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M'BENGA: Previously on
Star Trek Strange New Worlds...
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I've read that the Aenar have
a form of precognitive ability.
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I knew you were going to ask that.
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SPOCK: Hemmer may not be able to see,
but his other senses compensate.
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UNA: You're keeping something
in the pattern buffer.
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Rukiya. My daughter.
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A year ago, she was diagnosed
with cygnokemia.
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Story time?
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You bet.
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You've read this, like, a hundred times.
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That doesn't mean that the ending
couldn't miraculously change.
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M'BENGA: Chief medical officer's
personal log,
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Stardate 2341.6.
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The Enterprise is conducting a routine
survey of the Jonisian Nebula.
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There isn't a great deal
for Sickbay to do,
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so I've been continuing my own research.
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The patient's condition
has not improved.
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Months have become days
and have become hours.
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Every minute has become invaluable.
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She has so little time left.
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RUKIYA: Daddy.
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Finish the story.
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I like it when you read the ending.
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You need to go back in, Rukiya.
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Just finish it with me.
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Please?
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"King Ridley scanned the battlefield
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"as Queen Neve's forces
approached the border of his kingdom.
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"Things were dark.
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"The king's chamberlain, Sir Rauth,
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"had turned against them.
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"Their only ally,
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"Princess Thalia,
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"had fallen to the evil queen.
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"And now King Ridley
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- "was gravely outnumbered and..."
- I hate this part.
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- But you wanted me to read it to you.
- I know.
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It's just I always wish the Huntress
would come along and help.
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You know, like get together
with Sir Adya
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- and rescue the king.
- But that's not what happens.
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King Ridley is forced to choose.
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- Give up his greatest weapon...
- The Mercury Stone.
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...or rescue Princess Thalia.
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I know.
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But what if we could change the ending?
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(PAGES RUSTLING)
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Someday,
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when you're a grown-up,
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you'll write your own stories.
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And you can have any ending you like.
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But I have to get better first, right?
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Yes.
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When I'm better,
can I see your quarters?
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I'll take you to see the whole ship.
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I love you, Daddy.
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I love you, too.
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Always.
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Good night.
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(SOFT WARBLING)
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- (COUGHING)
- (ALARM BEEPING)
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COMPUTER: Chemical 3-QND contained.
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(ALARM STOPS BEEPING)
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(DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN)
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Doctor, the shuttle crew
landed several hours ago.
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Was there a reason they haven't been
cleared for active duty yet?
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I'm sorry.
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(SIGHS) I must have gotten
a little lost in my research.
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I'll get right to it.
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Are you getting any closer?
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No.
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The last thing I tried
literally blew up in my face.
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Maybe you're pushing yourself too hard.
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Rukiya has been living
in that transporter for too long.
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Much longer than I anticipated.
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And even so,
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her time is now running out.
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There has to be a cure.
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I just need to find it.
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I sympathize
with your duties as a father.
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But I also have to remind you
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of your duties
as our chief medical officer.
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Understood, Commander.
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I will ensure that the landing party
is cleared for duty immediately.
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But first, why don't you get some rest?
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- (SIGHS)
- You can see to the landing party
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- when you're feeling better.
- I'm fine.
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Take it as an order then, Doctor.
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The crew isn't going anywhere.
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And neither is Rukiya.
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(SIGHS)
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Thank you, Una.
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Cadet Uhura informs me
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that all data buoys have been retrieved.
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And with that, our survey of the nebula
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appears to be complete.
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I could get used to this.
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- Sir?
- PIKE: This.
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No battles. No chaos.
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Just scanning a nebula
and focusing on the science.
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Nice change of pace, wouldn't you agree?
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Captain, you have repeatedly told me
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that humans have a superstition
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against calling attention to good things
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by saying them out loud.
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Why, Mr. Spock,
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I never took you
for the superstitious type.
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Hmm. Erica,
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set a course for McNair Starbase.
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Drinks are on me.
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Course set and ready for warp
on your mark, sir.
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You gonna say the thing?
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Hit it.
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(WHIRRING)
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(WHIRRING POWERS DOWN)
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I said "Hit it."
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I'm hitting it, Captain, but...
(CHUCKLES)
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- ...we're not moving.
- Mitchell,
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what's going on with my ship?
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All systems are in the green, sir,
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but we're frozen in place.
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Mr. Spock?
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Scans indicate a minor synchrotron flux
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emanating from inside the nebula.
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Perhaps that has affected
our warp capabilities.
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Or...
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Or?
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Perhaps you did, indeed, jinx it.
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Let's hope that's all we have
to worry about, Mr. Spock.
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Pike to Engineering.
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We still got a warp core down there?
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Despite our lack of motion,
the warp core
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seems to be functioning
within normal parameters.
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Perhaps the nebula has merely affected
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our ability to achieve
a static warp bubble.
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Suggest we engage impulse thrusters
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until we are clear
of its gravitational influence.
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HEMMER: I concur with Mr. Spock's plan.
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Great. Let's do it.
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- Transferring power to impulse.
- (WHIRRING)
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Ortegas? Get us out of here.
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Kissing this nebula goodbye, take two.
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- (RUMBLES)
- (GRUNTS)
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Bridge to Dr. M'Benga. Emergency.
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Lieutenant Ortegas is injured.
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On my way, Captain.
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Bridge.
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(BEEPS)
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(EXHALES)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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- Hi.
- (WHISPERS) Move!
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All hail the king!
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ALL: The king.
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What the hell?
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PIKE: Space.
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The final frontier.
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These are the voyages
of the starship Enterprise.
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Its five-year mission,
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to explore strange new worlds,
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to seek out new life
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and new civilizations,
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to boldly go
where no one has gone before.
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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
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I came to see Ortegas, but...
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Ortegas?
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I... You mean Sir Adya. Come, come.
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Sir Adya? From the book?
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The book, sire?
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Is this some kind of a joke, Captain?
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If it is jokes you desire,
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I could summon the court jester.
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- Summon the court jest...
- No.
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Hold the jester!
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M'BENGA: It's just...
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You're all dressed up like characters
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from the book I've been reading to my...
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Well, Ortegas is Sir Adya.
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And you are clearly Sir Amand Rauth?
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Your loyal chamberlain.
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Was this your idea?
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My idea to what, sire?
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Mmm, perhaps it would be best
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if you took a seat, King Ridley.
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Maybe I should sit.
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Perhaps Your Highness is parched.
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A sip of wine would refresh you.
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ORTEGAS: What are you doing?
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I'm just trying to help
our poor, tired king.
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Where did the wine come from, Rauth?
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Let's see. It came
from beside the carafe.
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It is my sworn duty
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to tend to the king's well-being.
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He shall drink nothing
I have not tasted first.
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And as chamberlain,
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the king's health
is my greatest concern.
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Your words could polish
the finest of apples, Sir Rauth.
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Perhaps they are better suited...
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Ow.
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...to the kitchen.
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I need a moment.
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Computer, are you registering any
abnormal readings on the bridge?
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- (WHISPERS) "Computer"?
- He obviously means the Oracle.
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Computer?
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The explosion.
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Perhaps the 3-QND
is causing me to hallucinate.
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- I need to get to Sickbay.
- To Sickbay.
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Uh, sorry, Your Highness.
Where is this bay?
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And, ooh, do I need
to commandeer a ship?
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I knew this dreadful fog was
a bad omen as soon as it appeared.
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Fog?
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What fog?
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A mysterious smoky wall.
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It has engulfed
the entire kingdom, sire.
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Poisonous air.
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I wager it's a curse sent by Queen Neve.
