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Carter had told him about the pregnancy and Jack had sat on it, which was not normal. Normally, in a perfect world where Carter was happy about being pregnant, he would have been telling anyone and everyone who would stop to listen. But she wasn't, and she wasn't even really speaking to him so Jack had sat on it.

He had to tell someone though and there was only one person he really thought was appropriate: Daniel. Carter might be upset with him but ultimately, she'd understand if he needed to tell Daniel. It wasn't like he was telling someone who didn't care about both of them, after all.

Mind made up, Jack walked the little ways to Daniel's hut, rapping lightly against the door.

"Daniel? You home?"

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Daniel was home and working on his computer. With electricity in the huts, now, it was much easier to work from home than it was to haul everything he might want that he already had in one place out to the Compound. Loki was, true to her namesake, making a nuisance of herself. Currently, she was running around with one of the pages Daniel needed for what he was writing.

"Would you..." Daniel made a frustrated noise and tried chasing her around. It wasn't that large of a hut. He shouldn't be having this much trouble.

"It's open, Jack. Come on in. I could use a hand."

He didn't think until it was too late about what would happen if she slipped outside.

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Jack watched as the dog scurried past and reached for her, getting a little fur and a little growl for his troubles. Great. Escape artist dog.

"You named that dog the wrong thing, you know."

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"I did?" Daniel watched his work go with a sort of wistful look. Oh, he could probably chase her, but it would mean at least a half hour running around after her and he wasn't really in the mood. "I thought I'd named her perfectly."

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"Probably shot yourself in the foot, going with Loki," Jack mused, then shook his head a little. "Uh, do you have a minute? Walk and talk? We could go chasing Loki," Jack said, trying to find a way to justify the fact that he really, really needed to talk about what was going on with his usual 'let's not talk about anything,' attitude.

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"Walk and talk?" Daniel shot Jack an interested look. There was something to talk about? He wasn't sure what was going on, but he was intrigued now. "Sure, let me just get my shoes."

He wandered into the other room and slipped into a pair of flip-flops.

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"You know. Catch up," Jack said, bouncing a little on his feet. Damn, he was so bad at hiding things and especially from Daniel who, while he could be a little absent-minded, was usually pretty good at reading people and situations. Usually.

Jack felt like this one was written all over his face.

"Been a little while."

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"Uh huh. Catch up. Well, things are pretty much the same with me. Still seeing Vala. Still almost-living with her. So, that's pretty much my life."

He turned to Jack and smiled a little. "Now, how about you?" he asked, already knowing the answer.

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"Oh, you know. Things are good. Living with Sam, whole zoo full of animals, baby on the way," he said cautiously, trying to catch Daniel's face for a reaction.

Oh boy. Here it goes.

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Jack had slipped that in there well enough that Daniel had to stop, rewind the conversation in his head, and listen again to what Jack was saying. "Sam? Pregnant?" He grinned a little. "Congratulations are in order, then?"

He toned down his smile when he actually put more than a second's thought to it. "How are you two dealing with it?" Sam because she hadn't really been sure she'd wanted to get involved with Jack and Jack because of his son.

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"Eh, well," Jack said, trying to figure out the best way to put it. "Sam's...not so sure about having a baby out here. So many people have disappeared, left their partners behind...I think she's scared. We fought and I haven't told anyone about it."

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"I can kind of understand that. I know someone who vanished and took her son with her." He closed his eyes for a brief moment, thinking of Jackson and thinking of Owen. He didn't regret what he had with Vala. He didn't regret it by any means, but he did regret not knowing what might have happened with Owen.

He smiled. "Still. Congratulations."