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Data:
Commander, away team reporting in.

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Lieutenant worf standing by.

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Riker:
This is riker. Go ahead, lieutenant.

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Worf [over com]:
The archeologists have identified

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the markings in these caverns.

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This planet was apparently once home
to a race known as the koinonians.

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What do we know about them,
data?

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The koinonians
were an intelligent culture

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which became embroiled in a war
that lasted for several generations.

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Our best evidence indicates
they destroyed themselves.

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Worf: We have completed
our survey of the third tunnel

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and will proceed
into the ceremonial chamber.

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Affirmative. Enterprise out.

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Destroyed themselves, data?

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According to historical records,

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this will be the first opportunity
for a federation team...

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Captain, beam them up, quickly!

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Worf: Captain, emergency
beam-up. Enterprise, emergency.

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- Severe injuries.
- Transporter room.

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O'brein [over com]:
I've got them, captain.

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Beam them straight to sickbay.
Dr. Crusher, incoming wounded.

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Away team is on board, captain.

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[Over com] One dead on arrival.

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Picard:
Space, the final frontier.

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These are the voyages
of the starship enterprise.

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Its continuing mission:
To explore strange new worlds,

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to seek out new life
and new civilizations,

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to boldly go where no one
has gone before.

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Captain's log, stardate 43198.7.

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The enterprise remains
in standard orbit

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while we investigate the tragedy
which has struck the away team.

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Lieutenant Marla aster,
ship's archaeologist,

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has been killed in what should
have been a routine mission.

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Whatever the explanation,

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it will not bring back
a valued and trusted officer.

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Lieutenant?

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We had completed our investigation
of the third tunnel.

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Our scans indicated no weapons
or traps of any kind.

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Lieutenant aster
was 3 meters behind me.

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An explosive device went off.

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[Worf sighs]

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There was no warning.

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Lieutenant aster bore the full brunt
of the detonation.

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Lieutenant aster is survived by a son,
Jeremy, 12 years old.

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He's aboard the enterprise, sir.

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- And his father?
- He's also deceased.

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His only living relatives are an aunt
and uncle residing on earth.

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- Where is he now?
- In class.

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I've alerted the teacher to expect us.

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Worf: Captain.

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I must accompany you.
I commanded the away team.

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I appreciate your offer, lieutenant.
This is my responsibility.

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- Picard to bridge.
- Riker [over com]: Yes, captain?

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Assign commander la forge to lead
another away team to the dig site.

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- I want to know why this happened.
- Riker: Yes, captain.

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I will be with counselor troi
and young Jeremy aster.

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I understand. Riker out.

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He had to do the same thing for me.

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Do you know Jeremy well?

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But I know what
this is gonna be like for him.

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That's part of life in starfleet,
Wesley.

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I know. They're very careful
to prepare us for anything, but still...

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I know.

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How do you get used to it?
Telling them?

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You hope you never do.

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I sense the weight
of this duty on you, captain.

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I really wonder...

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[Elevator beeps as motor stops]

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I've always believed that
carrying children on a starship

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is a very questionable policy.

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Serving on a starship means accepting
certain risks, certain dangers.

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Did Jeremy aster make that choice?

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Death and loss are an integral
part of life everywhere.

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Leaving him on earth
would not have protected him.

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No, but the earth isn't likely
to be ordered to the neutral zone

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or to repel a romulan attack.

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It was my command
which sent his mother to her death.

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She understood her mission
and my duty.

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Will he?

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In time.

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And with help.

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Wesley crusher does.

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He does.

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And so will Jeremy.

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Resume.

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[Elevator beeps as motor hums]

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Jeremy, I have some bad news.

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There has been an accident.

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Your mother has died.

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How, sir?

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An explosive device
at the mission site.

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She died instantly.

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I understand.

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Jeremy, I know your mother
loved you very much.

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I'm told that your father is also dead.

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Yes, sir.

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He died five years ago
from a rushton infection.

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I'm alone now, sir.

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Jeremy, on the starship enterprise,
no one is alone.

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No one.

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Data:
Excuse me, sir. Am I intruding?

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Riker: No, sit down.

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How well did you know
lieutenant aster?

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We spent some time together.

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Not very well.

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- How well did you know her?
- Why do you ask?

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- Well, you just asked me.
- But why do you ask the question?

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Since her death,
I have been asked several times

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to define how well
I knew lieutenant aster.

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And I heard you ask Wesley
on the bridge

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how well he knew Jeremy.

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Does the question of familiarity
have some bearing on death?

