TEAL’C: Before your departure, there is a matter that bears discussion. RYA’C: Father, I am aware of the ways between a man and a woman. TEAL’C: Good. Then you are prepared for the Rite of Or’nok. (Rya’c looks horrified.) RYA’C: Surely it is not still expected? TEAL’C: On the first eve of shim’owa. My advice is that the knife be as sharp as possible. RYA’C: Perhaps Kar’yn is right. Not all of the old traditions are worth holding on to. (Teal’c looks at his son seriously for a moment, then his face breaks into a grin.) TEAL’C: Indeed. |