I'm really, really happy you liked this. I was very nervous about this, so I'm glad that I was able to fulfill your request in a way that you liked. It was a lot of fun to write this, even though I started and re-started this a number of times. A lot of the inspiration behind the alliances came from me needing a reason to get rid of Kanaan without vilifying him and as I developed the idea I realized that I could use it to explain so much more about the interaction between the expedition and the rest of Pegasus. Thank you for giving me such a great prompt. It was wonderful to actually write something that came from Teyla's POV and have it actually flow for me.