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Do you remember how we all felt
when Tasha died?

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I do not sense the same feelings
of absence

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that I associate with lieutenant yar.

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Although I cannot say precisely why.

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- Just human nature, data.
- Human nature, sir?

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We feel a loss more intensely
when it's a friend.

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But should not the feelings run just as
deep, regardless of who has died?

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Tsk. Maybe they should, data.

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Maybe if we felt any loss as keenly
as we felt the death of one close to us,

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human history
would be a lot less bloody.

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Geordi [over com]:
La forge to riker.

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- You're back, geordi.
- Yes, sir.

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And we've brought back a souvenir.

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Geordi:
There are five more just like it.

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All identical to the one
that killed lieutenant aster.

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They employ a subspace
proximity detonator.

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A normal tricorder
would never detect it.

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How long would you say
they've been there, data?

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It comes from the time
of the koinonian wars, sir.

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- Did you find them all, geordi?
- — yeah, but, uh...

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Well, it seemed like
they were left there to be found.

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Left by whom?

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There are no indications of life
on this planet.

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I don't know, captain,
but it was pretty obvious

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that they'd been recently pulled out
of the ground and defused.

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I have made my report
to the captain.

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I'm more interested in
how you feel about what happened.

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I sense great anger.

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[Sighs]

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I cannot seek revenge
against an enemy

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who's turned to dust centuries ago.

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Her death was senseless.

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The last victim of a forgotten war.

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Troi: Go on.

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There's nothing more to be said.

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A person died under your command.

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It may happen again.

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If you can't learn to release the anger
and the guilt, to talk about it...

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A leader must stand alone,
as captain picard does.

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Captain picard talks to me.

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Then may I seek your counsel on my
plan to make r'uustai with the boy?

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The bonding.

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It is my right.

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It's very generous, worf,
but he's not a klingon child.

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He has different sensibilities.

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He is an orphan. I am an orphan.

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He will understand.

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Right now there's isn't much
he can understand.

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He's holding all his feelings inside.

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Children often feel that they must
be true to the memory of a lost parent.

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If you offer them affection too soon,

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they can feel guilty
returning that affection.

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As if they're betraying the love
of the parent.

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I only wish to honor his mother.

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I know.

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And I understand this means
a great deal to you.

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But you must be prepared.

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He's very angry too,
but his anger is deep inside him.

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When he touches it, it will strike out
in many directions, including yours.

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Talk to him. But don't rush this.

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When he's ready, we'll know.

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Jeremy [onscreen]:
Captain patches,

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we have an alien ship in front of us.

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What should we do, captain?

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Oh, no, we've been hit, captain.
We're going down! Ahh!

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[Jeremy's father
chuckling onscreen]

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Jeremy's father: That was great.
Now let's get a shot of mom.

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Marla [onscreen]:
Heh. What are you doing?

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I'll turn your lens into pottery shards.

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Go away, go away, go away.

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Over there. Over there.

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[Cat meowing]

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Patches.

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Captain patches is coming in
for a landing on the sofa.

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Oh, no, he's gonna crash!

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Jeremy aster?

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I'm lieutenant worf. May I enter?

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You were in command
of the away team.

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Yes, I was with lieutenant aster,

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your mother, when she died.

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You're a klingon, aren't you?

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We study about klingons in school.

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What did they teach you about us?

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You used to be our enemies.

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Did they also teach you
that every klingon hopes

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to die in the line of duty,
as your mother did?

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In my tradition, we do not grieve
the loss of the body.

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We celebrate the releasing
of the spirit.

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I understand death.
They teach us all about it.

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Jeremy aster,
we may both understand it,

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but we must bring meaning
to your mother's death.

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Perhaps we can do it together.

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[Computer whirring]

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[Door beeps]

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Come.

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[Computer turns off]

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Counselor, how's the boy?

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- He's being very brave.
- Good.

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No, he has to get past brave.

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He's very angry, and he has to learn
how to express that anger

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before he can really
say goodbye to his mother.

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How can we help?

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Well, I've asked Beverly
if we might get Wesley

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to talk to Jeremy
about his father's death.

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The one unusual element is worf.

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Oh?

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00:17:19,747 --> 00:17:22,583
In many ways, he's suffering
as badly as the boy.

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He wishes to involve Jeremy
in a klingon ceremony called r'uustai.

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The bonding.

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I know of that. Well, perhaps
it will be helpful to both of them.

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00:17:34,637 --> 00:17:37,598
I don't think Jeremy's ready
to accept worf right now.