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Sorcery is a coward's weapon.
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Give me a clean kill by sword any day.
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Really?
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- Uh...
- Where are you going? Sire?
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I'm going to get a medical...
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A magical device.
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Called a tricorder.
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It will give me some answers.
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Just stay here.
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- Both of you.
- (DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN)
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(DOOR WHOOSHES SHUT)
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(INSECTS TRILLING)
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- My king.
- My liege.
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It is wonderful to see you, King Ridley.
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What brings you to my sanctuary?
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I'm looking for this.
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Some sort of
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healing stone?
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M'BENGA: Its readings indicate
I'm perfectly healthy.
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Readings?
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Allow me to examine you.
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(GASPS SOFTLY)
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(EXHALES SHAKILY)
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So much pain.
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- (EXHALES)
- It weighs down your spirit.
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You should have come to me sooner.
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(TRICORDER WHIRRING SOFTLY)
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And what does your device say of me?
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It seems your dopamine levels
are highly elevated.
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Dopamine?
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(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
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My king. I know you said not to follow,
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but Princess Thalia insisted.
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(EXHALES)
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My dear, brave King Ridley.
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I'm so grateful
to have finally found you.
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Queen Neve has invaded my kingdom.
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She's obsessed with the Mercury Stone.
She thinks I have it.
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Her Crimson Guard
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captured my throne
and imprisoned my subjects.
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I mean, I scarcely escaped with my life,
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not to mention my poor little Runa.
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- Isn't that right?
- That, uh...
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- LA'AN: Mommy loves you so much.
- That is terrible.
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LA'AN: I know
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you have the Mercury Stone
safely in your keeping.
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I...
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(GROWLS SOFTLY)
263
00:16:03,923 --> 00:16:04,924
Sure.
264
00:16:05,758 --> 00:16:06,759
Yes.
265
00:16:07,426 --> 00:16:08,553
The stone is safe.
266
00:16:09,345 --> 00:16:10,388
Heed me.
267
00:16:11,430 --> 00:16:13,975
If you do not harness the stone's powers
268
00:16:14,058 --> 00:16:16,477
to capture and stop Queen Neve,
269
00:16:16,561 --> 00:16:18,688
she will have all of us in chains.
270
00:16:18,771 --> 00:16:21,065
Your kingdom will fall as mine has.
271
00:16:24,026 --> 00:16:25,945
Uh, what is this?
272
00:16:26,946 --> 00:16:29,490
This does not look
like the Mercury Stone.
273
00:16:30,366 --> 00:16:31,576
You are very perceptive.
274
00:16:32,368 --> 00:16:33,369
It is not.
275
00:16:33,911 --> 00:16:35,580
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Oh!
276
00:16:35,663 --> 00:16:38,249
(LAUGHING) Oh!
277
00:16:40,084 --> 00:16:42,170
You have another weapon
in your mighty arsenal.
278
00:16:42,253 --> 00:16:43,254
Oh!
279
00:16:43,337 --> 00:16:46,507
Brutal Queen Neve stands
nary a chance, Runa, does she?
280
00:16:46,591 --> 00:16:49,218
My Princess Runa applauds you.
281
00:16:49,302 --> 00:16:52,513
(HIGH-PITCHED EXCLAIMING)
282
00:16:52,597 --> 00:16:56,225
What are her dopamine levels?
283
00:16:57,894 --> 00:16:59,353
Also higher than normal.
284
00:17:00,813 --> 00:17:01,856
LA'AN: Is that bad?
285
00:17:01,939 --> 00:17:02,940
Is it good?
286
00:17:03,566 --> 00:17:04,734
It's curious.
287
00:17:06,152 --> 00:17:08,905
It's a sign of heightened
neurological activity.
288
00:17:10,156 --> 00:17:12,950
My king, the princess is right.
289
00:17:13,284 --> 00:17:16,370
If you're not prepared to use
the power of the stone,
290
00:17:16,454 --> 00:17:20,625
then allow me to lead an attack
against the Crimson Guard.
291
00:17:21,209 --> 00:17:23,628
- Their heads will roll.
- (LA'AN GASPS)
292
00:17:23,711 --> 00:17:27,632
Perhaps we could refrain from
any unnecessary head chopping.
293
00:17:27,715 --> 00:17:28,925
Oh.
294
00:17:29,008 --> 00:17:30,777
- That's disappointing.
- (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
295
00:17:30,801 --> 00:17:32,779
HEMMER: Lieutenant Mitchell,
take your hands off me.
296
00:17:32,803 --> 00:17:34,513
I'm your superior officer.
297
00:17:35,765 --> 00:17:38,142
- The Crimson Guard.
- (GASPS)
298
00:17:38,226 --> 00:17:40,937
Let me go.
I'll have you court-martialed.
299
00:17:41,020 --> 00:17:44,649
Silence. Did you think your crimes
would go unpunished, wizard?
300
00:17:44,941 --> 00:17:47,401
I'm not a wizard.
I'm the chief engineer.
301
00:17:47,485 --> 00:17:48,861
You wear a wizard's robes.
302
00:17:48,945 --> 00:17:49,987
HEMMER: This is absurd.
303
00:17:50,071 --> 00:17:52,365
I don't know where these came from.
They just appeared.
304
00:17:52,448 --> 00:17:54,909
Proof of your powers, wizard.
305
00:17:54,992 --> 00:17:58,829
LA'AN: Halt your dark deeds,
accursed Crimson Guard!
306
00:17:59,872 --> 00:18:02,667
Your hour of cruelty is at an end,
307
00:18:03,501 --> 00:18:07,588
for King Ridley is here
to strike fear in your evil hearts.
308
00:18:11,467 --> 00:18:12,468
Um...
309
00:18:19,183 --> 00:18:21,143
Uh, release Castor the Wizard at once.
310
00:18:22,311 --> 00:18:24,689
We don't answer to you, false king.
311
00:18:24,897 --> 00:18:28,109
Unless you're here
to surrender the Mercury Stone.
312
00:18:29,318 --> 00:18:31,195
But what about the Letter of Accords?
313
00:18:32,405 --> 00:18:36,284
Are not Lady Audrey's woods
neutral territory by royal agreement?
314
00:18:37,493 --> 00:18:38,995
You have no rights here.
315
00:18:40,246 --> 00:18:41,747
The king speaks the truth.
316
00:18:42,373 --> 00:18:45,918
Queen Neve no longer acknowledges
the Letter of Accords.
317
00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:48,462
These are now her woods,
318
00:18:48,546 --> 00:18:51,507
and it won't be long
before your kingdom is hers, too.
319
00:18:57,221 --> 00:18:59,557
(HEMMER GRUNTING)
320
00:18:59,890 --> 00:19:02,184
- Hemmer.
- Dr. M'Benga, please, help me.
321
00:19:02,268 --> 00:19:04,270
Everyone else has lost their minds.
322
00:19:04,979 --> 00:19:06,063
(GASPS)
323
00:19:07,898 --> 00:19:12,403
My king, perhaps it is time
to unleash the stone's power.
324
00:19:13,154 --> 00:19:15,698
I don't actually have the stone.
325
00:19:16,073 --> 00:19:18,784
- What?
- M'BENGA: But I know who might.
326
00:19:18,868 --> 00:19:21,203
That wizard, Castor?
327
00:19:22,288 --> 00:19:23,539
He knows where it is.
328
00:19:25,333 --> 00:19:26,500
We must rescue him.
329
00:19:30,129 --> 00:19:31,756
Absolutely. Good plan.
330
00:19:32,590 --> 00:19:33,591
Fantastic.
