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Captain's Log, Stardate 48623.5.

There are 246 elements
known to Federation science.

We believe we have
just discovered the 247th

inside the ring system
of a Class-D planet.

The element has
an unusually large atomic mass--

over 550 nucleons.

And the readings are constant.

The element appears
to be stable.

A stable, transuranic element
inside a natural environment.

This is a first.

Can you imagine what we
could make with this stuff?

Probe casings that could go
into the core of a sun.

Ultrathin reactor shielding.

That's assuming we can mine it.

Ensign, try and locate

the highest concentration
of the element.

The element is present

in most of the asteroids
that comprise the rings.

l can isolate a sample
and beam it aboard.

Or better yet,
maybe we could get

a first-hand look
at this element

in its natural environment.

lt looks like most
of these asteroids

support Class-M atmospheres.

Good idea. Commander,
you're in charge.

Aye, Captain.

Mr. Kim, would you
like to join us?

l wouldn't miss it, sir.

The highest concentration

is about 30 meters
directly ahead.

l'm picking up
a large cavern in there.

The readings are...

What the hell is this?

lt's organic.

Some kind of biopolymer residue.

l want to see what's ahead.

The readings are higher
over here,

but l still can't find
the source of the...

Commander?

Class-5 humanoid.

lt appears to be dead.

Captain, there are
18 bodies here--

all humanoid--
1 1 male, seven female.

From what we can tell,

they're in various stages
of decomposition.

Some have been here for years.

Others, no longer
than a few days.

ln fact, one body arrived
less than 12 hours ago.

Arrived from where?

l don't know, Captain,

but from the position
of the arms

l'd say we're looking
at some kind of burial site.

What about the element
we discovered?

lt's emanating
from their bodies, Captain.

We think it's
some kind of byproduct

of their decomposition process.

l recommend we leave these
bodies in peace, Captain.

However, Mr. Kim
has a different opinion.

With all due respect, Captain,

l have to disagree
with the Commander.

This is our first contact
with this race,

and l think we should be
learning all we can about them.

lt's a unique
anthropological opportunity.

l understand the chance

for scientific discovery,
Captain,

but whatever belief this race
has, they clearly meant

for their dead to be left alone,

and l think we should
respect that.

l'm afraid
l agree with Commander Chakotay.

Set your tricorders
for passive scans.

l don't want
to disturb anything.

Captain, the sanctity

of these bodies
should be respected.

l recommend we make
visual observations only.

No tricorders.

Very well.

Keep me informed.

Janeway out.

All right.

The only sensors you
have left are your eyes.

Concentrate on details.

We're going to have
to do a thorough report

when we get back.

Commander, thanks for letting me
voice my opinion to the Captain.

l remember the first time
l went on a tomb excavation

on Ktaria Vll.

l wanted to keep a memento
of the experience,

so l picked up a rock
from the burial site.

Only l found out later
it wasn't just a rock.

What was it?

lt was a sacred stone.

The Ktarians lay thousands
of them in the Tomb.

Each one represents
a special prayer.

Without realizing it,

l had desecrated
that man's grave.

Well...

l think l've found out
about all l can with my eyes.

Really?

What have you learned
about this culture so far?

They like to bury their dead
on asteroids.

That's about all l can tell
without a tricorder.

No artifacts, no inscriptions,

just some naked dead people.

You're looking,
but you're not seeing.

The fact that they're
naked says a lot.

lt means this race
doesn't believe

in dressing the deceased.

And the lack of artifacts
could indicate

they don't believe
any worldly goods

can be taken into the afterlife.

What makes you think
they believe

in an afterlife at all?

Look at the position
of the arms and hands.

The bodies have been arranged
in poses of serenity,

and they appear to be wrapped
in the same biopolymer residue

we found out in the passageway--

all indications
that this culture

has a great deal of ritual

associated
with disposing of the dead.

That normally indicates
some belief in the afterlife.

The Klingons believe
in an afterlife,

but there's no burial ritual.

They just dispose of the corpse

by the most efficient
means possible.

Good point.

However, some archeological digs
on the Klingon Homeworld...

Tricorders.

A dimensional distortion
is forming.

Some kind of subspace vacuole.

Chakotay to Voyager.
Emergency beam-out.

We're having trouble
locking on to your signals.

Stand by.

Have everyone stand
closer together.

l'm going to try
a blind beam-out

centered on your com signal.

Acknowledged. Energize!

Bridge to Transporter Room 3.
Do you have them?

