"Actually, it's pretty possible. I've heard them called a whole bunch of things. The sticking point is, normally I'd have known as soon as I landed on the station. Long story short, they have a certain design aesthetic that I'm familiar with and the Natha didn't... have that. Which doesn't rule it out entirely, they could still... be related to the ones I know. It mostly just raises more questions -- like why they wouldn't have said anything, or why they're doing things differently."

Why his gene didn't work at first, then did. Why came to Atlantis, which they would have recognised, but didn't explain any relation to the Ancients -- if they are indeed related. His face scrunches unhappily, and all John can think of is their initial meeting with the Asurans. So far this hasn't gone quite as badly as that ended up, though.