331
00:19:35,092 --> 00:19:37,636
PIKE: Queen Neve will be keeping
Wizard Castor here,
332
00:19:38,429 --> 00:19:40,097
in the deepest part of her dungeon,
333
00:19:41,140 --> 00:19:42,767
at the center of her realm,
334
00:19:42,850 --> 00:19:46,145
surrounded by her most powerful forces
and weapons.
335
00:19:46,771 --> 00:19:48,397
My good king, you mustn't go.
336
00:19:48,481 --> 00:19:52,151
You will surely fall victim
to her most terrible magics.
337
00:19:52,234 --> 00:19:55,029
The princess is shrewd, as always.
338
00:19:55,946 --> 00:19:58,199
Staging a rescue would be unwise.
339
00:19:58,282 --> 00:20:01,118
Diplomacy might be more prudent.
340
00:20:01,202 --> 00:20:04,455
I'm sorry,
but we need the Mercury Stone.
341
00:20:04,538 --> 00:20:07,625
And it's hard to hear over the sound
of your trembling boots.
342
00:20:07,708 --> 00:20:09,001
That's enough.
343
00:20:10,127 --> 00:20:11,837
We're going to try diplomacy.
344
00:20:13,798 --> 00:20:16,509
If that doesn't work,
then you can cut something in half.
345
00:20:17,468 --> 00:20:18,886
Thank you, sire.
346
00:20:18,969 --> 00:20:20,388
Starfall is thirsty.
347
00:20:20,471 --> 00:20:22,765
- Ridiculous name for a sword.
- You're ridiculous.
348
00:20:22,848 --> 00:20:25,184
You are both going to
escort me to Queen Neve.
349
00:20:26,644 --> 00:20:29,772
With as little bickering
as possible, please.
350
00:20:31,649 --> 00:20:33,192
And what of me, My Lord?
351
00:20:34,151 --> 00:20:35,986
- And Runa?
- (RUNA WHINING)
352
00:20:36,070 --> 00:20:37,154
She should stay here.
353
00:20:38,864 --> 00:20:41,033
And, um, you should stay to protect her.
354
00:20:42,701 --> 00:20:47,331
(CHUCKLES) Oh, a wise plan, my king.
We shall await your return.
355
00:20:48,624 --> 00:20:50,459
And if you should fall in battle,
356
00:20:50,793 --> 00:20:52,002
I will sing
357
00:20:53,629 --> 00:20:55,965
an epic song...
358
00:20:56,465 --> 00:20:57,633
(INHALES DEEPLY)
359
00:20:58,008 --> 00:21:04,849
(SINGING) Of mourning
360
00:21:04,932 --> 00:21:09,603
(SUSTAINING NOTE)
361
00:21:09,687 --> 00:21:12,189
(VOCALIZES)
362
00:21:14,150 --> 00:21:15,151
Great.
363
00:21:16,610 --> 00:21:17,611
Okay.
364
00:21:18,362 --> 00:21:19,363
Let's go.
365
00:21:20,156 --> 00:21:22,700
I think I might be
more useful staying...
366
00:21:22,783 --> 00:21:24,243
- M'BENGA: Come, man!
- All right.
367
00:21:25,369 --> 00:21:27,955
ORTEGAS: This forest is full
of Crimson banners.
368
00:21:28,038 --> 00:21:29,999
Queen Neve grows more brazen by the day.
369
00:21:30,082 --> 00:21:31,250
(TWIG SNAPS)
370
00:21:36,046 --> 00:21:37,298
We are not alone.
371
00:21:43,888 --> 00:21:45,055
Step forward.
372
00:21:45,848 --> 00:21:46,932
Slowly.
373
00:21:52,188 --> 00:21:54,565
Please point that elsewhere.
374
00:21:59,278 --> 00:22:00,779
Pollux the Wizard?
375
00:22:01,363 --> 00:22:02,448
King Ridley.
376
00:22:03,532 --> 00:22:04,992
I'm surprised to find you here,
377
00:22:05,075 --> 00:22:08,370
though I cannot say
if I think it foolish or brave.
378
00:22:09,079 --> 00:22:10,080
Right.
379
00:22:10,873 --> 00:22:12,833
Well, we're looking
for the Wizard Castor.
380
00:22:13,959 --> 00:22:15,878
Ah. A fool's errand, then,
381
00:22:16,420 --> 00:22:18,464
for he is now
in the hands of Queen Neve.
382
00:22:18,547 --> 00:22:21,091
And what is to keep us
from simply marching in there
383
00:22:21,175 --> 00:22:22,301
and taking him?
384
00:22:23,552 --> 00:22:24,887
The Swamp of Infinite Deaths.
385
00:22:25,262 --> 00:22:27,014
Oh, that is not a good swamp.
386
00:22:27,598 --> 00:22:30,184
Alas, the only way to her kingdom
takes you straight through it.
387
00:22:30,851 --> 00:22:33,354
Oh. Oh, turn back then?
388
00:22:33,437 --> 00:22:34,522
Yes? No?
389
00:22:34,605 --> 00:22:37,775
I would die infinite deaths
to no longer hear your whining.
390
00:22:39,026 --> 00:22:40,361
Are you sure, Pollux,
391
00:22:41,403 --> 00:22:43,697
that there is no way for you to help us?
392
00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,410
- Why should I help you?
- Because Castor is your brother?
393
00:22:49,078 --> 00:22:50,538
- He is?
- I had no idea.
394
00:22:50,955 --> 00:22:51,956
How did you know?
395
00:22:52,623 --> 00:22:53,624
I read it in a book.
396
00:22:54,792 --> 00:22:57,253
And you would help Castor?
397
00:22:58,003 --> 00:22:59,838
Not merely use him for his power?
398
00:22:59,922 --> 00:23:01,632
If you lead us through the swamp,
399
00:23:03,217 --> 00:23:04,426
I promise to free him.
400
00:23:06,428 --> 00:23:07,429
Hmm.
401
00:23:09,765 --> 00:23:10,891
I shall aid you, then.
402
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,644
There is a way around the swamp.
A secret way.
403
00:23:14,728 --> 00:23:15,729
A dark way.
404
00:23:16,564 --> 00:23:17,606
Follow me.
405
00:23:18,607 --> 00:23:19,984
(LEAVES RUSTLING)
406
00:23:25,656 --> 00:23:28,075
Queen Neve has my brother Castor
in her dungeons.
407
00:23:28,158 --> 00:23:29,493
This tunnel should lead us there.
408
00:23:32,162 --> 00:23:34,248
Are you sure we can trust him?
409
00:23:35,165 --> 00:23:36,166
No.
410
00:23:36,792 --> 00:23:38,377
I'm sure we can't trust him.
411
00:23:39,211 --> 00:23:40,379
But that's okay.
412
00:23:40,462 --> 00:23:43,173
This is still the only way
to get to Castor.
413
00:23:44,550 --> 00:23:45,801
ORTEGAS: If you say so, sire.
414
00:24:12,161 --> 00:24:14,371
Welcome to my kingdom.
415
00:24:14,455 --> 00:24:17,416
Now, kneel before me.
416
00:24:18,876 --> 00:24:19,877
Yes, of course.
417
00:24:22,046 --> 00:24:24,506
ORTEGAS: My king,
we have been led into a trap.
418
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,467
I suspected as much.
419
00:24:27,259 --> 00:24:28,260
You knew?
420
00:24:28,969 --> 00:24:29,970
Loosely.
421
00:24:31,055 --> 00:24:33,265
In any case, I knew
Queen Neve should be entering
422
00:24:33,349 --> 00:24:34,850
the story right about now.