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Perhaps later, but it will have to
be handled most delicately.

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As you always do.

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I break the unpleasant news,
and there my responsibility ends.

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But you, you have to stay with them
through the entire grieving process.

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We deal with our pain
in many different ways,

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but over the years,
I've discovered it's in joy

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that the uniqueness
of each individual is revealed.

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If I can help a person back
to a state of joy...

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Well, my role has its rewards.

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Riker [over com]:
Captain, we 're picking up

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an energy field
on the planet's surface.

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Locafion?

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Two kilometers north
of the away team's beam-down point.

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Indeed.

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Full scan.

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00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:38,534
Inconclusive, captain.

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00:18:38,743 --> 00:18:42,079
Sir, I'm sensing a presence
on the planet.

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- Very vague.
- Life form?

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00:18:44,373 --> 00:18:48,544
I can't be sure. The emotions of the
crew are particularly strong right now.

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It's difficult to filter them out.

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Data, scan analysis on main viewer.

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Troi stopped by a little while ago.

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She was wondering
if you might be willing

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to talk to Jeremy aster
at some point.

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- What for?
- About your dad.

249
00:19:27,625 --> 00:19:28,876
What am I gonna tell him?

250
00:19:29,085 --> 00:19:31,879
It would help him to talk to somebody
who's been through this.

251
00:19:35,132 --> 00:19:36,884
We had each other, Wes.

252
00:19:37,093 --> 00:19:39,595
He doesn't have anyone
to lean on right now.

253
00:19:39,762 --> 00:19:41,847
And he might be more comfortable
talking to someone

254
00:19:42,056 --> 00:19:44,433
who's not that much older than he is.

255
00:19:44,642 --> 00:19:47,770
Okay, I'll think about it.

256
00:19:49,271 --> 00:19:51,148
Okay.

257
00:20:08,916 --> 00:20:10,626
Do you ever think about him, mom?

258
00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:13,254
Your father?

259
00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:17,133
Sure, I do.

260
00:20:17,967 --> 00:20:23,222
Sometimes I can't even remember
what his face looks like.

261
00:20:23,973 --> 00:20:25,182
It scares me.

262
00:20:28,853 --> 00:20:31,814
It happens to all of us, Wes.

263
00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:39,238
Sometimes I can't get his face
out of my mind.

264
00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:41,949
Today.

265
00:20:42,158 --> 00:20:48,164
Today it's like I can see it all
as clearly as if it were yesterday.

266
00:20:49,457 --> 00:20:54,295
I can remember the way dad looked
when he hugged me goodbye.

267
00:20:54,503 --> 00:20:57,882
Captain picard's eyes
when he came to tell us.

268
00:21:05,347 --> 00:21:08,350
Data, run comparison
of known phenomena.

269
00:21:09,185 --> 00:21:12,229
The pattern has no exact match
in federation records, sir.

270
00:21:12,438 --> 00:21:15,191
- Is it alive?
- A possibility.

271
00:21:15,399 --> 00:21:16,484
Geordi [over com]: Captain,

272
00:21:16,692 --> 00:21:18,944
I'm getting an unusual
magnetic flux reading

273
00:21:19,153 --> 00:21:21,947
from the ant/matter
containment pods.

274
00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:24,325
My god.

275
00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:26,052
Jeremy [onscreen]:
Wait a minute, wait a minute.

276
00:21:26,076 --> 00:21:27,828
Okay, you got
10 seconds more, mom.

277
00:21:28,037 --> 00:21:29,747
No peeking.

278
00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:32,792
Come on, patches, in here. Shh.

279
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,502
Okay, mom, we're ready.

280
00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:38,881
Marla [onscreen]:
Jeremy, I'm getting closer.

281
00:21:39,215 --> 00:21:43,260
Jeremy, I'm gonna find you.

282
00:21:43,469 --> 00:21:45,721
Must be in here somewhere.

283
00:21:46,764 --> 00:21:48,849
Marla: Jeremy.

284
00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:51,936
Mom?

285
00:22:02,029 --> 00:22:04,365
All systems are functioning normally.

286
00:22:04,573 --> 00:22:07,910
Still, there's this fluctuation
in the containment field.

287
00:22:08,118 --> 00:22:09,370
I can't account for it.

288
00:22:09,578 --> 00:22:12,540
Data, is this possibly related
to the energy fields on the planet?

289
00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:14,428
There is a beam
of highly charged particles

290
00:22:14,625 --> 00:22:16,126
emanating from the planet, sir.

291
00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:18,671
But I cannot pinpoint the location yet.

