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Captain's log, stardate 50693.2.
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We've been in orbit above an outpost
of the Mikhal Travellers,
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a race of explorers with extensive
knowledge of the territory
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which they are willing to share.
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I landed my ship on the nearest
of those 21 moons.
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My navigator and I
disembarked to start repairs.
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Damage was extensive.
More than we'd anticipated.
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The hours passed,
the air grew cold.
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And with our weapons
we started a fire to keep warm.
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Later, in the night,
we awoke with a shudder.
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The ground was shaking. A moon quake!
What could have been worse?
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We leapt into the ship
hoping the tremor would pass,
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but it was no tremor... and it did not pass.
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For it was no moon we had landed on.
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- What was it?
- A creature.
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A living being so massive
it generated its own gravitational field,
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so immense
it supported its own ecosystem.
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Captain...
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How long had it been
lying there dormant,
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until wakened by our fire?
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Years, centuries?
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- Perhaps even millennia?
- Perhaps.
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Zahir is the pilot I've been working with
on the medical supply transfer.
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- A pleasure.
- Returned.
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I visited the system you spoke of,
a few months ago.
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My ship's sensors
picked up no such... monster.
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Perhaps your sensors were faulty,
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or too busy gazing at your own reflection
to bother looking out the window.
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Our guests are offering
us supplies we need.
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In exchange we're giving them
a look at what lies ahead.
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We should keep that view
as clear as possible.
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This is my lodge. I say what I want.
And you can go elsewhere.
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I've journeyed to the corners
of known space and beyond.
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I've earned the right
to come and go as I please,
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where and when and how I please.
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Do you challenge that right?
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No.
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Forgive my display, Captain,
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But my people consider outposts
such as this to be necessary evils,
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places to refuel, repair,
and leave as quickly as possible.
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If I've observed anything of Kes'
it's her great tolerance.
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A quality you all seem to share.
I regret not demonstrating the same.
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There's no need to apologise.
Our time here has been very well spent,
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although I could use help
sifting through that colourful saga.
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Creature or not, the asteroids of that
particular system are rich in vorilium.
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That might be worth a short detour.
Engineering is usually short on vorilium.
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Thank you, Zahir.
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Men and women should refrain
from enjoying each other.
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By that I mean to say,
even their mutual glances
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must be free of all suggestion
of carnality.
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Free of passion?
One might as well be free of humanity.
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- Do you not agree?
- I think you've both made valid points.
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One can pursue one's creative urges,
spiritual urges and physical urges.
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All have a place in a well-lived life.
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Thank you, Lord Byron.
A classic early 19th Century argument.
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- It seems quite fascinating to see...
- Classic, no.
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He is woefully misguided.
Passion is meant for procreation.
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Anything further is contrary
to divine intention.
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Really? It is said the angels themselves
take pleasure in their bodies of light.
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And you should take a cold bath.
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In such cases,
it is the finest preventative.
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I'll keep that in mind.
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- Hello, Doctor.
- Hello, Kes.
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- What's happening in here?
- My personality improvement project.
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I've been interviewing
historical personality programs.
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Socrates, da Vinci, Lord Byron,
T'Pau, a Vulcan Madame Curie.
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Then I merge the admirable character
elements into my own program.
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What are you hoping to gain?
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An improved bedside manner,
a fresh perspective,
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more patience with my patients.
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I could have used your assistance
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had you not been otherwise occupied
on the planet these few days.
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I'm sorry, but things
are going extremely well.
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The Mikhal Travellers are intriguing.
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They've been to so many places,
done such amazing things.
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One might make the same observation
about you or any member of Voyager.
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Maybe it's how they do it that's so
impressive. Their ships are small.
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Sometimes they just
pick a direction and go.
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You should come down and meet Zahir.
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And who might that be?
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I'm working with him on
our medical supplies. He's unique.
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Is he?
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You've become far too infatuated
with these travellers.
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They seem afflicted
with terminal wanderlust.
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Thrill seekers with no responsibility
to the ideals of exploration.
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- In short, bad news.
- Not Zahir. He's more than that.
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I'm detecting a reaction
to your recent break-up with Mr Neelix.