423
00:24:34,933 --> 00:24:37,102
And I knew I should have
stayed in the castle.
424
00:24:37,603 --> 00:24:39,438
It's always safer at home. Ow.
425
00:24:40,773 --> 00:24:42,566
Welcome, King Ridley.
426
00:24:43,484 --> 00:24:46,737
Now, where is the Mercury Stone?
427
00:24:49,615 --> 00:24:51,784
Could be anywhere, really.
428
00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:55,496
Fine.
429
00:24:55,579 --> 00:24:58,749
I'll let my torturers
drag its location out of you, then.
430
00:24:58,832 --> 00:25:00,501
They love their work.
431
00:25:00,584 --> 00:25:01,710
They're very
432
00:25:02,753 --> 00:25:03,796
thorough.
433
00:25:05,089 --> 00:25:06,757
They look everywhere.
434
00:25:08,384 --> 00:25:11,595
I promise you'll be compensated
well for your loyalty, sorcerer.
435
00:25:12,971 --> 00:25:14,598
Thank you, Queen Neve.
436
00:25:14,682 --> 00:25:16,392
You wanted to see my brother?
437
00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:18,936
Now you can join him.
438
00:25:19,770 --> 00:25:20,938
In the dungeon.
439
00:25:30,155 --> 00:25:32,074
I can't take it anymore, I tell you!
440
00:25:32,908 --> 00:25:33,951
The walls!
441
00:25:34,827 --> 00:25:37,204
The walls are starting
to close in on me!
442
00:25:37,287 --> 00:25:39,289
Hemmer, am I glad to see you.
443
00:25:39,373 --> 00:25:41,393
Are we the only two crew members
who are unaffected?
444
00:25:41,417 --> 00:25:42,793
It would appear so.
445
00:25:42,876 --> 00:25:45,838
Do you have any idea
why everyone's acting so strangely?
446
00:25:45,921 --> 00:25:48,090
They're all playing characters
from a children's book
447
00:25:48,173 --> 00:25:50,175
called The Elysian Kingdom.
448
00:25:50,259 --> 00:25:51,427
A children's book?
449
00:25:51,510 --> 00:25:54,471
- How do you know this?
- Because I read it to my daughter.
450
00:25:55,514 --> 00:25:57,182
It's a long story.
451
00:25:57,266 --> 00:26:00,477
The important question to ask is
why you and I aren't affected
452
00:26:00,561 --> 00:26:01,812
and why they are.
453
00:26:03,147 --> 00:26:04,982
I thought the important question is,
454
00:26:05,607 --> 00:26:06,984
where is the Mercury Stone?
455
00:26:08,152 --> 00:26:10,320
- Stone?
- M'BENGA: It's a weapon.
456
00:26:10,487 --> 00:26:12,948
But it's fictional. From the book.
457
00:26:13,031 --> 00:26:14,408
Where is this weapon?
458
00:26:14,491 --> 00:26:18,203
Well, in the book,
Castor helps King Ridley to find it.
459
00:26:18,620 --> 00:26:20,289
I have no idea how to find it.
460
00:26:20,372 --> 00:26:22,082
I know. I came to rescue you
461
00:26:22,166 --> 00:26:24,585
because you're the only
other person unaffected,
462
00:26:24,668 --> 00:26:27,129
which means you can help
solve the real problem.
463
00:26:27,337 --> 00:26:29,173
How do we undo all of this?
464
00:26:30,090 --> 00:26:31,925
Where were you when it started?
465
00:26:32,009 --> 00:26:33,385
In Engineering.
466
00:26:33,469 --> 00:26:36,346
I had just checked the warp engines,
and I suddenly felt,
467
00:26:37,306 --> 00:26:38,640
I don't know,
468
00:26:38,724 --> 00:26:41,018
a consciousness press against my own.
469
00:26:41,101 --> 00:26:42,978
Luckily, my years of telepathic training
470
00:26:43,061 --> 00:26:44,438
allowed me to block it.
471
00:26:44,521 --> 00:26:45,606
Consciousness?
472
00:26:46,690 --> 00:26:47,941
Coming from where?
473
00:26:48,025 --> 00:26:49,465
I didn't have time to figure it out.
474
00:26:49,526 --> 00:26:51,612
I assume I'm able to keep my memories
475
00:26:51,695 --> 00:26:53,530
because of my telepathic abilities.
476
00:26:53,614 --> 00:26:56,408
Have you considered, Doctor,
the entity I sensed
477
00:26:56,492 --> 00:26:58,619
might have pulled the story
from your mind?
478
00:26:58,952 --> 00:27:00,204
But why?
479
00:27:00,537 --> 00:27:02,372
Impossible to know without asking.
480
00:27:02,790 --> 00:27:03,791
Hemmer,
481
00:27:04,792 --> 00:27:07,795
do you think you can make contact
with this entity again?
482
00:27:07,878 --> 00:27:11,173
Contact with it is unpleasant.
That's why I blocked it.
483
00:27:12,216 --> 00:27:15,427
It felt as if my brain were
being squeezed through my nose.
484
00:27:15,511 --> 00:27:16,720
I did that to a man once.
485
00:27:18,222 --> 00:27:19,640
I was, however,
486
00:27:19,723 --> 00:27:22,142
able to sense that the entity's
not on another ship
487
00:27:22,226 --> 00:27:25,020
but rather a part of the nebula itself.
488
00:27:25,103 --> 00:27:27,314
Do you think if we access
the ship's scanner array,
489
00:27:27,397 --> 00:27:29,149
we can learn more about this entity?
490
00:27:29,233 --> 00:27:30,234
It's quite possible.
491
00:27:31,068 --> 00:27:32,236
Engineering is close by.
492
00:27:32,319 --> 00:27:34,238
I can control
the ship's systems from there.
493
00:27:34,321 --> 00:27:36,490
We have to find a way out of here first.
494
00:27:36,573 --> 00:27:37,699
And fast.
495
00:27:37,783 --> 00:27:41,245
Maybe I can get us out of here
with the help of some powerful magic
496
00:27:41,328 --> 00:27:42,412
called science.
497
00:27:51,129 --> 00:27:52,965
What would a human magician say?
498
00:27:53,048 --> 00:27:54,383
Abracadabra.
499
00:27:54,633 --> 00:27:56,802
Abracadabra. I like it.
500
00:27:57,761 --> 00:27:59,179
Don't look. It'll blind you.
501
00:27:59,263 --> 00:28:00,681
What about you?
502
00:28:00,764 --> 00:28:02,599
I am a wizard.
503
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:11,608
(METAL CLANGS)
504
00:28:15,112 --> 00:28:16,363
Oh, thank goodness.
505
00:28:16,446 --> 00:28:17,614
Oh!
506
00:28:25,038 --> 00:28:26,748
Not bad, wizard.
507
00:28:28,125 --> 00:28:29,334
I like this
508
00:28:30,127 --> 00:28:31,295
science.
509
00:28:36,049 --> 00:28:37,050
(BLOWS AIR)
510
00:28:40,262 --> 00:28:43,765
What do you mean
that the prisoners have escaped?
511
00:28:44,892 --> 00:28:47,853
The wizard conjured
his way out of the cell.
512
00:28:47,936 --> 00:28:51,523
And yet you stand here cowering
513
00:28:51,607 --> 00:28:54,610
- instead of going after them.
- I was about to.
514
00:28:54,693 --> 00:28:56,111
UHURA: You were about to?
515
00:28:57,654 --> 00:29:00,657
You were about to lose your head.
