Ronon would probably have remembered the spot but then he had no idea how often it snowed and he knew how that could change the landscape. "I'll deal with them," he said - and he would as soon as everything else was dealt with.

But he was unprepared for her next words, "three years," he repeated - it was not the sort of thing Teyla would joke about, but three years. He looked at her clearly hoping he'd heard wrong.