292
00:22:18,879 --> 00:22:22,508
Captain, there's a presence
on the enterprise.

293
00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:28,222
- An alien presence?
- No intruder noted by the sensors, sir.

294
00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:30,641
There is a presence.

295
00:22:33,394 --> 00:22:36,689
Security, all decks, yellow alert.
Possible intruder.

296
00:22:49,660 --> 00:22:51,245
They said you were dead.

297
00:22:52,037 --> 00:22:56,542
There was a mistake. It's okay.

298
00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:05,050
But there was an explosion.
You were hurt.

299
00:23:05,259 --> 00:23:07,344
I'm fine.

300
00:23:08,470 --> 00:23:10,556
You mustn't think any more
about this.

301
00:23:10,764 --> 00:23:14,977
The important thing is I'm never
going to leave you again. Heh.

302
00:23:19,648 --> 00:23:22,568
I think somebody needs a hug.

303
00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:44,715
We have to go now.

304
00:23:45,674 --> 00:23:48,802
- Where?
- To the planet.

305
00:23:51,513 --> 00:23:53,349
That's where we're going to live now.

306
00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:56,477
We're not gonna stay
on the enterprise anymore?

307
00:23:56,685 --> 00:24:02,441
No, we're gonna live in a home
just like we used to on earth.

308
00:24:03,692 --> 00:24:05,277
You'll see.

309
00:24:06,654 --> 00:24:08,656
I promise.

310
00:24:12,451 --> 00:24:14,453
[Door beeps]

311
00:24:17,831 --> 00:24:21,001
Lieutenant worf, did they tell you?
It was a mistake.

312
00:24:21,210 --> 00:24:22,795
She didn't die. She's alive.

313
00:24:23,003 --> 00:24:26,966
- Jeremy, come here.
- Lieutenant worf, it's all right.

314
00:24:27,174 --> 00:24:28,884
I'm here for the boy.

315
00:24:30,844 --> 00:24:32,972
Lieutenant worf to captain picard.

316
00:24:33,180 --> 00:24:34,223
Go ahead.

317
00:24:34,431 --> 00:24:37,226
Worf [over com]:
Lieutenant aster is in her quarters.

318
00:24:38,394 --> 00:24:41,647
- Repeat, worf.
- Lieutenant aster is here.

319
00:24:42,523 --> 00:24:44,400
In her quarters with the boy.

320
00:24:44,608 --> 00:24:47,903
Do not provoke her
or interfere in any way until I arrive.

321
00:24:48,112 --> 00:24:49,738
Picard out.

322
00:24:50,864 --> 00:24:53,200
Number one,
have security moving that way,

323
00:24:53,409 --> 00:24:55,661
but tell them to keep their distance.

324
00:24:55,869 --> 00:24:57,663
You have the bridge.

325
00:24:58,539 --> 00:25:00,165
Counselor.

326
00:25:04,461 --> 00:25:06,338
There's nothing to worry about.

327
00:25:06,547 --> 00:25:10,426
I'm going to take care of Jeremy
and make him happy.

328
00:25:10,634 --> 00:25:13,804
- It's time to go.
- Where are you taking the child?

329
00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:17,266
- To the planet.
- Come, Jeremy.

330
00:25:25,983 --> 00:25:29,111
Worf to picard.
They're leaving their quarters.

331
00:25:31,071 --> 00:25:34,700
Captain, [believe we're headed
for transporter room 3.

332
00:25:34,908 --> 00:25:36,869
We're on our way.

333
00:25:42,374 --> 00:25:46,170
Chief o'brien, Jeremy and I
are going down to the surface.

334
00:25:56,138 --> 00:25:57,473
Who are you?

335
00:25:58,140 --> 00:26:00,142
I'm Marla aster.

336
00:26:00,350 --> 00:26:02,519
It's my mother, captain. She's alive.

337
00:26:02,936 --> 00:26:06,607
- What do you want?
- To take my child down to the planet.

338
00:26:06,815 --> 00:26:09,777
I cannot permit that.
The boy is my responsibility.

339
00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:14,531
I'm here to care for him.
He needs me.

340
00:26:15,115 --> 00:26:16,158
Why do you resist?

341
00:26:16,366 --> 00:26:20,370
Because I don't know who
or what you are.

342
00:26:20,788 --> 00:26:22,706
Can't you see who it is, captain?

343
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:26,376
Jeremy, she appears
to be your mother, but she is not.

344
00:26:28,962 --> 00:26:31,131
- What do you mean?
- You're confusing the boy.