Subspace distortions
from the vacuole are interfering

with the transporter lock.

l'm attempting to compensate.

Okay. l think l've got them.

Chakotay and Lieutenant
Torres are aboard.

So is one
of the humanoid bodies,

but there's no sign
of Ensign Kim.

Scan the asteroid.

No life signs, Captain.

l'm broadening the scan.

Nothing.

He is nowhere in the
entire asteroid field.

Seska, initiate Emergency
Transport Procedure 21 Alpha.

l'm already on it, Captain.

lt's no use.

His pattern's gone

and the subspace vacuole
has disappeared.

l'm looking
at the transporter logs.

My only guess is he was
pulled into the vacuole.

This isn't one of the bodies
we found in the cavern.

lt's someone else.

This body might have come out
of the vacuole

at the same time
Kim was taken in.

Wait a minute.

l'm showing signs of electrical
activity in the brain.

lt looks like she died
just a few minutes ago.

We might be able to revive her.

lf we can, we might
get some answers.

We can't interfere

with this woman's
natural process of death.

What do you suggest we do,
Commander?

Kim's gone.

She's the only one
who might be able

to tell us what happened.

Beam us directly to Sick Bay.

Aye, Commander.

Death is the end of this life,

but it is also the beginning
of a new journey.

Ptera will now thrive
in the Next Emanation.

This is both her sacred duty
and her great privilege.

Eler'atah.

As she begins her transition,

we promise
to carry memories of her

so that when we enter the...

Help! Get me out of here!

She's... alive!

Deactivate the cenotaph--

quickly!

Let me out...!

Here it is.

Thanks.

A lot of memories in this.

We're so proud of you, Hatil.

This is such a generous,
selfless act.

lt's my last gift for you
and the children.

And it's one we will
always cherish.

But l'm still going to miss you.

l know.

l'll miss you, too.

But l'll see you
in the Next Emanation,

when you're ready to join me.

Give my love to your father.

Tell him that the
garili trees he planted

have, have been in bloom
for three years straight.

l will.

-Good-bye.
-Good-bye.

Lie down.

lt's going to be all right.

We won't harm you.

Who is that?

We're not sure yet.

We think he came
from the Next Emanation.

The Next Emanation?

You mean he's come back?

Come back from where?

We've called
for the thanatologist.

He'll be here any moment.

l don't think there should be

any further discussion
about this until he arrives.

How did you get here?

l'm not sure.

l just sort of woke up
inside one of those pods.

l was conducting
an investigation

on an asteroid.

We found some dead bodies.

Then there was some kind
of subspace phenomenon.

What do you mean
you saw dead people there?

l'm, uh, Dr. Neria,

the Chief Thanatologist
of this facility.

Ensign Harry Kim of
the Federation Starship Voyager.

l see.

What race are you from?

We call ourselves human.

We come from a planet
called Earth

in a distant part of the galaxy.

He said he saw dead
people on an asteroid.

Dead?

Look,
can you tell me where l am?

Doctor, what does this mean?

Rest, Hatil.

There's no need for concern.

May l speak to you
privately, Ensign Harry?

Just Harry's fine.

We are the Vhnori

and this is our homeworld.

We were investigating
one of the asteroids

in the rings around your planet.

There are no rings
around our world.

So... the subspace vacuole

must have transported me
somewhere else.

Do you have any star charts
l could look at?

l'd like to figure
out where l am now

in relation to where l was.

Where you are now

is in the world of the living.

Where you came from was...

another dimension.

Another dimension?

Yes.

You returned
from the Next Emanation.

The afterlife.

How were you able to revive her?

lt's a simple process,
really.

She died of a cancerous growth
on the brain stem.

l removed the tumor,
replicated new neural tissue,

and used the standard
Starfleet postmortem

resuscitation technique
for a Class-5 life-form.

Why was she covered
with this bio-polymer?

She wasn't covered
with it exactly.

The bio-polymer is a byproduct
of her own tissues.

Explain.

As her tissues decayed,

the cell membranes broke down
into a bio-polymer resin,

which was then excreted
by her epidermal layer.

My guess is it's
a natural decomposition process

for this species.

So the other bio-polymer fibers
we found in the cavern were...

Were probably the result

of other bodies
that had decomposed

and left a residual membrane.

ln essence, Commander,

you were strolling
through dead bodies.

Can you wake her?

Yes, of course.

Kes, 2cc's of netinaline.

