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Due to his temporary human form, finding Sheppard was taking Todd exponentially longer without his ability to mentally scan the city for that one, familiar mind. In the end, he’d resorted to requesting assistance from Dr. McKay’s Second, the small bespectacled one. Todd hadn’t seen the Colonel since the early hours of the morning, but he was determined to locate him and then all would be well.
The ancient Wraith Commander was used to a certain level of reverence wherever he went, regardless of whether he was striding through the halls of his hiveship or sweeping through the corridors of the Alterran city. Todd was fast discovering that it was rather difficult to sweep anywhere without his battlecoat, nor could his diminished height inspire any of the usual levels of fear or deference in these humans.
When he finally found Sheppard, he was leaning Todd's body against a balcony rail. Why was his coat unbuttoned? And the sleeves… Todd ground his teeth. “Sheppard?! Must you be so… uninhibited with my body?”
“C’mon Todd.” John rolled his head lazily to face him. “You didn’t seem to mind last n--.”
"Sheppard!"
Todd had been initially intrigued by the accidental swap of consciousness with Sheppard, particularly while they were in private, but now he was growing tired of the situation. All day he had been bombarded by absurdly warmhearted salutations aimed at the Colonel’s person by all the little Lanteans who were unaware of their current predicament. As Sheppard would say; ‘s freakin’ me out.
Nothing he did seemed to help; baring his teeth just provoked garishly cheerful smiles, looming closer only got him some strange looks from the human drones, and growling had completely lost all impact now that he only had limited vocal cords to work with.
He heard the deep rumble of his own laugh and glanced over to John, who was shaking his head. “Poor, Todd. Got stuck in an inferior human body and has to put up with people being nice ?”
"Listening to my thoughts, Sheppard? How very Wraith of you." Todd lifted his chin and glared up at himself. “Your humans positively gush with effusive cheer when they see you. It is excessive.”
“Effusive cheer, huh? Excessive?” John chuckled as he hauled his larger frame away from the railing.
Todd reached out and unrolled the sleeves of his favourite coat. John batted Todd's hands away before they could start on the collar.
John stood there for a moment, grinning down at him. “C’mon, human. Let’s get you that blue jello.”
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