345
00:26:31,673 --> 00:26:33,717
Hey, wait, stop! No!

346
00:26:34,093 --> 00:26:35,969
No, wait, stop!

347
00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:41,018
- Jeremy, come on.
- Wait, would you just let...?

348
00:26:41,141 --> 00:26:42,476
- Jeremy.
- Let go of me!

349
00:26:42,684 --> 00:26:45,145
She was right there!

350
00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:51,151
What did you do to her?

351
00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:55,322
Jeremy, I don't know what that was,
but it was not your mother.

352
00:26:55,531 --> 00:26:58,492
You saw her. She was here.

353
00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:01,161
Your mother is dead.

354
00:27:02,162 --> 00:27:05,666
But I touched her. She was real.

355
00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:09,419
Why would your real mother
want you to go down to the planet?

356
00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:11,755
There's nothing there
but dust and rocks.

357
00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:14,842
[Troi gasps]

358
00:27:28,939 --> 00:27:31,066
It's my house.

359
00:27:31,608 --> 00:27:33,861
It's my house on earth.

360
00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:36,405
Exactly the way it was.

361
00:27:36,613 --> 00:27:37,906
Remember, Jeremy?

362
00:27:38,574 --> 00:27:40,242
How did you do it?

363
00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:41,702
[Chuckles]

364
00:27:41,910 --> 00:27:46,123
- Does it matter?
- Yes, it matters.

365
00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:52,880
I am trying to understand
your resistance.

366
00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:57,050
You spoke of rocks and dust
on the planet.

367
00:27:57,259 --> 00:28:00,179
I decided to show you
what awaits us there.

368
00:28:00,387 --> 00:28:03,182
Why would you create this fantasy?

369
00:28:04,808 --> 00:28:06,977
It's his home.

370
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,022
And it makes you happy, doesn't it?

371
00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:12,441
But it's not real.

372
00:28:12,649 --> 00:28:14,109
Isn't it?

373
00:28:14,318 --> 00:28:15,402
[Patches meowing]

374
00:28:15,611 --> 00:28:19,156
Jeremy, isn't that really patches?

375
00:28:30,876 --> 00:28:34,421
He knows me. It's him.

376
00:28:36,590 --> 00:28:38,967
It's real. It's all real.

377
00:28:39,176 --> 00:28:40,636
No, it's not.

378
00:28:41,178 --> 00:28:44,598
Could your real mother
just make all this appear?

379
00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:48,018
You must not stay here.

380
00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:49,811
Come with me.

381
00:29:02,449 --> 00:29:04,159
I can't.

382
00:29:08,997 --> 00:29:12,000
- Is the boy in any danger?
- Troi [over com]: I don't think so.

383
00:29:12,209 --> 00:29:15,379
- She seems to want to help him.
- Help him?

384
00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:17,089
By easing his pain.

385
00:29:17,297 --> 00:29:20,175
She's very confused
by our resistance, captain.

386
00:29:21,051 --> 00:29:24,721
Troi, would it be wise to remove
Jeremy from his cabin?

387
00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:26,556
He doesn't want to leave.

388
00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:29,226
I would not recommend
taking him by force.

389
00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:30,477
She offers him everything.

390
00:29:30,686 --> 00:29:33,146
All we can offer is the cold reality
of his mother's death.

391
00:29:33,355 --> 00:29:34,606
Beverly: What would you choose?

392
00:29:34,815 --> 00:29:35,899
If somebody came along

393
00:29:36,108 --> 00:29:38,986
and offered to give you back
your mother, father or husband,

394
00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:41,780
would any of us say no so easily?

395
00:29:41,989 --> 00:29:44,825
Counselor, stay with them
in Jeremy's quarters.

396
00:29:45,033 --> 00:29:47,577
We 7! Try and put an end
to this from here.

397
00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:49,663
Understood.

398
00:29:50,747 --> 00:29:52,040
[Marla and Jeremy laughing]

399
00:29:52,249 --> 00:29:54,543
Data, can you determine for certain

400
00:29:54,751 --> 00:29:58,839
that the energy source from the planet
is powering this creation?

401
00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:02,301
The beam from the planet is clearly
tapping into the ship's antimatter.

402
00:30:02,509 --> 00:30:05,304
I'd say they're running
that manifestation off our own energy.

403
00:30:05,512 --> 00:30:07,431
So there are limits to her power.

404
00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:09,933
She needs the transporter
to get the boy back.

405
00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:12,853
So how do we cut
the puppet's strings?