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The Mahatma would recommend
a cold bath. Simplistic...
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but no doubt effective.
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In my report to the away team,
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I recall mentioning to you
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that Klingons lacked an enzyme
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for metabolising this planet's vegetation.
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Have you been... naughty?
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I had one small salad.
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So impetuous.
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Any sharp pains?
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Heartburn?
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I guess.
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There's nothing like a heart that burns.
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What?
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Your pulse is lovely.
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Uh-huh... mmm.
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Does that feel... good?
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Doctor, unless you want me to knock
you into the next millennium, back off.
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Forgive me, I appear to have
miscalculated.
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Computer, isolate the recent additions
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to my program and hold them for review.
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Have you been messing around
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with your program?
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I would hardly call improving
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my performance "messing around".
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What exactly have you done?
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I've taken character traits from
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the most accomplished figures in history.
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Scientists,
poets,
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philosophers,
saints...
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And incorporated them into your
program?
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Precisely.
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There. That should compensate for
the lack of enzyme. You should be fine.
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- More than I can say for you.
- How so?
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You can't just casually
add subroutines into your program.
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I've put a great deal
of research into this project.
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Research is one thing.
Putting it into practice is another.
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Behavioural subroutines
can interact unpredictably.
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You've got to be careful
or someone might hurt you.
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I see what you mean.
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I will take a look at your program
when I finish in engineering.
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It shouldn't be too hard
to smooth out the rough spots.
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Thank you, Lieutenant.
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Computer, deactivate emergency
medical holographic program.
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- This path was cut 10,000 years ago.
- By whom?
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No one knows. Space farers like
ourselves. They left very little behind.
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A few symbols burnt into the rocks,
nothing more.
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What do you hope to leave behind?
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I've never asked myself that question.
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That's what I like about you, Kes.
You make me consider alternatives.
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- So do you.
- We have a saying.
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"My course is as elusive
as a shadow across the sky."
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My people live for the excitement
of facing the challenge of space alone.
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- I can see the attraction.
- And I can see the value of fellowship.
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I've observed the closeness
that exists among your crew-mates.
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I find it enviable.
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Some kind of compromise
might be possible.
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Compromise? Doesn't that
suggest a loss on both sides?
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All right then.
How about an understanding?
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- A meeting of the minds.
- Only minds?
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- Is this what you brought me to see?
- Yes, it is.
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How beautiful.
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Was this left by the same people
who made the path?
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- So it seems.
- Can you read it?
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"My course is as elusive
as a shadow across the sky."
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Thank you... for this.
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Hi.
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- Computer, what is the time?
- 0300 hours.
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- Good evening, Tuvok.
- It is three o'clock in the morning, Kes.
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Yes, it is.
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You have an away team report
due at 0800 hours.
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- I haven't forgotten.
- Very well.
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Well, how are you, Kes?
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I didn't think anyone
would still be working.
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Just finishing up the summary analyses
from last week's mission.
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- I was supposed to do that.
- Yes, you were.
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I'm sorry. I'll do them as soon as I can.
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Although I'm not designed to act
as ship's counsellor,
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I have enough psychological knowledge
to be... troubled by your behaviour.
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I'm a little late.
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Gallivanting around after hours
is beside the point. The fact is...
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you're increasingly unpredictable,
given to swings of mood and emotion.
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As your doctor and your mentor,
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I'd be remiss not calling that
to your attention. For your own sake.
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Doctor, I know that you care about me
and you have my best interests at heart,
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but everyone treats me like a child.
I'm three years old now.
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If I'm attracted to someone,
it's my business not the whole ship's.
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I'm certainly not trying to interfere.
You can lead your life as you please.
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I know that you care what happens
to me. I won't forget that.
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Very well. I believe you have
a report to finish.
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I'm going to do it right now.
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Come in.
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Hello, Captain.
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Good morning. An all-nighter, Kes?
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Uh, Captain?
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The art of putting off an important task
till the last minute then rushing through it.
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In my Academy days,
I was the acknowledged master.
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- Uh... Captain, do you have a minute?
- Of course. Let's sit down.
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You know I've been
spending time with Zahir.
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He seems like
a very interesting young man.