516
00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:06,371
Be grateful
your queen is feeling merciful today.
517
00:29:07,331 --> 00:29:09,708
I will give you another chance
to earn my favor.
518
00:29:14,504 --> 00:29:16,006
Pollux,
519
00:29:16,089 --> 00:29:18,634
would you be so kind
as to take my Crimson Guard
520
00:29:18,717 --> 00:29:20,469
and bring back my prisoners
521
00:29:20,552 --> 00:29:22,679
before I toss you in the dungeon
in their place?
522
00:29:23,639 --> 00:29:24,806
As you wish, my liege.
523
00:29:30,479 --> 00:29:32,147
- (EXHALES)
- (DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN)
524
00:29:33,398 --> 00:29:34,483
(DOOR WHOOSHES SHUT)
525
00:29:36,860 --> 00:29:39,237
Once inside, I can block the door.
526
00:29:39,321 --> 00:29:42,616
That should give us time
to access the ship's scanner array.
527
00:29:42,699 --> 00:29:45,202
And what ship, pray tell,
are you speaking of?
528
00:29:46,370 --> 00:29:47,371
Spock.
529
00:29:48,288 --> 00:29:49,331
M'BENGA: Pollux.
530
00:29:52,709 --> 00:29:54,086
Get out of our way.
531
00:29:54,169 --> 00:29:56,505
Or what? You're unarmed.
532
00:30:00,008 --> 00:30:01,677
(GRUNTING)
533
00:30:04,179 --> 00:30:06,056
I have armed myself.
534
00:30:08,850 --> 00:30:10,268
(GRUNTING)
535
00:30:11,687 --> 00:30:13,814
It would seem Adya has
this fight well under control.
536
00:30:13,897 --> 00:30:16,297
Perhaps I would serve you best
from the safety of the castle.
537
00:30:17,359 --> 00:30:19,569
- M'BENGA: Sure.
- Thank you, sire!
538
00:30:21,321 --> 00:30:22,322
Really?
539
00:30:22,406 --> 00:30:25,158
Sir Rauth isn't exactly known
for his bravery.
540
00:30:25,826 --> 00:30:27,494
(GRUNTING)
541
00:30:57,190 --> 00:30:58,775
(GRUNTING)
542
00:31:01,611 --> 00:31:03,155
(PANTING)
543
00:31:10,579 --> 00:31:11,788
This isn't over.
544
00:31:12,164 --> 00:31:13,165
UNA: Yes, it is.
545
00:31:15,083 --> 00:31:16,793
What's happening? Who is this?
546
00:31:17,461 --> 00:31:19,379
Z'ymira the Huntress.
547
00:31:22,007 --> 00:31:23,300
She's an ally.
548
00:31:26,344 --> 00:31:28,013
- Z'ymira.
- Adya.
549
00:31:32,684 --> 00:31:33,977
You said you would call on me.
550
00:31:34,061 --> 00:31:35,562
Been a busy time.
551
00:31:35,645 --> 00:31:37,522
A raven would be too much trouble?
552
00:31:37,606 --> 00:31:38,732
Can we not do this now?
553
00:31:38,815 --> 00:31:40,901
I saved your life.
That's something, right?
554
00:31:40,984 --> 00:31:44,029
As grateful as I am
for whatever this is,
555
00:31:44,112 --> 00:31:46,281
we really should be
hurrying on to Engineering.
556
00:31:46,364 --> 00:31:49,493
Yes. We should put an end
to this fantasy
557
00:31:49,576 --> 00:31:51,661
before someone seriously gets hurt.
558
00:31:53,330 --> 00:31:55,373
This is most unusual.
559
00:31:55,999 --> 00:31:59,252
When I scan the nebula, I find
evidence of a single life form,
560
00:31:59,336 --> 00:32:01,421
including brain activity, and yet
561
00:32:01,505 --> 00:32:03,840
there is no sign of a physical body.
562
00:32:05,175 --> 00:32:07,302
A consciousness without a body.
563
00:32:07,969 --> 00:32:09,763
Floating in space.
564
00:32:10,722 --> 00:32:13,683
With the power to create a new reality?
565
00:32:14,434 --> 00:32:16,686
Sounds almost like
you're describing a god.
566
00:32:17,896 --> 00:32:21,817
Doctor, are you familiar with
the theory of the Boltzmann brain?
567
00:32:22,567 --> 00:32:25,112
I recall learning something
about it in university.
568
00:32:25,779 --> 00:32:26,863
A Boltzmann brain
569
00:32:26,947 --> 00:32:29,908
is a theoretical, spontaneously
generated consciousness.
570
00:32:31,326 --> 00:32:34,121
It may be we have just encountered one.
571
00:32:36,331 --> 00:32:37,541
So one day,
572
00:32:38,875 --> 00:32:40,043
out of nothing,
573
00:32:40,877 --> 00:32:42,879
an all-powerful being just
574
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:44,881
appears?
575
00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:51,221
And this consciousness has somehow
trapped our ship in the nebula?
576
00:32:51,304 --> 00:32:54,391
And turned the crew into
the characters from a book I've read?
577
00:32:55,350 --> 00:32:56,810
At least it made you the hero.
578
00:32:59,312 --> 00:33:00,772
Let's say you're right.
579
00:33:00,856 --> 00:33:02,357
How do we get it to stop?
580
00:33:03,358 --> 00:33:04,484
Because until we do,
581
00:33:05,193 --> 00:33:06,736
we are stuck here.
582
00:33:06,820 --> 00:33:08,405
Perhaps you are the problem.
583
00:33:09,072 --> 00:33:11,575
It's recreating a story you read.
584
00:33:11,658 --> 00:33:14,411
It is possible the entity
is reading your brainwaves.
585
00:33:14,828 --> 00:33:17,998
If we can find a way
to sever that connection,
586
00:33:18,081 --> 00:33:19,791
like by hurting you,
587
00:33:19,875 --> 00:33:21,668
the entity might let the Enterprise go.
588
00:33:21,751 --> 00:33:24,546
You dare to threaten my king?
589
00:33:24,629 --> 00:33:26,256
Stand down, Adya.
590
00:33:26,339 --> 00:33:28,425
I can shoot him with an arrow
if that helps.
591
00:33:30,093 --> 00:33:31,887
I don't really understand
what's going on.
592
00:33:31,970 --> 00:33:33,847
I thought the point
was to hurt the king.
593
00:33:33,930 --> 00:33:35,307
What's wrong with you?
594
00:33:35,390 --> 00:33:37,684
I have sworn an oath to protect him.
595
00:33:37,767 --> 00:33:39,686
You'll just never understand that,
will you?
596
00:33:39,769 --> 00:33:42,063
I am Huntress of the Forest.
597
00:33:42,147 --> 00:33:44,191
I swore my allegiance to no one but her.
598
00:33:44,274 --> 00:33:45,400
You know that.
599
00:33:45,483 --> 00:33:48,028
Sometimes I wonder
if we have anything in common.
600
00:33:48,778 --> 00:33:51,573
Perhaps it is your differences
which drew you together.
601
00:33:53,116 --> 00:33:54,367
M'BENGA: Hold on a second.
602
00:33:55,619 --> 00:33:56,953
Something's wrong here.
603
00:33:57,787 --> 00:33:59,206
Your Majesty?
604
00:33:59,289 --> 00:34:01,082
This is not how the story goes.
605
00:34:02,125 --> 00:34:05,754
The two of you. Adya, Z'ymira,
you don't even know each other.
606
00:34:06,463 --> 00:34:09,799
Not to contradict you,
but we know each other quite...
