ancient Egyptians would put their dead in them and seal it. They did it to to preserve their bodies from decay."
There was more to it, like the threat of grave robbers or the mummification process, as well as the fact that the Egyptians weren't the only ones to make use of sarcophagi, but he was trying not to overwhelm Jara while he was at it.
"The Goa'uld have their own version of them, except theirs is like a machine. Their sarcophagi can heal a person, even bring them back from the dead. A System Lord with a sarcophagus could live for hundreds, even thousands of years."