"Oh." He blinks a few times as he considers it. The poor man seems on the verge of complete emotional collapse. "If I do my job right you shouldn't be in any immediate danger, so ideally you won't need to."

Ideally.

Seth really, really is not suited for combat. At all. Daniel mentally kicks himself for ever suggesting he be the one to cause the diversion.

"But," Daniel continues, knowing full well that a worst case scenario is probably imminent, "you'll probably hear me coming back if there's gunfire. In which case, phase yourself out or hide until I can send the GDO and give you the signal to step through. If you're out of phase you'll still make the transfer. You can trust me on that," he adds darkly. "I know that much from experience."