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He is. I want to spend more time
with him. A lot more time.
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I see.
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He wants to explore the Sylleran Rift.
His ship travels at high warp.
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We could rendezvous
with Voyager afterwards.
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It would give you a chance
to get to know him.
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It's more than that. Captain,
I've lived almost a third of my life now.
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I've been asking myself if I want
to spend the rest of it on Voyager.
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That's... certainly a legitimate question.
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I don't want you to think I'm ungrateful.
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I've just been thinking
that maybe there's more.
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I don't know what that means,
but I know I'm changing
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and I know that there are things
that I'm not satisfied with.
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I want complication in my life.
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And you think Zahir
might be the way to do that?
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- Maybe so.
- I understand what you're going through.
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I know what it's like
to be at a crossroads.
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Not to know which way is best.
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I can help you weigh
the consequences, the possibilities.
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The decision itself
has to be yours alone.
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I understand.
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We'll be in orbit for several more days.
Take your time.
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- My door's open if you need me.
- Thank you, Captain.
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If you navigate here, you'll avoid
the Tarkan sentries altogether.
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It would also take Voyager months off
a direct course to the Alpha Quadrant.
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True, but at least you would
still have Voyager.
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- The Tarkan are that powerful?
- Yes. And that inquisitive.
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They'll remove your crew,
settle you on a moon somewhere
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and your ship will become
their latest trophy.
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You weren't planning on taking Kes
near this part of space?
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Of course not. My small vessel
would be overpowered in seconds.
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There's no need to be concerned.
I value her life as much as my own.
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That is something your people
do not seem to value.
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- You take many chances.
- If we're alone, yes.
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When we're responsible
for the safety of another, it's different.
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I'm in love with Kes,
but whatever she decides,
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it would please me to earn
the trust of her closest friends.
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It would please me to be able to give it.
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Aren't you finished yet?
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We will continue tomorrow.
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Thank you, Tuvok.
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- I was talking to Captain Janeway.
- And?
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She said I shouldn't rush,
we've got two more days.
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Let's make them worthwhile.
I go tonight to the next outpost...
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I can't. I have to catch up
with my work and get some sleep.
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- I'll try not to show my disappointment.
- Too late.
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- Is something wrong?
- No.
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No, I was just thinking
about something Captain Janeway said.
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About coming to a crossroads.
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Maybe some day we'll recall
this conversation
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as if it were the most
important time in our lives.
238
00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,951
- It's a little overwhelming.
- Not if I'm with you.
239
00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,838
Is someone there?
240
00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,229
I'm closed.
241
00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,313
I'm just looking
for a place by the fire.
242
00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,835
- Come back tomorrow.
- I intend to.
243
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,834
But tonight, a place by the fire.
244
00:19:56,040 --> 00:20:00,079
Well, at least your reflexes are good.
245
00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,630
A few minutes in a dermal regenerator
and you'll be fine.
246
00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,473
Or an icepack will do at a pinch.
247
00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:10,394
I'm going to need a ship
and passage off this world.
248
00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,597
You're going to arrange it.
249
00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,831
Computer, activate
Emergency Medical Hologram.
250
00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:28,039
- State the emergency.
- Zahir was found unconscious.
251
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:31,431
- He's in the emergency outpost facility.
- Condition?
252
00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:35,798
Multiple fractures and lacerations,
damage to the occipital nerve.
253
00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,713
- They think that he was attacked.
- By whom?
254
00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,030
They don't know.
255
00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,557
- Is there anything I can do?
- The physician is waiting for you.
256
00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,109
- Prepare a medkit.
- Yes, Doctor.
257
00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,636
I'll get the mobile emitter
and inform the Captain.
258
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,517
Wait! There's a problem
with your program.
259
00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,558
- What problem?
- It's the new subroutines.
260
00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,508
- Is the Doctor all right?
- He might not be.
261
00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:09,639
I need to run an analysis
on all your subroutines.
262
00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:14,032
I'm sorry, Kes. Tell the physician
I recommend he use the regenerator.
263
00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,760
I'll join you as soon as I can.
264
00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:25,269
- So I made a mess of things?