Hello.

l know this must be

very confusing for you,
but you're all right.

My name is Kathryn Janeway.

l'm Ptera.

Where's my brother?

Your brother?

l'm afraid he's not here.

But he's supposed to be here.

They're all supposed to be here.

Ptera, we were able
to remove the tumor

from your brain.

You're going to be all right.

We revived you
because one of our...

This is the Next Emanation?

This is the afterlife?

No. No, it's not.

You're on a starship.

This can't be right.

My brother's supposed
to be here.

Something's wrong.

-Let me explain.
-No.

No, get away from me.

This isn't right!

This can't be right!

You're saying there
was a woman in here

just before l arrived?

That's right.

Her name was Ptera.

She was dying of a tumorous
lesion to her midbrain.

Dying?

So she wasn't dead yet?

No, of course not.

She didn't die until
the cenotaph was activated.

That's the purpose
of the cenotaph--

it terminates a person's life

just before the appearance
of a spectral rupture,

and then it allows their body

to be taken
to the Next Emanation.

Spectral rupture.

Well... l can show you.

This looks like what we would
call a subspace vacuole.

Does the cenotaph
create these ruptures?

No. They're
natural occurrences--

once every six hours.

This entire complex
was built on this site

because a spectral rupture
occurs here.

We have thousands
of such sites on our world.

Forgive my curiosity,
Harry, but, uh,

you are the first person

ever to come back
from the afterlife.

l have quite a few questions.

You said
that you saw dead bodies?

That's right.

There were...
seven females, 1 1 males.

Some of the bodies
had been there for years.

Others just for a few days.

Are you saying that when we die,

we go to some asteroid
and decompose?

Well...

that's what
it looked like to us.

These bodies,
did you perform

any kind of bio-scans on them?

W-Was there any specific

medical data
that you can remember?

Doctor, maybe l should
just stop right there.

This is what my people call
a First Contact situation,

and we've learned
to be very careful

about how much we tell
alien cultures we've just met.

l would like to start
a complete bioanalysis

as soon as possible.

lf you'll just follow
Dr. Ranora.

lf you'll just follow
Dr. Ranora.

Bioanalysis?

Look, all l want to do
is get back to my ship

and l think there might be a way
to use this spectral

rupture of yours to...

You're not going anywhere.

You are our first glimpse
into what lies beyond death.

We are not going to let
this opportunity pass us by.

We've completed our analysis
of the ring system.

Our sensors have detected
over 200,000 alien bodies

on various asteroids
in the rings.

From what we can tell,

a subspace vacuole appears
about every two hours,

deposits a body,
and then disappears.

We need to focus
on those vacuoles.

Concentrate on trying
to probe them

with a high-resolution
subspace scan.

See if you can find
any sign of Mr. Kim.

Sick Bay to Captain Janeway.

Go ahead.

Our guest
has regained consciousness

and she's a little calmer
this time.

l'm on my way.
You have the Bridge.

That's, that's all l know.

l'm sorry. l can't
tell you anything more.

You've told me quite a bit.

At least now l have an idea

of what might
have happened to Mr. Kim.

ls there anything
l can do for you?

Well, l'd, l'd like
some answers.

About what?

About what happens
to my people when we die.

We're not sure, exactly,

but from what we do know,
the vacuoles deposit the bodies

on the asteroids
in this ring system.

And then what?

l'm not sure what you mean.

We're supposed to evolve

into a higher level
of consciousness when we die.

We're supposed to gain

a greater understanding
of the universe.

All of our questions
are supposed to be answered.

Ptera, l know this
must be frightening for you.

You've been through
a very traumatic experience--

it would frighten me--

but please try to understand,

just because l don't have
the answers to your questions

doesn't mean there aren't any.

My brother...

l always thought
l'd see him again.

l had so many things to tell him
about his children...

the people he left behind...

but he isn't here, is he?

He's...

So, what am l supposed
to do now,

spend the rest of my life
on this... this... starship?

Ptera, l am going to do
everything in my power

to figure out
just how you got here,

and as soon as l know anything,
l will tell you.

All right?

All right.

Maybe we should
get out of Sick Bay.

Let you walk around
for a while, clear your mind.

Maybe get something to eat.

Are you hungry?

Yes. Actually, l could use
something to eat.

What was that?!

Janeway to Bridge.
Report.

There's some kind
of dimensional distortion

forming near Main Engineering,
Captain.

lt looks like
a subspace vacuole.

