"It is when you consult for Air Force," Daniel says carefully, which is bound to raise all sorts of questions about what the USAF would want with an archaeologist and a disgraced one at that but, well, cat's out of the proverbial bag now. "Sometimes situations get more, ah," one hand releases the wheel to spin in a rough, equivocal circle, "volatile than necessarily expected."

By which he means sometimes you get shot by murderous alien warlords and then resurrected so he can plan to kill you again for the amusement factor. That wasn't a fun time.