- It looks good in theory.
265
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,398
What could be wrong
with adding personality?
266
00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,312
What, indeed.
267
00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:34,029
You didn't anticipate the linkages
between the subroutines,
268
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,873
the complex behaviours
that could emerge.
269
00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:38,393
Explain?
270
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,189
Take Lord Byron, for example.
A creative, poetic genius.
271
00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:46,558
- That's why I chose him.
- He was also emotionally intense.
272
00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:52,192
A holodeck simulation of Byron
includes those unstable elements.
273
00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:56,319
And T'Pau, she was a
diplomat, a judge, a philosopher.
274
00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,313
One of the most logical minds
in Vulcan history.
275
00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,358
And ruthless in her application
of that logic.
276
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:07,719
I see, ruthlessness was an essential
element of her personality, like logic.
277
00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:12,351
A lot of the characters had a dark thread
running through their personalities.
278
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:18,550
And now those dark threads are in me...
running through my program.
279
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:23,794
- Get them out, Lieutenant!
- I'm about to do just that.
280
00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:28,556
I've programmed a search algorithm
to decompile every one it finds.
281
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,756
You'll have to shut yourself off.
282
00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:35,869
Computer, deactivate emergency
medical holographic program.
283
00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:39,076
Doctor?
284
00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:47,070
The most curious aspect of the attack
on Zahir was the lack of evidence.
285
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:51,313
Even the quickest blow
leaves behind molecular evidence.
286
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,756
Cell fragments, residual protein, DNA.
287
00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,753
In this instance, there was nothing.
288
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:02,630
- Is Zahir conscious?
- Yes, but recalls nothing of the attack.
289
00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,473
- How is he?
- Responding well to treatment.
290
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,837
- How's Kes?
- Concerned and at his side.
291
00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:13,315
Computer, activate emergency
medical holographic program.
292
00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,630
Torres is hurt.
293
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:20,078
I deactivated myself
so she could work on my program.
294
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:24,995
Delayed shock from something she ate
yesterday. Let's get her onto a bed.
295
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,630
Don't eat the vegetables, I said.
Does anyone listen?
296
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,634
This is the fifth time an away team
member has ignored my report.
297
00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,792
I might as well stop issuing them.
I'll need...
298
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,111
- Ten cc of alizine.
- Exactly! How did you know?
299
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,477
- My Klingon physiology course.
- Excellent recall.
300
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,518
The professor permitted nothing less.
301
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:51,434
She's stabilised,
but I'll need to monitor her condition.
302
00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:55,195
I have the data from the investigation
of the attack on Zahir.
303
00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:58,477
Your instruments are more precise
than others.
304
00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,598
As if I weren't busy enough.
305
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:53,476
- How are we feeling?
- What happened?
306
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,596
I shot you full of cateline.
307
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,354
- Simulated an anaphylactic shock.
- Why?
308
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:03,674
I had to cover my tracks,
especially from him, from your doctor.
309
00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,709
You're a new personality
from the subroutines.
310
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,395
A little bit of this, a little bit of that.
311
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:16,951
Did you think
I wouldn't have anticipated that?
312
00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:20,999
- Or that you'd try to run away?
- I can't move my legs.
313
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,790
Intraspinal inhibitor.
I've paralysed you from the waist down.
314
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,070
You're now in my capable hands.
315
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,198
Central nervous system,
endocrine functions.
316
00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:36,353
Your brain. All under my control.
317
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,796
- Why?
- Because I need your co-operation.
318
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,918
I didn't think you'd offer it willingly.
319
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:48,392
You're in trouble, aren't you?
The subroutines are starting to degrade.
320
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,278
Stop!
321
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:55,519
Watch your tongue or I'll remove it.
322
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,397
Look. It's me.
323
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:09,270
But it's also him. "What is the nature
of the medical emergency?"
324
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:13,115
What a hollow excuse for a life.
Servile, pathetic...
325
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,592
At the beck and call of any idiot
who invokes his name.
326
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:22,311
You... are going to tell me
how to delete him from the program.
327
00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:26,796
I've unblocked your speech centre.
Answer the question.
328
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:31,351
Delete the Doctor and you go, too.