Janeway to Engineering.
B'Elanna, what's going on?

l've pinpointed the location,
Captain.

lt's right here in Engineering.

Stand by.

Hatil, what are you saying?

l'm just not sure l'm ready,
that's all.

l don't understand.

Neither do l.

lt's just
that l'm starting to wonder

what really happens
when we die...

if l'm really going on

to a higher level
of consciousness.

The alien, what has
he been telling you?

All he's done is made
me stop and think

about something we've
always taken for granted.

And now that l've
thought about it,

l'm not so eager to go
through with it anymore.

Hatil, we know
nothing about him,

or why he's come here,
or why he's spreading lies

about the Next Emanation.

All l know is
you can't throw away

a lifetime of belief
because of him.

lt doesn't make any sense.

l don't know
what to think anymore.

l'm scared, Araya.

lt's going to be all right.

Think about your father.

He's waiting for you.

l'll see you
at the Transference Ritual.

l don't know who you are,
or where you come from,

but you stay away
from my husband.

l'm sorry.

l didn't mean to...

Harry,
you have to forgive my wife.

She's having trouble
understanding my concerns

about the afterlife.

That's why l'm here.

l'm, uh...

getting ready to die.

Forgive me for asking again,
but can you tell me anything

about what l might find
in the Next Emanation?

Everyone keeps asking me that,

and l just keep giving
the same answer.

l don't know.

But you do come
from the afterlife.

l come from a different reality,
maybe another dimension,

and maybe it is your afterlife.

l don't know.

All l do know is that there
are countless billions

of people there
who are born, live and die

just like you do here.

But you did see my people there.

You said they were dead.

Yes, but...

Look, for all l know,
your thanatologists are right,

and all l saw were

the corporeal remains
of your people,

and you do go on
to a higher consciousness.

But it's, uh...

it's also possible that...

there is no higher
existence for us--

that when we die,
we simply cease to exist.

l...

l really can't say.

l don't know what happens
to your people after they die.

l don't even know what happens
to my people after they die.

Don't you have thanatologists,
people who study death?

Well, sort of.

There have certainly been
medical experts,

philosophers, theologians,

who have spent
a great deal of time

debating what happens
after death,

but no one's come up
with an answer yet.

My people have come
to think of death

as just another stage
of our existence.

There are some people
who are even eager to die.

lf they feel depressed
or lonely in this life,

they simply move on
to the next one.

ls that why you're here?

Because you're not happy
with your life?

Ever since the, um...

accident...

life hasn't been easy.

But l have to say this
is more my family's idea

than it is mine.

Your family.

l'm a burden to them right now.

lt takes a lot of their time
and resources to care for me,

and l can't give
much back to them.

So there was a family meeting,
and it was agreed that...

l should move on
to the Next Emanation.

You look appalled.

lt's not my place
to judge your culture,

but from my perspective,

it's a little chilling
to hear that.

Even though the family
did it out of... love...

and everyone was happy for me,
and they said they'd see me

when they got
to the Next Emanation...

l have to admit,

there is a little voice
inside of me

that is terrified of dying

and since
l've been talking to you...

that little voice
has started to get...

louder.

l'm reading another vacuole
forming on the ship.

Tuvok, try remodulating
the shield harmonics.

lt's no use, Captain.

The vacuole is still forming.

Take the body
to the ship's morgue.

This is odd.

Three bodies have appeared

on Voyager so far,
and each one of them

has released some kind
of neural energy.

ln every case,
the energy has passed

through the hull
and out into the rings.

The energy's frequency
is identical

to the ambient radiation
in the asteroid field.

The vacuoles are disrupting

the warp core's
magnetic interlocks.

lt won't be long before
we lose antimatter containment.

The vacuoles have all formed

within 20 meters
of the warp core.

They might be attracted to it.

Janeway to Bridge.

Mr. Paris, lay in a course.

l want to get at least

a half a light year away.
Warp seven.

Aye, Captain.

Paris to Janeway.

l've brought us out of warp.

We're point six light-years
from the ring system.

Any other subspace
vacuoles forming?

No.

The magnetic interlocks
have stabilized.

l think we're safe out here.

Begin working
on a way to protect

the warp core
from these vacuoles.

Aye, Captain.

Sometimes l come in here and
just stare out at the stars.

for hours.

l never get tired
of looking at them.

We were always told we
would see beautiful sights

in the Next Emanation--
colors, lights--

and that we would see
them with new eyes

and a new understanding.

