The inexplicable irritation subsided a little, and Sam felt a little foolish as she suddenly realized what had bothered her so much. When the general had equated what she'd experienced before with a Nintendo game--unknowingly, of course, because she hadn't said a word of it to him--it had touched a nerve. It wasn't fair of her to get angry with him, though, because he didn't know. He couldn't have known, and if he had he wouldn't have said it.

Her expression softened a little. "Sir, I haven't said this to anyone else, because I'm not really sure which of these alternatives I believe in, but in this hypothesis... either all of the SG personnel here are real and the rest of the island is created by the island, or..." She hesitated, unsure what his reaction would be.

Maybe she was hoping his reaction would help push her towards one idea or the other.