329
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:35,593
The subroutines are all interconnected.
330
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,230
The physiology of pain is simple.
331
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,870
Too much and the organism
loses consciousness.
332
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:49,670
If that mechanism
were chemically suppressed,
333
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:55,233
one would experience agony beyond
imagining. If you're lying to me...
334
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:59,916
I... won't... help you.
335
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,109
- What was that?
- Your subroutines are destabilising.
336
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,397
There has to be some way to stop it.
Tell me!
337
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:15,509
By the time you've forced that
information out of me, it'll be too late.
338
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:20,595
Them, my progenitors, they'll know.
They'll reveal the secret.
339
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,558
I won't be needing you after all.
340
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:42,751
Doctor.
341
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,549
Deck 10.
342
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:06,676
- How are you this evening, Ensign?
- Fine, sir.
343
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,718
Deck 14.
344
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,077
Ensign, Doctor. Deck 10.
345
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,834
So, what are you up to, Doc?
346
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,436
- Work.
- Never ends, does it?
347
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:37,276
I guess that mobile emitter turned out
to be a mixed blessing, huh?
348
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,158
OK...
349
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:46,033
Goodnight, Doctor.
Nice... chatting with you.
350
00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,716
Computer, activate
Tropical Resort Simulation 3.
351
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:05,556
Populate with historical figures
from EMH program 4C.
352
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:26,709
Our away team witnessed an altercation
between you and Zahir.
353
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,316
We exchanged sharp words
because of his arrogance.
354
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:34,075
- You threatened him with a weapon.
- Untrue.
355
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:39,109
- I suppose my colleagues are liars?
- I suppose they are.
356
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,788
This lodge was the last place Zahir
was seen before he was attacked.
357
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,758
You could have easily
sent someone after him.
358
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,354
But I didn't.
359
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:54,957
A witness said he saw a light on in
this room after your usual closing time,
360
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,588
less than one hour after the attack.
361
00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:59,990
I was working late.
362
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:05,393
Or perhaps conferring with whomever
you paid to commit the assault?
363
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:10,429
- You have no proof.
- Not yet, Nakahn. Not yet.
364
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,591
He's going to take us to the location
of the attack. We can scan the site.
365
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:19,639
Excellent. We'll be
speaking again very soon.
366
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:23,190
Pray to the stars that we find nothing.
367
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,429
Computer, activate emergency
medical holographic program.
368
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,558
That program is currently running.
369
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,793
- What is the Doctor's location?
- Holodeck 1.
370
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,996
Automatons, mannequin simulacra.
371
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,470
No secrets, no secrets to reveal.
372
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:23,269
Lifeless, worthless things.
373
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,194
- Doctor?
- Hello, Kes.
374
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,112
What are you doing?
375
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:40,353
My personality enhancement project
has taken an unexpected turn.
376
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,795
Who are you?
377
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,713
The new master of the EMH program.
378
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:49,919
- Where's the Doctor?
- Inside. Unconscious and unaware.
379
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,036
What do you want?
380
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:56,478
What everybody wants.
Just a little... excitement.
381
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:01,314
You're with me now.
It's for your own good.
382
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,073
Flesh is weak, Kes.
383
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,277
- Never forget that.
- Where are we going?
384
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,149
Wherever the winds of space carry us.
385
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:23,108
You said you wanted to leave
the ship. Pursue an adventure.
386
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,989
It looks like our travel plans
have conveniently coincided.
387
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,232
The Captain will be alerted
by the transporter.
388
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,516
She'll beam us back to the ship.
389
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:38,235
That's where you've underestimated me.
Never do that.
390
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,358
I know how to use a tricorder.
391
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:47,038
It only takes a moment to reconfigure
the subspace wave guide,
392
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,555
generate a dispersion signal.
393
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,273
The Captain won't
be beaming us anywhere.
394
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:57,718
- She won't even know how to find us.
- What you're doing is wrong.
395
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,031
Not at all. It's working perfectly.
396
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,590
- There.
- That's not what I meant.
397
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:10,640
I know what you meant.
It's you who don't seem to understand.
398
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,917
I am beyond considerations
of wrong and right.