406
00:30:13,061 --> 00:30:14,396
Increasing the shield's harmonics

407
00:30:14,604 --> 00:30:16,440
to match our own
antimatter containment fields

408
00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:19,026
- will probably sever the beam.
- Proceed.

409
00:30:19,568 --> 00:30:23,238
- Deanna, stand by.
- Troi: Standing by.

410
00:30:25,615 --> 00:30:27,242
Jeremy.

411
00:30:27,993 --> 00:30:30,495
It's time for this to end.

412
00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:34,958
It's not real, and it's over now.

413
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:39,171
Jeremy, I'm not going
to leave you ever again.

414
00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:42,132
I won't trick you or lie to you.

415
00:30:43,383 --> 00:30:46,553
We'll be happy together,
Jeremy, as soon...

416
00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:15,123
Antimatter containment pods
reading nominal.

417
00:31:15,332 --> 00:31:18,585
The shield has severed
the beam, sir.

418
00:31:19,503 --> 00:31:20,629
[Computer beeping]

419
00:31:20,837 --> 00:31:24,341
Captain, the energy field.

420
00:31:28,553 --> 00:31:31,056
Mr. Crusher, take us out of here.

421
00:31:35,852 --> 00:31:38,230
[Alarm blaring]

422
00:31:43,193 --> 00:31:44,736
Alien intruder, transporter room 3.

423
00:31:44,945 --> 00:31:47,531
Security alert. Alien...

424
00:31:48,698 --> 00:31:50,075
Security to transporter room 3.

425
00:31:50,283 --> 00:31:52,577
Commander la forge, Mr. Worf,
come with me.

426
00:31:52,786 --> 00:31:54,704
Number one, you have the bridge.

427
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,802
[Both groan]

428
00:32:20,564 --> 00:32:22,441
Come, Jeremy.

429
00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:26,486
We will not let them
separate us again.

430
00:32:26,695 --> 00:32:28,780
We're going home.

431
00:32:41,751 --> 00:32:43,044
Troi: Captain, she's back.

432
00:32:43,253 --> 00:32:45,422
And she's trying to take
Jeremy off the ship again.

433
00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:46,798
Acknowledged.

434
00:32:47,007 --> 00:32:50,385
Engineering, this is la forge.
Shut down power to all transporters.

435
00:32:50,594 --> 00:32:53,555
- I'm on my way.
- Engineer: Aye, aye, sir.

436
00:32:54,014 --> 00:32:56,683
Lieutenant worf,
to transporter room 3.

437
00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:02,898
Bridge, seal off deck 8,
corridors a and b.

438
00:33:03,106 --> 00:33:07,402
Engaging force fields, captain.
Transporters, down.

439
00:33:22,876 --> 00:33:24,920
Energy force has left
transporter room 3.

440
00:33:25,128 --> 00:33:26,880
Security alert, all decks.

441
00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:30,509
La forge, the intruder may try
to reinstate transporter power.

442
00:33:30,717 --> 00:33:32,177
Understood, commander.

443
00:33:58,537 --> 00:34:03,208
Bndge,
release security force field 8-b.

444
00:34:07,295 --> 00:34:09,214
Hello, Jeremy.

445
00:34:11,424 --> 00:34:13,093
How are you?

446
00:34:13,635 --> 00:34:16,763
- Are you frightened?
- No.

447
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:22,018
- Well, a little, sir.
- Picard: Of course.

448
00:34:22,727 --> 00:34:25,647
These are frightening things
that are happening.

449
00:34:25,855 --> 00:34:28,275
But we won't let anyone harm you.

450
00:34:29,401 --> 00:34:31,820
Counselor, why don't you
take the boy to my quarters?

451
00:34:46,167 --> 00:34:48,378
It's looking over everything,
commander.

452
00:34:48,587 --> 00:34:50,505
Going to school.

453
00:34:53,174 --> 00:34:55,302
Let's just hope it doesn't blow us
to kingdom come

454
00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:58,138
while it's figuring out how
to blow us to kingdom come.

455
00:35:05,729 --> 00:35:07,856
Power's back
in transporter room 3.

456
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:12,694
Bypassing the manual override,
shutting it down.

457
00:35:13,862 --> 00:35:15,339
Worf [over com]:
Transporter is down again.

458
00:35:15,363 --> 00:35:17,157
Keep it down, geordi,
for as long as you can.

459
00:35:17,365 --> 00:35:19,993
Geordi [over com]:
Understood, commander.

460
00:35:25,373 --> 00:35:27,792
It is only a matter of time, captain,

461
00:35:28,001 --> 00:35:30,670
before we can power
the transporters ourselves.

