This was so hard. Vala had already done this with Daniel, and it'd happened so long ago she was a different person now. She couldn't use it to garner sympathy anymore like she'd tried the first time, she didn't have it in her. She couldn't use him like that, not now. But everything she'd said back in his bedroom at the SGC had been true. Yeah, she'd lied when he rejected her and turned it into one big double bluff, but...
Why was she even comparing it to then? This was completely different. "It's easier to not talk about it, Daniel," she replied ruefully with a small grateful smile.
"At least not now anyway." She smiled again, forcing a refreshed brightness through in her voice. She didn't know if she'd ever be ready to dredge it all up, because that meant she risked some of the suppressed memories coming back, and she knew they were there. Athena had proven that much, only very recently in fact. She didn't think she'd ever be ready for those.
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Why was she even comparing it to then? This was completely different. "It's easier to not talk about it, Daniel," she replied ruefully with a small grateful smile.
"At least not now anyway." She smiled again, forcing a refreshed brightness through in her voice. She didn't know if she'd ever be ready to dredge it all up, because that meant she risked some of the suppressed memories coming back, and she knew they were there. Athena had proven that much, only very recently in fact. She didn't think she'd ever be ready for those.