- Jack O'Neill: So Merrin, I understand you're a reactor expert.
- Merrin: Yes.
- Jack O'Neill: How old are you?
- Merrin: I'm eleven. How old are you?
- Jack O'Neill: So... Merrin, I understand you're a reactor expert.
- Jack O'Neill: Okay, uh... fun is what you do to make yourself happy, like music, games. It's whatever you do when you're not learning to be a Rocket Scientist.
- Merrin: I am here to teach Major Carter about the reactor.
- Major Samantha Carter: sounds like fun to me.
- Jack O'Neill: How's our little rocket scientist doing?
- Merrin: I am not a rocket scientist.
- Major Samantha Carter: I think what Colonel O'Neill means is that you're very smart.
- Merrin: You find my intelligence level unusual?
- Jack O'Neill: No, there are lots of intelligent people around here. Just not as young as you.
- Merrin: You mean you were not always a smart as you are now?
- Dr. Janet Fraiser: No, we spend a long time in school to get to this point.
- Merrin: Please explain what school is.
- Major Samantha Carter: School is a place where you go to learn. A teacher gives you information and you take different classes to learn different subjects.
- Merrin: So this is how you and Dr Fraiser became scientists?
- Major Samantha Carter: Mmm hmm.
- Merrin: [Looking at Jack] You aren't are scientist?
- Jack O'Neill: Oh no.
- Merrin: Then you are not as smart as Major Carter and Dr Fraiser.
- Jack O'Neill: Well it depends on what you mean by... okay, no. I'm not. But while they were stuck in school, I was out doing other things. Like... having fun.
- Major General George Hammond: In the future, major, before you activate any device that includes the word 'reactor', I would appreciate it if you notified me.
- Merrin: I need your assistance. You must tell General Hammond to let me return to Orban. I thought as a scientist you would understand.
- Major Samantha Carter: Merrin, you're only 11. Half the interesting things in my life didn't happen until I turned 15.
- Merrin: What kind of interesting things?
- Major Samantha Carter: Oh... just, uh... stuff.