Defiance, undermined by desperation underneath. Vala only had as much ground to stabilize herself as he allowed her.

"I was offered, I'm sure you know her. Tell her thanks by the way," Sobek eventually took a step back, like he suddenly caught wind of some new archaeological find, if he wasn't completely nude. It was the same distracted look, the same turn. The step backwards still kept him uncomfortably within her personal space. It only took a single glance to sense how her limbs trembled. Fear or physical weakness?

Defiance could be stamped out. He would know all she had to say about the Ori and Adria, and any technology she could offer before the end. He'd break her down any way he could first. Sobek licked their lips and looked to the ceiling, as if going over what he'd say before a briefing or testing out a possible theory. Or maybe Daniel realizing a truth about someone or something that he'd preferred to keep buried.

"But you... you're really kind of like one of them. You see what you want and I think you'd take it even when I'm spoken for. Pretty Goa'uld of you."