"Nothing too concrete, unfortunately." The technical aspect, at least, is a more conversationally acceptable topic, and it's nice to have cleared the hurdle of oh and by the way I have a habit of dying quite a lot. The curiosity is mutual, or would be if their positions were reversed, and even Daniel Jackson's legendary sympathy has too often been trounced by his own insatiable spirit of inquiry.

'Trouble' would be putting it mildly. The slow dissolution of his body while his internal organs bled out of his disintegrating pores is an experience that remains, unfortunately, stubbornly seared into his skull. At least the second death prior to Ascension had been a matter of quicker, marginally less painful bleeding-out.

"Not the first time, anyway. The second time I had to descend on my own, so I retained more memories. Not enough for anything solid - all that knowledge of the universe is locked away in my subconscious somewhere, I just can't access it. But I do have some...senses, perceptions of things I might not have otherwise. It's how I saw Lucifer for what he was before he admitted it."