462
00:35:30,879 --> 00:35:34,132
"We"?
For whom else do you speak?

463
00:35:40,805 --> 00:35:43,767
The accident on the surface
was caused by a remnant

464
00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:47,228
of an ancient and tragic era.

465
00:35:48,438 --> 00:35:51,816
Two species once shared this world.

466
00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:55,987
One of energy and one of matter.

467
00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:59,032
The physical beings
you call the koinonians

468
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:03,036
destroyed themselves
in unending bitter wars.

469
00:36:03,244 --> 00:36:05,872
The surviving life forms
on this planet will not tolerate

470
00:36:06,081 --> 00:36:11,127
any further suffering
as a result of that dishonorable past.

471
00:36:11,336 --> 00:36:15,298
So they have made this possible.

472
00:36:15,507 --> 00:36:17,801
They have made me possible.

473
00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:20,553
I appreciate your motives.

474
00:36:21,930 --> 00:36:25,684
But his mother is dead.

475
00:36:25,892 --> 00:36:27,227
He must learn to live with that.

476
00:36:27,435 --> 00:36:31,564
- I will be every bit his mother.
- But not his mother.

477
00:36:37,737 --> 00:36:39,698
Picard to lieutenant worf.

478
00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:41,825
Worf [over com]:
Go ahead, captain.

479
00:36:42,033 --> 00:36:45,745
Will you escort ensign crusher
to the aster quarters?

480
00:36:45,954 --> 00:36:47,789
- Wo rf: Yes, sir.
- Picard out.

481
00:36:47,997 --> 00:36:51,042
Your philosophy is curious, captain.

482
00:36:51,501 --> 00:36:54,045
What is so noble about sorrow?

483
00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:59,676
I can provide him an existence
where he will feel no pain, no anguish.

484
00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:06,141
It is at the heart of our nature
to feel pain and joy.

485
00:37:06,933 --> 00:37:12,147
That is an essential part
of what makes us what we are.

486
00:37:13,606 --> 00:37:16,484
He is alone now in your world.

487
00:37:16,693 --> 00:37:20,113
A child, alone.

488
00:37:20,488 --> 00:37:23,783
How can you know
he won't be happier with me?

489
00:37:23,992 --> 00:37:27,412
For a brief moment in time,
he surely would be.

490
00:37:28,121 --> 00:37:30,415
Any of us in his place would be.

491
00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:34,294
What would Jeremy
do for friends in your world?

492
00:37:35,211 --> 00:37:37,422
He will have any friends he needs.

493
00:37:37,630 --> 00:37:43,428
And will you provide for his education,
his health, his growth,

494
00:37:43,636 --> 00:37:46,723
a career, a wife?

495
00:37:48,850 --> 00:37:52,103
Yes, it's quite an undertaking
you're proposing, isn't it?

496
00:37:54,105 --> 00:37:56,983
It is our duty
to make him happy again.

497
00:37:57,192 --> 00:38:00,820
Do you honestly believe
he would be happy

498
00:38:01,029 --> 00:38:05,784
in this total fiction
which you wish to create?

499
00:38:06,326 --> 00:38:08,036
What reason would he have to live?

500
00:38:08,995 --> 00:38:10,580
What you're offering him
is a memory.

501
00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:15,460
Something to Cherish, not to live in.

502
00:38:15,668 --> 00:38:20,006
It is part of our life cycle that
we accept the death of those we love.

503
00:38:20,632 --> 00:38:22,675
Jeremy must come to terms
with his grief.

504
00:38:22,884 --> 00:38:25,720
He must not cover it
or hide away from it.

505
00:38:25,929 --> 00:38:27,472
You see, we are mortal.

506
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,809
Our time in this universe is finite.

507
00:38:31,017 --> 00:38:36,022
And that is one of the truths
that all humans must learn.

508
00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:43,738
Acting ensign crusher
reporting as ordered, sir.

509
00:38:43,947 --> 00:38:45,657
Picard: Yes, come in, Wesley.

510
00:38:45,865 --> 00:38:48,034
Please, stay, lieutenant.

511
00:38:52,247 --> 00:38:53,957
Jeremy,

512
00:38:54,582 --> 00:38:59,546
Wesley's father died
on a starfleet mission

513
00:39:00,713 --> 00:39:02,632
when he was younger than you are.

514
00:39:04,676 --> 00:39:09,722
Wes, your mother told me you were
finding it difficult to talk to Jeremy.

