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Prompt 2: Family [open]
Family is as much a social construct as it is a biological tie. Those of us that chose to join the Atlantis expedition left our ties on Earth behind when we stepped through the gate. None of us knew that spending a year cut off from Earth would forge a new family unit that was stronger than anything remaining on Earth.
Atlantis is our home; the Athosians and the Lanteans are our family.
You can see it in the eyes of the new expedition members. Not all of them, but the ones who will last. They shake off the psychological strain of living in an alien galaxy; their culture shock is minimal, and they acclimate quickly. We usually notice when they spend every waking minute wandering the city. We've gotten to know her. She's not safe, but she's ours, and we love her. Lieutenant Cadman and Major Lorne are the newer members who understood this the fastest.
For us, the culture shock comes upon returning to Earth. It might be something as simple as being unable to sleep without the sound of the ocean, or the sudden onset of claustrophobia when spending too much time in the SGC. It doesn't matter now. We're home. I don't know what will happen if they ask us to leave again.
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Atlantis is our home; the Athosians and the Lanteans are our family.
You can see it in the eyes of the new expedition members. Not all of them, but the ones who will last. They shake off the psychological strain of living in an alien galaxy; their culture shock is minimal, and they acclimate quickly. We usually notice when they spend every waking minute wandering the city. We've gotten to know her. She's not safe, but she's ours, and we love her. Lieutenant Cadman and Major Lorne are the newer members who understood this the fastest.
For us, the culture shock comes upon returning to Earth. It might be something as simple as being unable to sleep without the sound of the ocean, or the sudden onset of claustrophobia when spending too much time in the SGC. It doesn't matter now. We're home. I don't know what will happen if they ask us to leave again.