But now...

what happened to the others--

my brother...

my father...

and everyone before them.

People die every day
on my world.

Do they all end up
as lifeless corpses?

When people die on my world,
we bury them beneath the soil

and we believe that their comra
is released into the afterlife.

Their comra?

Our soul, our spirit,

the essence of our beings.

Maybe something similar
happens to you.

But you don't understand.

We don't believe
in any kind of spirit.

When we die, we're supposed
to reappear as physical beings

with arms and legs.

That's the whole point

of sending our people
through the spectral ruptures.

We're supposed to travel on to
the Next Emanation as ourselves,

and be reunited
with our families.

But none of that is true...

is it?

None of the people l love
are here.

l'm alone.

l don't belong here.

l can't live like this.

Please, can't you send me home?

l think there is
only one person on this ship

who could answer that question.

We're doing everything we can
to get you back home, Ptera.

Once we locate
our missing officer,

we're hoping he might be able
to tell us enough to...

Wait a minute, Captain.

Maybe there is a way
to send Ptera home

and find Ensign Kim
at the same time.

Explain.

What if we recreated
the transporter accident?

lf it's true that Harry was
pulled through the vacuole

during transport,
we might be able

to reproduce
those circumstances,

and send Ptera home.

We could send Ptera through
with a subspace transponder,

and hope the signal
will penetrate

the dimensional barrier,

and allow us
to lock on to Kim

with a transporter beam.

Right.

So l can get home?

Ptera, you should know

that there's no guarantee
this is going to work.

l understand the risk,

but l've already
been dead once,

and l'm prepared to die again
if necessary.

So if there's a chance
l can get home,

l'm willing to take the risk.

All right.

Commander, prepare
a subspace transponder

and teach Ptera how to use it.

Aye, Captain.

Captain's Log, supplemental.

We've returned
to the ring system,

and we're preparing to send
Ptera back to her dimension.

Lieutenant Torres
has found a way

to temporarily protect the
warp core against the vacuoles,

but she is uncertain

how long her measures
will be effective.

You understand the instructions
for Mr. Kim, if you find him?

Yes.

We've got one, Commander,

forming ten meters
below us, Deck 13.

Okay, let's see
if your dampening field

is going to protect
the warp core.

The field is fluctuating
slightly... but holding.

Engineering
to Transporter Room 3.

There's a vacuole
forming on Deck 13.

Magnetic interlocks are stable.

Acknowledged.

l see the vacuole.
Locking on.

Good luck, Ptera.

l have a transporter lock.

Energizing.

Matching her pattern
to the subspace distortions.

Wait a minute, the vacuole
is shutting down.

l can't get her pattern through.

Abort the procedure.
Pull her back.

l'm trying.
l'm losing her pattern.

Shunt emergency power
into buffer tank 4.

That's it.
l've got the pattern.

She's dead.

ls there any brain activity?

Can we revive her?

Janeway to Lieutenant Torres.

How long until we have to leave?

l'd say we're safe
for another two hours.

That gives us two hours
to find Mr. Kim.

We'll have to stay within
high-range scanner range.

Perform another subspace scan.

This time, extend
the scan radius to ten AU.

l'm on my way to Engineering.
Janeway out.

Aye, Captain.

Ensign, beam her onto
one of the asteroids.

Aye, Captain.

That's where
she was meant to be.

l hope you find
your afterlife, Ptera.

Why?

We want to make
a more detailed scan

of your
microcellular structures,

and a complete examination
of your neural chemistry.

This facility isn't equipped
for such a detailed bioanalysis.

The complex at Paffran
has everything we need.

Look, if my ship
is still searching for me,

they're not going
to stay there forever.

l have to get back.

That's not possible.

We don't even understand
how you got here.

Then maybe l can figure out
a way to get back.

Let me take a look
at one of those cenotaphs.

There's no time for that.

Word about you has spread
very quickly, Harry.

Not only in the scientific
world, but in the community

at large.

There are many people
who are very... nervous

about what you represent.

Some even see you as a threat

to their beliefs
about the afterlife.

We need to take you
to a more secure location.

lt's for your own protection.

Wait!

l'm sorry, Harry.

lt's out of my control.

What are you doing?

Preparing for
the Transference Ritual.

This is a ceremonial shroud

that's been in my family
for five generations.

So they make you wrap yourself
in your own death shroud.

lt's something we look
forward to, actually.

l remember
when my father used this shroud,

and his father before him.

The difference is,
when my father put this on,

there was no doubt in his mind
about where he was going.

