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"Perhaps," Elizabeth admitted. "But that's not my life any more, and John Sheppard is not a part of my life here."

"I know," said Janet, nudging Liz with her shoulder and smiling at her. "For one thing, he wasn't our John Sheppard. For another, he's not here anymore anyway."

"No," Elizabeth smiled back at her. "Not that I had much to do with him when he was here, anyway."

"None of us really did." Janet frowned. "Shep was odd. Not really like any Air Force officer I've known."

"He had always been maverick, but," Elizabeth shook her head. "That was not a man I would have pushed to take to Atlantis with me."

"Well, let's just hope that he's back in his universe, and his universe's Elizabeth will have to deal with him then," said Janet. She grinned.

"Amen to that," Elizabeth laughed. "Not that I'd wish him on an alternate version of myself, but rather her than me!"

"If she hadn't killed him, obviously she'd better-equipped to deal with him, for whatever reason." Janet giggled. "And who knows? Maybe she's got me over there threatening him with needles every five minutes. I swear, sometimes it was the only way to get Jack to cooperate."

"That's a nice thought," Elizabeth said. "That we know each other in another universe as well. Not that you're threatening someone with needles."

"I can threaten someone with needles just as well in this universe." Janet chuckled. "There are other universes where we know each other. Count on it. But if you poached me for Atlantis in one of those, that would be weird."

"So I've heard," Elizabeth grinned. "And maybe I didn't poach you. Maybe you volunteered to go?"

"And what exactly have you heard?" asked Janet. "Through the 'gate to an unknown galaxy? Maybe I did. Was Daniel dead at the time, or did he actually get permission to go?"

"You apparently get a bit needle happy at times?" Elizabeth said, wincing slightly. "In our universe? Wasn't allowed to go. Jack told him no."

"I really do, don't I?" asked Janet, laughing. "No, not in our universe. Over there, the other one where we know each other. Is he around at all?"

"Thankfully not around me yet," Elizabeth grinned. "I don't know. I guess it'll depend on what sort of fraternization regulations are in place for Atlantis." She might have taken a step closer to Janet. "And if you were military or not."

"You haven't gotten yourself injured around me yet." She rolled her eyes. "I guess they might've gotten a bit relaxed, stuck there for a year with no way home. And maybe I was a civilian scientist with a very high security clearance?"

"And I'm hopefully going to keep it that way," Elizabeth said, unconciously flexing her knee. "I'm thinking that's likely. After all, who wants to isolate themselves from other people on purpose? And we did have mostly civilian scientists there, so again with the likeliness."

"Otherwise your good image of me will be ruined," said Janet, eyeing Liz's knee. "I'm sure we would have gotten closer. After all, we'd have had to talk about medical concerns. And yes, exactly. Weren't the only military there soldiers?"

"Oh, I'm thinking not even needles can do that," Elizabeth grinned. "Medical concerns, yes. I'm sure they'd be plenty of them. Pretty much. We had a few military scientists around; more once the Dedaleus was able to make fequent trips to us."

"I'm just that alluring, I guess," said Janet dryly. She stuck her tongue out at Liz. "Probably enough to necessitate a lot of meetings. I don't know about you, but I'll bet I'd want to be very comfortable during these meetings." Janet nodded. "Well, yes. But I think we might've gotten to be friends more quickly if I were a civilian."

"You really, really are," Elizabeth said simply. "Well, I'm thinking if there's going to be a lot of them, then, yes, my office simply wouldn't cut it." Elizabeth nodded along with her. "Yeah, I think we probably would have done."

"If you say so," said Janet, smiling. "So where do you think the best place would be, then?" Janet stuck her tongue out at Liz. "So I'd be a civilian scientist and we'd have some very relaxed frat regs. And lots of meetings about medical issues."

"Well, the issues with the rec areas was that there tended to always be people there," Elizabeth looked thoughtful. "Which wouldn't be much good if we were discussing sensitive material. So, I guess quarters perhaps." Elizabeth stuck her tongue back at Janet in return. "That sounds like a universe I could live in quite happily."

Janet nodded seriously. "Would we ever talk about anything but medical issues, though?" she asked. "I'd be fascinated, but I'd expect you might be bored after a while."

"Well, I'm sure I can just let you talk about medical issues for a while," Elizabeth said. "But I expect our conversations would start to vary."

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