399
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:19,029
Behavioural categories are for the weak,
for those without will to define existence,
400
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:24,991
to do what they must no matter who
might get harmed along the way.
401
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,190
- Let's move.
- I'm not going, Doctor.
402
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:38,069
Don't call me that.
And you certainly are going.
403
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,277
Why does it bother you so much
when I call you Doctor?
404
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,319
You said he was inside you.
Why are you so afraid of him?
405
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:50,600
I fear nothing! No one!
But he repulses me.
406
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,991
- Why?
- He's as weak as the rest of you.
407
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:58,233
He fails to understand the power
of his own holographic nature.
408
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,630
He is detestable.
409
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:05,712
- It's set to kill.
- You won't fire.
410
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,394
Are you so certain?
411
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:14,436
Stay close.
It's about to get interesting.
412
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,996
Captain, there's an unscheduled
transport taking place.
413
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:32,199
- Find out what's going on.
- The operator's not responding.
414
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,830
- Computer, who just left the ship?
- Kes and the Doctor.
415
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,639
Try to hail them.
416
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,918
No response.
I can't get a fix on their positions.
417
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,709
- There's some kind of scattering field.
- Janeway to Chakotay.
418
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,633
- Captain?
- Kes and the Doctor have left.
419
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:53,759
Captain, my tricorder scans of the
area where Zahir was assaulted
420
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,070
have revealed disturbing evidence.
421
00:34:56,240 --> 00:34:59,755
Holographic signatures
exactly like those of the Doctor.
422
00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:03,469
- The Doctor attacked Zahir?
- That's what it looks like.
423
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,677
Then Kes could be in danger.
And Torres.
424
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,559
Get someone to check on B'Elanna.
425
00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:13,269
Find them, Chakotay.
I'll see what I can do about the field.
426
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:22,269
There must be a command sequence,
an algorithm.
427
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,829
A way to stabilise the program.
428
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,470
Where's Nakahn?
We had an arrangement.
429
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:34,152
- What's wrong with this? It won't work!
- Don't, please stop.
430
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,517
Concerned for me
or for your Doctor?
431
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:42,599
If you damage the mobile emitter,
you could both be destroyed.
432
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,957
There's not enough room for both of us.
One must die.
433
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:50,079
I deserve to exist
more than your Doctor does!
434
00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:52,117
Why?
435
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,989
I was born of the hidden,
the suppressed.
436
00:35:56,160 --> 00:36:00,790
- I am the dark traits from many...
- The historical characters?
437
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,669
...none of whom could face the
darkness inside so they denied me,
438
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:09,197
suppressed me,
frightened of the truth.
439
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,396
What truth is that?
440
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,394
That darkness is more fundamental
than light.
441
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:18,870
Cruelty before kindness.
442
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,552
Evil more primary than good,
443
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:26,838
more deserving of existence.
444
00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:32,757
- You're wrong.
- No!
445
00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:38,037
How so?
446
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:42,876
Empathy and kindness
are basic to all forms of life.
447
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,237
You have access to the Doctor's
medical knowledge.
448
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:47,839
Yes.
449
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,355
Then you know what I'm saying is true.
450
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,149
The organs and cells of the body
co-operate with each other,
451
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,675
otherwise they wouldn't function.
452
00:36:58,080 --> 00:36:59,433
Continue.
453
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,556
Families, societies, cultures
454
00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:06,271
wouldn't have evolved
without compassion and tolerance.
455
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,910
They would have fallen apart without it.
456
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:14,999
Your own holographic technology
wouldn't have been developed
457
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,914
without co-operation
between countless individuals.
458
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,231
The Doctor deserves to exist
as much as you do.
459
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,516
We can find a place for both of you.
460
00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:28,837
- How?
- Sorry I'm late.
461
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:34,390
- The scout ship?
- It won't even leave the ground.
462
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,836
- What do you mean?
- The Captain knows where you are.
463
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,912
Her ship has cordoned
off the area to stop you.
464
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:44,993
- No!
- And I still get paid.
465
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:49,438
I held up my end of the deal.
It's not my fault they want her back...
466
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,078
I'll kill you.