607
00:34:10,467 --> 00:34:11,468
Quite well.
608
00:34:12,510 --> 00:34:13,511
Quite well.
609
00:34:14,221 --> 00:34:15,764
But you're not supposed to.
610
00:34:17,015 --> 00:34:20,602
The two of you never actually meet
in the book.
611
00:34:22,938 --> 00:34:25,398
Except... Rukiya.
612
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,986
Rukiya? Is she a character?
613
00:34:30,070 --> 00:34:31,863
She's my daughter.
614
00:34:33,281 --> 00:34:37,160
She has always hated
how the story ended.
615
00:34:37,827 --> 00:34:40,580
She wanted Sir Adya
and Z'ymira to team up.
616
00:34:40,664 --> 00:34:43,208
I told her when she grew up she could
617
00:34:43,291 --> 00:34:45,835
become a writer and give herself
the ending she wanted.
618
00:34:45,919 --> 00:34:47,337
Are you suggesting
619
00:34:48,129 --> 00:34:50,006
the entity did not take
the story from you,
620
00:34:50,090 --> 00:34:51,424
but rather from your daughter?
621
00:34:56,137 --> 00:34:57,555
Where is Rukiya?
622
00:35:10,902 --> 00:35:14,239
(BEEPING)
623
00:35:18,034 --> 00:35:19,077
She's gone.
624
00:35:37,721 --> 00:35:41,057
She was beamed out of the buffer
at 08:45 hours this morning.
625
00:35:43,184 --> 00:35:45,562
To somewhere on the ship.
626
00:35:46,730 --> 00:35:48,857
But it won't give me her exact location.
627
00:35:49,566 --> 00:35:51,401
That's very odd.
628
00:35:51,484 --> 00:35:52,485
Hemmer.
629
00:35:54,070 --> 00:35:55,530
My daughter is very sick.
630
00:35:56,281 --> 00:35:58,575
The longer she stays out of the buffer,
631
00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:01,244
the faster her illness will progress.
632
00:36:02,871 --> 00:36:05,081
- She's dying.
- I'm so sorry, Doctor.
633
00:36:06,916 --> 00:36:07,917
Let me help.
634
00:36:10,003 --> 00:36:11,671
M'BENGA: We have to find her.
635
00:36:11,755 --> 00:36:13,214
I'm starting to think she might be
636
00:36:13,298 --> 00:36:15,508
the only one who can put
an end to all this.
637
00:36:15,592 --> 00:36:17,260
(BEEPING, CHIMING)
638
00:36:25,810 --> 00:36:27,771
The Mercury Stone is a girl?
639
00:36:36,613 --> 00:36:37,864
If this is true,
640
00:36:38,948 --> 00:36:40,033
I shall take her from him
641
00:36:41,034 --> 00:36:42,577
and make her my own.
642
00:36:43,745 --> 00:36:45,121
How will you do that, my liege?
643
00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:50,001
No. No, no, no, no.
644
00:36:50,085 --> 00:36:51,961
Unhand me, you brute. Ow.
645
00:36:52,045 --> 00:36:55,131
No, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm too young to die.
646
00:36:55,673 --> 00:36:56,674
Oh!
647
00:36:56,758 --> 00:36:57,967
(WHIMPERING)
648
00:36:58,051 --> 00:36:59,427
Please.
649
00:36:59,511 --> 00:37:01,805
I beg you, spare me.
650
00:37:05,058 --> 00:37:09,145
Whether you live or die
depends entirely on you, Sir Rauth.
651
00:37:10,355 --> 00:37:11,689
What do you want from me?
652
00:37:13,149 --> 00:37:14,484
Your loyalty.
653
00:37:19,322 --> 00:37:20,323
Oh.
654
00:37:27,997 --> 00:37:29,999
(CHUCKLING)
655
00:37:31,084 --> 00:37:32,836
(LIQUID BUBBLING)
656
00:37:40,635 --> 00:37:41,636
(COMMUNICATOR CHIRPS)
657
00:37:42,595 --> 00:37:44,097
ORTEGAS: The forest calls.
658
00:37:51,312 --> 00:37:52,480
(BEEPS)
659
00:37:52,564 --> 00:37:53,565
M'BENGA: Damn it!
660
00:37:54,816 --> 00:37:55,817
HEMMER: Doctor?
661
00:37:57,652 --> 00:37:59,279
I take it you've had
no luck finding her.
662
00:38:00,989 --> 00:38:03,450
No. I have not.
663
00:38:04,909 --> 00:38:05,910
Someone...
664
00:38:08,830 --> 00:38:09,831
Something
665
00:38:10,790 --> 00:38:13,168
took her out of the buffer and hid her.
666
00:38:13,376 --> 00:38:16,379
Perhaps we are thinking of this
the wrong way.
667
00:38:17,255 --> 00:38:19,090
Where would your daughter want to go?
668
00:38:24,220 --> 00:38:25,388
My quarters are down here.
669
00:38:26,181 --> 00:38:28,141
Rukiya always said
she wanted to see them.
670
00:38:28,224 --> 00:38:31,394
Your Majesty, I am so glad
to see you alive and safe.
671
00:38:32,270 --> 00:38:34,481
No thanks to your cowardice.
672
00:38:34,814 --> 00:38:35,815
I lament.
673
00:38:36,483 --> 00:38:37,525
I am not a fighter.
674
00:38:38,359 --> 00:38:40,079
But what purpose would
my death have served,
675
00:38:40,111 --> 00:38:42,155
if it merely led
to King Ridley's downfall?
676
00:38:42,447 --> 00:38:44,741
You would worm your way
out of anything, wouldn't you?
677
00:38:44,824 --> 00:38:47,327
Please, now is not the time to fight.
678
00:38:47,744 --> 00:38:49,913
We need to get into my quarters
right away.
679
00:38:53,291 --> 00:38:54,292
Open.
680
00:38:54,375 --> 00:38:55,877
(DOORS WHOOSH OPEN)
681
00:39:04,010 --> 00:39:06,304
I am sorry, my liege.
682
00:39:14,687 --> 00:39:17,857
Did you really think
I was going to let you destroy
683
00:39:17,941 --> 00:39:20,735
everything I've worked for, King Ridley?
684
00:39:28,910 --> 00:39:31,162
ORTEGAS: I should have known
you would betray us, Rauth.
685
00:39:33,498 --> 00:39:35,333
Truthfully, I should have
known it as well,
686
00:39:36,626 --> 00:39:39,212
since that's what he does in the book.
687
00:39:39,295 --> 00:39:40,880
Don't beat yourself up about it.
688
00:39:41,214 --> 00:39:42,757
I am sorry, Your Majesty.
689
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,260
But she promised me your kingdom, and
690
00:39:45,343 --> 00:39:46,928
who could turn that down?
691
00:39:47,011 --> 00:39:49,055
- (STOMPS)
- All right.
692
00:39:49,138 --> 00:39:51,391
As you were not willing
to bend to my will,
693
00:39:51,641 --> 00:39:52,976
I found someone who would.
694
00:39:53,476 --> 00:39:54,602
Give up, dear brother.
695
00:39:54,686 --> 00:39:56,479
Your powers are no match for mine.
696
00:39:56,813 --> 00:39:58,481
There is no reason you have to die.
697
00:39:58,731 --> 00:40:00,149
Pollux is right.
698
00:40:01,067 --> 00:40:02,902
All I want
699
00:40:02,986 --> 00:40:04,946
is King Ridley's secret weapon.
700
00:40:05,738 --> 00:40:08,950
This so-called Mercury Stone.