Can't you just back out?

Say you've changed your mind?

l... have thought of just
walking out and disappearing.

l have some friends
in the Cararian Mountains.

They would be willing
to let me stay with them.

But my family
would worry about me.

They'd wonder
what was happening,

if l was all right,
if l were hurt...

No. Everyone's expecting
a Transference Ritual

and l'm going to give them one.

What if you did disappear
into the mountains,

but your family
thought you were dead?

l mean, they're here for
a Transference Ritual, right?

Do you realize
what you're suggesting?

lt's perfect.

Those cenotaphs send your people
back to my dimension,

which is where l want to go.

Voyager's probably still near
the asteroid searching for me.

As soon as l appear,

they'll pick up my signal
and beam me aboard.

And you...

you can just disappear.

Your family will
think you're dead,

and you can live out your life
in the mountains.

Harry, if you go
into that cenotaph

and go through
with the Transference Ritual,

you'll die.

Well, if Voyager can
beam me aboard quickly enough,

our doctor should be able
to revive me.

Medicine's pretty advanced
in our culture.

l've heard of cases where people
have been dead for hours

and still been
brought back to life.

But it's not certain.

No, it's not...

but l think this
is my only chance to get home.

The shroud has to be wrapped
in a particular way.

l'll show you how.

But we have to hurry.

l'm scheduled for Transference
in less than an hour.

A pleasant trip, Hatil.

Say hello to Varel and Toyan.

l'll see you there
in a few years.

We are joined here today

to bid farewell
to our dear friend Hatil Garan.

We salute not only his life,

but the manner in which
he has chosen to end it.

He makes
a noble sacrifice today,

that his family
may have a better tomorrow.

We prepare to send him on
to the Next Emanation

with the full knowledge
and faith

that the life he will find there
is better than the one here,

that he will no longer
be hampered by his infirmities,

and that he will come
to understand the cosmos

in a way that he could
never have imagined.

Good-bye, Hatil.

l love you.

Another vacuole.
Deck 15.

The body of an alien female
has been left behind.

Chakotay
to Transporter Room 3.

Lock on to the body on Deck 15,

and transport it
to one of the asteroids.

Aye, sir.

Status on the warp core,
Lieutenant.

The dampening field's
down to 21 percent.

The interlocks won't
hold much longer.

l recommend leaving, Captain.

Very well.

Mr. Paris, bring us about.

Prepare to resume our...

Captain,
l'm picking up a vacuole

forming on Deck 12.

lt deposited a human body...

Human?

But it's dead.

Janeway to Seska.

There's a body on Deck 12.

Beam it directly to Sick Bay.

Yes, Captain.

2cc's cordrazine.

Relax, Mr. Kim.
Everything's fine.

You're alive.

Mind if l join you?

No, not at all.
Please.

Thank you.

So, how are you feeling?

Better. l'll be ready
for duty tomorrow morning.

You're off duty
for the next two days.

Captain, l'm fine.

lt's not a reflection
on your capabilities, Ensign.

l just want to give you a chance
to reflect on what's happened.

This may not make
much sense to you now--

a young man
at the beginning of his career--

but one of the things you learn
as you move up the ranks

and get a little older
is that...

you wish you had more time
in your youth to really...

absorb all the things
that happen to you.

lt goes by so fast.

lt's so easy to become jaded,

to treat the extraordinary

like just another day
at the office.

But sometimes...

there are experiences
which transcend all that.

You've just had one, Mr. Kim,

and l want you to live
with it for a little while.

Write about it
if you feel like it.

Paint...

express yourself
in some fashion.

The Bridge will still be there
in two days.

Thank you, Captain.

l have been a little preoccupied
with the experience.

l mean, all those people think

that they know
what happens after death.

They look forward to it.

They're prepared for it.

But the truth is,
none of it's real.

They don't have an afterlife.

They just decay
inside those asteroids.

l wouldn't be so sure of that
if l were you.

That neural energy
their bodies release--

it becomes part

of the ambient electromagnetic
field surrounding the planet.

Our readings also indicate

the energy is unusually dynamic.

There's a great deal
of variation

in pattern complexity,
quantum density...

Are you saying you think
they do have an afterlife?

That the energy field
is where they exist

at a higher level
of consciousness,

just like they believe?

l'm not certain.

But l am certain about this:

What we don't know about death

is far, far greater
than what we do know.

See you in two days, Ensign.

Thank you, Captain.