"Thor!" Sam scolds, but the direwolf seems perfectly happy to half-climb all over Jack and shove his nose in Jack's face. It's kind of cute, actually, and Sam can't help but smile a little. "There's a wolf in the house because a girl named Susan gave us a wolf. Named for everyone's favorite Asgard. Um, and this is Cash," she says, as the dog follows the wolf and sniffs at Jack's pant leg. "He used to belong to John, and then Rodney, and now me, and we have a cat and turtles... we sort of inherit all the pets," she adds sheepishly.

She pulls her coat from the rack by the door and then hesitates. "I don't know how William will react," she warns Jack. "He was close to you before, and to Daniel--and Daniel was here twice and William really took it hard the second time, when he left. He's a sweet boy, Jack, so if he doesn't seem like it now, he's just having a hard time."