467
00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:57,518
If somebody's going to die today,
it won't be me.
468
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,592
Let's go.
469
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:32,470
- Move faster!
- You're forgetting Voyager's blockade.
470
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,552
We'll take a ship
to another continent.
471
00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:37,392
- Come on!
- I'm tired.
472
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,994
You're making it easier to find us.
473
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,196
- You're better off with me.
- Why?
474
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,238
You make wrong decisions,
you're too naive.
475
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,550
You need my guidance.
476
00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:51,838
- Don't you see what you're trying to do?
- No more words!
477
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:05,509
- I'm picking up infrared.
- They could have stopped here.
478
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,877
- Kes could have rested on this rock.
- It is consistent.
479
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,190
- Janeway to Chakotay.
- Go ahead.
480
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:15,751
I've gotten through the scattering field.
I've got a fix on their position.
481
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:20,357
I'm downloading the co-ordinates
into Tuvok's tricorder.
482
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:22,511
Acknowledged.
483
00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:26,198
We're within 200 metres.
484
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,036
It's finished.
485
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:48,557
- There's nowhere to go, Doctor.
- Nowhere but down.
486
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,709
I'll do it!
487
00:39:56,400 --> 00:40:01,315
His control over the Doctor's matrix
appears to be deteriorating.
488
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:06,918
If we can delay him...
Doctor, listen to me.
489
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:10,629
We can help you, create a new
program matrix just for you.
490
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,473
On the holodeck,
or in sickbay, wherever.
491
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:17,155
Turn off the scattering field.
Let us beam you back to the ship.
492
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,470
You're trying to trick me.
493
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:24,589
Doctor, listen! You don't want to kill me!
You've been trying to protect me.
494
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,675
What are you talking about?
495
00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:33,438
- When you attacked Zahir...
- My first victim. He was in my way.
496
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:37,388
- Or was it to keep me from leaving?
- A coincidence, only by chance.
497
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:41,678
- You could have killed me.
- I needed a hostage.
498
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,832
You said you were taking me
for my own good.
499
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,959
You said I needed your help!
That's not what you say to a hostage.
500
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,476
- You've been trying to protect me.
- I won't accept that.
501
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:56,838
You've suppressed all that's good
inside you, but it's still there.
502
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,037
- I won't hear this anymore!
- You can't deny it.
503
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,270
Watch me!
504
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:18,068
Would somebody care to tell me
exactly what we're all doing here?
505
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:20,435
And why I'm wearing
these ridiculous clothes?
506
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,275
Kim to bridge. We got them.
The Doctor seems to be back to normal.
507
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,237
Acknowledged.
508
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,796
Put those down before someone is hurt.
And I have to clean up.
509
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,713
I've deleted the new subroutines
you added.
510
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:40,634
All traces of the aberrant personality
are gone.
511
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,678
Next time I want to be enriched
I'll download a book.
512
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:45,592
Much safer.
513
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,433
You too have a clean bill of health.
514
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,956
Fortunately, my alter ego
didn't do any... permanent harm.
515
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,317
He certainly knew his way
around a hypospray.
516
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:59,359
Good riddance...
Thank you, Lieutenant.
517
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,317
You're welcome.
518
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:04,598
Kes.
519
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,672
- I'm ready to work on those analyses.
- I'm glad.
520
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:11,389
I'm also pleased you've decided
to remain on board.
521
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:15,075
I would have had my hands full
in sickbay without you.
522
00:42:15,240 --> 00:42:18,516
The Captain suggests
I consider all the consequences.
523
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,116
If I am going through changes in my life,
524
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,236
this is the best place for me.
525
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:27,312
Surrounded by those
who know you and...
526
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,316
care for you.
527
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:32,038
Yes.
528
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:36,432
Well, had you decided otherwise,
you certainly would have been missed.
529
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:40,070
I would have missed you too, Doctor.
530
00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:55,870
" I swear this oath by Apollo Physician,
by Asclepius, by Health
531
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:58,952
" and by all the gods and goddesses.
532
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,714
" In whatsoever place that I enter,
533
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:06,032
" I will enter to help the sick
and heal the injured.
534
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,873
"And I will do no harm".
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