TITLE: Appetite
E-MAIL: eli @ popullus.net
RATING: PG
POSTED: May 14, 2004
SUMMARY: They didn't die.
NOTES: For the Stargate100 "sushi" challenge, and this was just about when the apocafic was beginning to take over.

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Stripping out the vertebrae is tougher than cutting off the head, but there's plenty left once Jack is done. Good. "Waste not" is more than a saying now.

"People have eaten this before? Without dying?" He holds his blade close, checking the meat -- think of it as meat -- for hidden threats.

"Not...exactly," Daniel admits.

"What does that mean?" Jack frowns at the dark outlines surrounding him that his mind labels as "people" only because they're fidgeting.

A pause, then, "Even Chaka cooked it first."

Jack winces.

"Fire would not be wise," Teal'c repeats.

"Yeah."

Jack closes his eyes.

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