515
00:39:10,181 --> 00:39:12,016
Why is that?

516
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,310
I don't know.

517
00:39:16,062 --> 00:39:18,606
I just don't wanna
think about it anymore.

518
00:39:18,815 --> 00:39:22,151
All this has reminded me
so much of that day.

519
00:39:22,777 --> 00:39:25,280
The day I told you
your father had been killed.

520
00:39:26,114 --> 00:39:28,992
As I recall, Wesley,
you took it very well.

521
00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:34,122
My parents had told me about
the dangers of starfleet missions.

522
00:39:34,330 --> 00:39:37,208
- I knew it could happen.
- So you were prepared.

523
00:39:37,417 --> 00:39:40,378
No, I wasn't prepared at all.

524
00:39:40,587 --> 00:39:43,172
How can anyone
be prepared to hear

525
00:39:43,381 --> 00:39:46,467
that a parent
is never coming home again?

526
00:39:46,676 --> 00:39:50,263
I tried to be
what everyone expected of me.

527
00:39:50,471 --> 00:39:52,932
Brave and mature.

528
00:39:53,641 --> 00:39:55,518
Wesley, are you saying

529
00:39:55,727 --> 00:39:59,439
that you didn't want anybody to see
what you were really feeling?

530
00:40:01,816 --> 00:40:03,568
Well, what were you really feeling?

531
00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:07,947
Like somebody
had kicked me in the head.

532
00:40:08,156 --> 00:40:09,824
Somebody?

533
00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:12,785
Go on.

534
00:40:12,994 --> 00:40:15,538
You've wanted to tell him
for a long time.

535
00:40:17,457 --> 00:40:20,460
I was angry at you.

536
00:40:21,878 --> 00:40:24,756
Why angry?
Why were you angry at me, Wesley?

537
00:40:26,299 --> 00:40:28,509
Were you angry at me because
I was the one

538
00:40:28,718 --> 00:40:30,678
who had told you
your father was dead?

539
00:40:31,220 --> 00:40:34,515
- No.
- Then why?

540
00:40:34,974 --> 00:40:38,019
Because you led the mission.

541
00:40:38,227 --> 00:40:41,147
You came home
and my father didn't.

542
00:40:43,983 --> 00:40:46,444
How long were you angry
with the captain, Wes?

543
00:40:47,362 --> 00:40:49,447
For a long time.

544
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,408
But not anymore, sir.

545
00:40:53,868 --> 00:40:55,828
Not even a little.

546
00:40:58,164 --> 00:40:59,832
80, Jeremy,

547
00:41:01,376 --> 00:41:04,087
you must be very angry
at lieutenant worf.

548
00:41:05,046 --> 00:41:07,173
He was in charge
of your mother's mission.

549
00:41:07,382 --> 00:41:09,300
Just as captain picard
was in command

550
00:41:09,509 --> 00:41:11,344
when Wesley's father was killed.

551
00:41:12,595 --> 00:41:14,430
Isn't that right?

552
00:41:15,139 --> 00:41:17,350
Worf came back.

553
00:41:18,226 --> 00:41:19,560
Your mother didn't.

554
00:41:21,104 --> 00:41:24,107
Why? Why weren't you
the one who died?

555
00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:26,526
Why did it have to be her?

556
00:41:26,734 --> 00:41:28,987
He can't answer that.

557
00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:31,406
None of us can.

558
00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:35,368
Lieutenant worf
also lost his parents.

559
00:41:35,910 --> 00:41:38,162
Worf: They were killed
in battle when I was 6.

560
00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:43,960
When I was alone,
humans helped me.

561
00:41:45,128 --> 00:41:46,587
Let me help you.

562
00:41:47,296 --> 00:41:51,592
The Marla aster I knew and honored
is not in this room.

563
00:41:52,051 --> 00:41:54,721
Nor does she await you
on the planet.

564
00:41:55,430 --> 00:42:01,352
She now only lives here and here.

565
00:42:09,110 --> 00:42:12,238
Join me in the r'uustai,
the bonding.

566
00:42:12,697 --> 00:42:16,325
You will become part of my family now
and for all time.

567
00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:19,662
We will be brothers.

568
00:43:58,386 --> 00:44:01,973
[Speaks in klingon]

569
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,477
What does that mean?

570
00:44:08,729 --> 00:44:11,732
It honors the memory
of our mothers.

571
00:44:11,941 --> 00:44:16,112
We have bonded
and our families are stronger.

572
00:44:18,489 --> 00:44:22,618
[Speaks in klingon]