701
00:40:09,367 --> 00:40:10,702
(CHUCKLES)
702
00:40:11,327 --> 00:40:12,662
The girl in his quarters.
703
00:40:13,413 --> 00:40:15,582
Let us have her,
and I'll let you and Castor live.
704
00:40:18,793 --> 00:40:20,503
You shall not touch my daughter.
705
00:40:21,921 --> 00:40:23,756
Or I will bring the might of my kingdom
706
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,341
down upon your heads.
707
00:40:27,385 --> 00:40:28,720
HEMMER: He's right, Queen Neve.
708
00:40:32,890 --> 00:40:33,891
Turn away now,
709
00:40:34,767 --> 00:40:37,812
or I'll unleash the full power
710
00:40:37,895 --> 00:40:40,356
of my powerful wizard...
711
00:40:41,858 --> 00:40:43,026
powers.
712
00:40:46,821 --> 00:40:49,949
I'll... I'll... I'll...
713
00:40:50,033 --> 00:40:51,826
send you to the Event Horizon.
714
00:40:52,535 --> 00:40:56,456
A dark realm full of chaos
and monsters and...
715
00:40:59,542 --> 00:41:01,461
There is no such place,
My Queen. He's bluffing.
716
00:41:03,630 --> 00:41:06,633
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
717
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:10,762
What are you doing?
718
00:41:11,179 --> 00:41:13,097
(GRUNTING)
719
00:41:13,181 --> 00:41:14,807
Abra
720
00:41:15,350 --> 00:41:16,670
- cadabra!
- (COMMUNICATOR CHIRPS)
721
00:41:18,561 --> 00:41:19,562
(BEEPS)
722
00:41:20,396 --> 00:41:22,065
(SOFT WARBLING)
723
00:41:24,233 --> 00:41:25,360
(CHUCKLES)
724
00:41:25,443 --> 00:41:27,278
M'BENGA: Nice wizard powers.
725
00:41:27,362 --> 00:41:28,613
I found this in Sickbay.
726
00:41:29,530 --> 00:41:31,074
I set it to trigger the transporter.
727
00:41:31,157 --> 00:41:32,533
They're in Cargo Bay 12.
728
00:41:32,742 --> 00:41:37,372
Once again,
the magic of science prevails.
729
00:41:38,873 --> 00:41:40,041
Too much?
730
00:41:40,124 --> 00:41:41,209
I know.
731
00:41:41,292 --> 00:41:43,711
M'BENGA: Sir Adya, guard my quarters.
732
00:41:47,048 --> 00:41:48,466
With my life, sire.
733
00:41:53,763 --> 00:41:55,098
(DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN)
734
00:41:55,723 --> 00:41:57,517
Daddy, you made it!
735
00:41:58,935 --> 00:42:00,436
(DOOR WHOOSHES SHUT)
736
00:42:17,078 --> 00:42:18,579
(TRICORDER WHIRRING)
737
00:42:22,667 --> 00:42:24,544
There's no trace of cygnokemia.
738
00:42:25,670 --> 00:42:26,796
You're healthy.
739
00:42:29,924 --> 00:42:30,967
How?
740
00:42:31,050 --> 00:42:32,510
My friend made me better.
741
00:42:33,594 --> 00:42:34,637
Your friend?
742
00:42:35,805 --> 00:42:37,557
She woke me up, and we've been playing.
743
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:39,016
I could see you, Daddy.
744
00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:41,477
You did such a good job.
Did you have fun?
745
00:42:42,270 --> 00:42:43,271
I did.
746
00:42:44,981 --> 00:42:46,649
But it's time to stop playing.
747
00:42:46,941 --> 00:42:49,277
Can we put everything back
the way it was?
748
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,988
Why? My friend said we could
play as long as I want.
749
00:42:52,989 --> 00:42:54,365
Your friend doesn't mean to,
750
00:42:55,324 --> 00:42:56,909
but she's hurting my friends.
751
00:42:57,910 --> 00:42:59,912
They need to return to their lives.
752
00:42:59,996 --> 00:43:02,665
Do I have to go back
into the buffer, Daddy?
753
00:43:04,834 --> 00:43:05,835
I don't know.
754
00:43:08,337 --> 00:43:10,631
Frankly, I don't understand
what's happening.
755
00:43:13,384 --> 00:43:14,469
Rukiya.
756
00:43:16,345 --> 00:43:17,555
Can I talk to your friend?
757
00:43:17,972 --> 00:43:20,391
It doesn't really work that way.
758
00:43:20,475 --> 00:43:21,642
HEMMER: Perhaps
759
00:43:23,519 --> 00:43:25,480
I can be of some assistance.
760
00:43:27,523 --> 00:43:28,941
You said if you tried to connect
761
00:43:29,025 --> 00:43:31,068
to the consciousness again,
it could kill you.
762
00:43:31,152 --> 00:43:33,070
I know, but
763
00:43:33,154 --> 00:43:35,782
maybe if Rukiya told her friend
we need to talk,
764
00:43:36,365 --> 00:43:38,868
the entity might be
more inclined to cooperate.
765
00:43:43,498 --> 00:43:45,625
They'd like to talk to you
if that's okay.
766
00:43:47,043 --> 00:43:49,420
If you would like,
you may speak through me.
767
00:43:51,172 --> 00:43:52,632
Please be gentle.
768
00:43:55,676 --> 00:43:57,678
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
769
00:44:00,556 --> 00:44:02,558
(DISTORTED VOICE)
You must not take the child.
770
00:44:05,436 --> 00:44:07,230
We don't mean you any harm.
771
00:44:07,313 --> 00:44:09,607
But I need you to stop this fantasy.
772
00:44:11,025 --> 00:44:12,652
You're putting my crew in danger.
773
00:44:12,735 --> 00:44:15,029
The needs of your crew
are inconsequential.
774
00:44:15,112 --> 00:44:16,989
You must protect the child.
775
00:44:17,990 --> 00:44:20,243
You have an attachment to Rukiya.
776
00:44:20,326 --> 00:44:21,410
We are alike.
777
00:44:22,370 --> 00:44:23,538
She was lonely.
778
00:44:25,039 --> 00:44:26,082
Like me.
779
00:44:28,084 --> 00:44:29,085
Lonely?
780
00:44:31,462 --> 00:44:32,588
How did you know?
781
00:44:32,672 --> 00:44:34,090
When I probed your ship,
782
00:44:35,091 --> 00:44:37,552
I felt her imprisoned in your machine.
783
00:44:37,635 --> 00:44:39,220
I sensed her loneliness.
784
00:44:39,929 --> 00:44:41,138
It matched my own.
785
00:44:42,014 --> 00:44:43,933
I created this world for her.
786
00:44:44,267 --> 00:44:48,646
To give her a piece of her childhood
you didn't allow.
787
00:44:49,230 --> 00:44:50,773
I was trying to protect her.
788
00:44:51,941 --> 00:44:54,402
Everything I did was
to keep my daughter alive.
789
00:44:55,945 --> 00:44:57,196
I was looking for a cure.
790
00:44:57,905 --> 00:44:59,824
But I'm all better now, Daddy.
791
00:44:59,907 --> 00:45:01,450
And I thank you for that.
792
00:45:02,076 --> 00:45:05,913
But whatever you are doing
to create this fantasy,
793
00:45:07,039 --> 00:45:08,833
the crew cannot live like this.
794
00:45:09,417 --> 00:45:10,877
You have to let them go.
795
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:12,253
If I leave,
796
00:45:13,087 --> 00:45:14,422
the child will die.
