Gwyn watches the exchange with interest and waits to introduce himself. In the meantime pondering what this guys problem might be with his alternate version.

Charlie shook his head. His face did the real explanation for him, showing his unwillingness to speak at first. Turning to Gwyn, "No need to introduce yourself Gwyn. Now, if this is all, shall we be off?"

Olivia nodded, then turned and waved to Walter. Behind her, the chevrons began to align themselves with the now-familiar soft grating noise. Quietly, she wondered if the StarGate worked and looked the same as it did in Charlie's dimension. He'd had enough questions - she'd find a way to ask him later.

The 'sideways flush' burst into the room, and then the StarGate settled out into its field of blue 'liquid'. With a smile, anticapating the coming freedom, Olivia walked up the ramp and stepped through, into another world.

The engineers waved to her when she arrived, the Marines relaxing as they recognized her. "Hey, Anna," she said to the woman. "Hey, Howie."

Anna grunted, the most cordial she became on-duty. "Hey, Dr. Ji. More training?" Howie asked, pushing his hat back on his head. He nodded as the next person arrived.

"You bet, have to stay in shape," she told him.

"Yes, ma'am," Howie said without a leer or any innuendo. "Have fun."

Before the group could head up the ramp Cam came trotting in and joined them. "Don't mind if I join you I hope. I need to check out the progress at the site. The engineers are behind on construction."

In truth the General had asked him to evaluate Sgt Cole in an informal setting and make sure he would fit in with the group.

Kyria grinned at him and teased, "Don't think you're going to rope us into doing their work. This is play time! Well, training, but same thing. Stretch time!"

With that very Kyria-odd announcement, the red-head bounded through the Stargate and into the welcoming freedom of the Beta site.

Cam chuckled at the red-head and walked through the gate.

On the other side it was obvious that the new Beta site was making good progress. The buildings going up here were much more permanent than the ones that had been put up at previous alpha-sites before, having hardened concrete foundations and walls reinforced with 1" thick steel rebar.

Yseult gave Charlie a steady look, then nodded. If he did not want to speak of it at the moment, she was fine with letting it go for now. But if he had a distinct reason for choosing her reality to flee to, she intended to find out what it was.

The statuesque blonde followed Olivia, Kyria, and Cameron through the liquid blue vortex at a more sedate pace. One the other side, Yseult took a deep breath, the sweet air of an unindustrialized world a soothing balm.

She nodded at some of the personnel that she had known, if only in passing, for several years, getting restrained nods and smiles in return. It was still taking time for those who had known her from before to be accustomed to her new appearance.

She had to admit however, despite what she had lost, she was definitely becoming more... comfortable with her new capabilities.

Charlie quietly passed through the gate, giving polite smiles to the men and women but following the fellow Specialists. It was time to show them what he could do, and lose some tension.

Gwyn settles for just nodding back to the 'new' guys comment, then grins as Cam charges into the room. After waving him on Gwyn follows with the others.

At the beta site he smiles and waves at the people he knows, which with his 24 hour schedule is just about everyone who has been on base by now. As he does so he takes a careful look at the pgoress the enigineers have made and compares it with where they were the last time he was there. Noting there good progress he concludes, as was always more likely, that Cam is there to check out Charlie like the rest of them.

"Ok Peeps, how about we head to that clearing a couple of klicks down stream we started from last time, so we don't get in the way of the work here? Then see how things go from there."

"Sounds good to me," Olivia said, turning toward the familiar clearing. Her quick pace and easy steps were worlds away from from her first hike, and those who had known her before could see the ease and strength she know used.

She kept waving and talking to people as they walked; she knew everyone's names and never missed a chance to say hello to anyone.