797
00:45:15,298 --> 00:45:17,341
My being near her cures her.
798
00:45:18,134 --> 00:45:21,220
If I release the ship
and the child goes with you,
799
00:45:21,304 --> 00:45:23,306
she will grow sick again.
800
00:45:23,848 --> 00:45:25,516
The ship cannot stay here.
801
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,310
Then you must make a choice.
802
00:45:27,935 --> 00:45:30,062
The crew or your daughter.
803
00:45:31,564 --> 00:45:33,065
You can't ask me to do that.
804
00:45:34,233 --> 00:45:35,484
I had fun out here.
805
00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:39,196
But I'll go back into the buffer
if you want me to, Daddy.
806
00:45:41,657 --> 00:45:42,992
There must be another way.
807
00:45:43,951 --> 00:45:45,328
There is.
808
00:45:45,494 --> 00:45:47,997
You could leave and she could stay.
809
00:45:49,957 --> 00:45:51,208
How would she live?
810
00:45:52,293 --> 00:45:54,420
It is her body that is ill.
811
00:45:54,503 --> 00:45:57,089
But her consciousness
could join with me.
812
00:45:58,299 --> 00:46:00,468
She would be free of sickness.
813
00:46:01,510 --> 00:46:03,179
She will never know death.
814
00:46:06,557 --> 00:46:07,558
RUKIYA: Daddy?
815
00:46:14,398 --> 00:46:15,399
Your friend,
816
00:46:17,026 --> 00:46:18,486
she wants you to go with her.
817
00:46:18,861 --> 00:46:20,363
Can you come, too, Daddy?
818
00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:26,452
You know how in the story
819
00:46:26,535 --> 00:46:28,663
King Ridley has the Mercury Stone?
820
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:30,247
He wants to keep it.
821
00:46:31,540 --> 00:46:32,667
It protects him.
822
00:46:33,334 --> 00:46:34,335
Makes him happy.
823
00:46:36,337 --> 00:46:37,630
Until he learns
824
00:46:38,464 --> 00:46:39,799
that it has a soul.
825
00:46:41,300 --> 00:46:42,551
And that it will die
826
00:46:43,803 --> 00:46:45,221
if he holds onto it.
827
00:46:52,228 --> 00:46:53,562
He has to let it go.
828
00:46:56,190 --> 00:46:57,316
Even though it means
829
00:46:58,776 --> 00:47:00,152
he won't be happy anymore.
830
00:47:05,241 --> 00:47:06,742
You're my Mercury Stone.
831
00:47:10,371 --> 00:47:13,124
Remember I told you you could
write your own stories someday?
832
00:47:14,083 --> 00:47:15,501
Maybe that someday is now.
833
00:47:18,087 --> 00:47:19,296
But it's up to you.
834
00:47:26,303 --> 00:47:27,513
I want to.
835
00:47:32,309 --> 00:47:33,561
Okay, brave girl.
836
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:35,771
I love you, Daddy.
837
00:47:39,608 --> 00:47:40,943
I love you, too, baby.
838
00:47:42,653 --> 00:47:43,654
Always.
839
00:47:46,782 --> 00:47:48,117
(GASPING)
840
00:47:49,618 --> 00:47:51,787
(HEMMER GRUNTING)
841
00:48:04,675 --> 00:48:06,010
(GIGGLES)
842
00:48:06,761 --> 00:48:08,262
It tickles, Daddy.
843
00:48:13,934 --> 00:48:15,269
(SOFT WHOOSHING)
844
00:48:49,970 --> 00:48:50,971
Rukiya?
845
00:48:52,139 --> 00:48:53,224
Hello, Daddy.
846
00:48:55,267 --> 00:48:56,268
Thank you.
847
00:48:57,019 --> 00:48:58,229
For everything.
848
00:48:59,188 --> 00:49:02,358
You were right. I've been
creating my own adventures.
849
00:49:03,150 --> 00:49:05,236
I wish I could tell you what I've seen.
850
00:49:06,070 --> 00:49:08,489
Seen? You just left.
851
00:49:09,073 --> 00:49:12,701
Moments for you have been
years for me and Debra.
852
00:49:13,661 --> 00:49:14,662
Debra.
853
00:49:16,330 --> 00:49:18,624
- You named the entity after...
- Mom.
854
00:49:20,376 --> 00:49:21,377
Oh.
855
00:49:25,381 --> 00:49:26,382
Oh...
856
00:49:31,971 --> 00:49:33,055
You look
857
00:49:34,056 --> 00:49:35,224
so much like her.
858
00:49:35,808 --> 00:49:36,851
Do I?
859
00:49:40,354 --> 00:49:41,689
I'm happy.
860
00:49:42,481 --> 00:49:43,566
I'm safe.
861
00:49:44,316 --> 00:49:45,651
You did the right thing.
862
00:49:46,902 --> 00:49:48,529
Someday we'll see each other again.
863
00:49:48,612 --> 00:49:50,364
I know we will.
864
00:49:51,282 --> 00:49:53,409
But you have to live your own life now.
865
00:49:53,826 --> 00:49:55,286
Create your own stories.
866
00:49:57,079 --> 00:49:58,581
Promise me you'll be happy.
867
00:50:01,083 --> 00:50:02,084
I promise.
868
00:50:09,675 --> 00:50:11,343
(SOFT WHOOSHING)
869
00:50:14,430 --> 00:50:15,598
(HEMMER GROANING)
870
00:50:22,855 --> 00:50:24,815
I have the worst headache.
871
00:50:28,444 --> 00:50:29,445
Doctor,
872
00:50:30,446 --> 00:50:31,822
am I in your quarters?
873
00:50:33,741 --> 00:50:34,742
You don't remember?
874
00:50:35,451 --> 00:50:36,952
The last thing I recall
875
00:50:38,412 --> 00:50:41,165
is becoming stuck
in the Jonisian Nebula.
876
00:50:42,583 --> 00:50:44,293
(GROANING)
877
00:50:44,793 --> 00:50:48,339
M'BENGA: Chief medical officer's
personal log, supplemental.
878
00:50:48,964 --> 00:50:51,175
None of the crew remember what happened.
879
00:50:51,258 --> 00:50:52,635
The entity's doing.
880
00:50:52,718 --> 00:50:55,679
My daughter's doing, I'm sure.
881
00:50:55,763 --> 00:50:57,556
The surveillance logs are blank.
882
00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:00,142
It's as if every one of them
lost five hours.
883
00:51:01,435 --> 00:51:02,811
Except for me.
884
00:51:02,895 --> 00:51:03,896
UNA: Joseph?
885
00:51:13,614 --> 00:51:15,616
- Rukiya?
- She's fine.
886
00:51:18,661 --> 00:51:19,828
She's alive.
887
00:51:23,082 --> 00:51:24,124
She's safe.
888
00:51:26,210 --> 00:51:27,211
But, Una,
889
00:51:28,337 --> 00:51:30,339
I have been through something
890
00:51:32,258 --> 00:51:33,259
extraordinary.
891
00:51:33,926 --> 00:51:35,511
And no one on the ship remembers.
892
00:51:40,849 --> 00:51:43,185
You know what happened
in the missing five hours.
893
00:51:46,522 --> 00:51:47,856
Sounds like a hell of a story.
894
00:51:48,983 --> 00:51:50,025
It is.
895
00:51:53,570 --> 00:51:54,697
It begins,
896
00:51:55,823 --> 00:51:57,157
like all good stories,
897
00:51:58,742 --> 00:51:59,952
once upon a time.
898
00:52:09,044 --> 00:52:11,046
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)