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Counselor Deanna Troi,
Personal Log, Stardate 44805.3.

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My mother is on board.

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Jean-Luc, you delicious man!

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You were just thinking of me,
weren't you?

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As a matter of fact...

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Well, think no further,
dear heart.

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She's here.

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Yes, indeed.

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Oh, serious.

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You're always so serious.

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Lwaxana...

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Hmm?

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As a matter of fact,
I am rather busy at the moment.

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And you're always busy
with something or other.

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Never the right thing, though.

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My daughter tells me

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that we're, um, picking up
someone interesting here.

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Yes, the leading scientist
from Kaelon Il, and...

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Oh, Kaelon II!

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I've never heard of that.

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Well, Lwaxana, it is something
of a rather delicate...

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Oh...

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...situation.

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It's the first real contact
with a rather reclusive race

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and... this is in the nature
of an official greeting, so...

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Oh, diplomacy.

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Oh, I adore diplomacy.

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Everyone dresses so well.

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Mr. O'Brien, energize.

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Dr. Timicin, I'm Jean-Luc Picard
Captain of the Enterprise. 

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This is Lieutenant Commander
La Forge.

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I beg your pardon, Captain.

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This is my first time aboard
a Federation starship.

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Oh, yes, they told me.

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The shaking of hands...
a form of greeting.

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I beg your pardon.

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Dr. Timicin, allow me
to present

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Lwaxana Troi of Betazed.

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She is also
a guest on board...

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And Daughter of the Fifth House

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Holder of the Sacred Chalice
of Rixx

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Heir to the Holy Rings
of Betazed

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and what are you doing
for dinner?

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Well, I don't know really.

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Lwaxana, we have quite
a bit of work planned.

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Well, the man's never been

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on board a starship before,
Jean-Luc.

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Certainly somebody ought
to make him comfortable

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before you get started.

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Well, it seems that Mrs. Troi

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is our acting ambassador
of goodwill for today.

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You just think of me
as your entertainment director.

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That man's in a lot of trouble.

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Space, the final frontier.

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These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise. 

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Its continuing mission...

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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 44805.7.

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For generations,
the people of Kaelon II

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have been working
to revitalize their dying sun.

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The Federation has offered
to assist in testing

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what may be a solution
to this problem.

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Of course, the basic theories
of helium fusion enhancement

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have been discussed
for over a century

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but there's been no practical
method of application

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until now.

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The modifications you have made

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in the torpedoes guidance
systems are remarkable, Doctor.

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Well, we'll see.

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They still have to be proved.

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But now at least it's possible.

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I'd never dared to hope
for such a perfect match

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with our own sun.

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My only regret is
that it took us three years

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to find a suitable sun

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after you had
first contacted us.

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We're not used to dealing
with other worlds.

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We're not used to asking
for anything from others.

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Your offer of help

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has given us a possible
means of survival.

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It has taken 40 years of my life
to develop the programming

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that will control
your photon torpedoes.

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It has been my life.

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Thank you for this opportunity.

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My only wish has been to find
a way to revive our sun...

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before I die.

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Mrs. Troi, I must protest

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your unauthorized presence
on the Bridge.

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What does that little
one do, Mr. Woof?

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Please, madam!

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That is a torpedo launch
initiator, and...

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And it is "Worf,"
madam, not "woof."

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Oh... ah!

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There you are, my dear.

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Where have you been?

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I've been waiting for you.

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So nice to see you again
so soon.

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Mrs. Troi.

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Mother, what did you want?

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What?

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You were waiting for me.

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Oh, yes, dear, of course I was.

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You really must let me

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do something
to relieve the tedium

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of all this work, work, work.

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I'm afraid I'm expected
in Engineering.

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I'm really terribly sorry.

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Oh.

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Mrs. Troi

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I have to ask you
to clear the Bridge, please.

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I don't see why.

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There are lots
of other people here.

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Mother, please.

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Well, don't you worry.

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We'll just have
our little chat later.

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I'd never have thought her
old enough to be your mother.

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She is so...

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vibrant.

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If you look at the next
simulation, you'll see

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that we need the temperature
to stabilize at 220 million.

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Otherwise there's a secondary

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then a tertiary reaction
to the...

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Ah, ah, ah!
Enough is enough.

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Rescue is at hand.

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Ah, Dr. Timicin.

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Oh, would you clear
all this mess

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off the table, please?

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This mess, Mrs. Troi...

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Now, now, now.

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You boys have been
shut up in here

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for hours.

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Now, if you don't eat something,
you're going to get sick

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and who's that going to help?

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I've made some perfectly
marvelous Mantickian pate.

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Mr. Homn will lay it out for us.

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Oh, Mr. Homn is my valet.

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He doesn't say much.

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How can he?

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It is true that
the intellectual efficiency

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of high-order beings
does diminish proportionately

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with the deprivation
of nutritious fuel...

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All right, all right.
Don't you start.

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Mrs. Troi, you're a wise woman.

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I'm sure we could use a respite.

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These two call me Mrs. Troi.

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You call me Lwaxana.

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Mr. Homn

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spread it.

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So, knowing
my daughter's starship

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would be passing fairly close
to Betazed again

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I maneuvered a ride
and, um, here I am.

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Deck eight.

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I also have a grown daughter.

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She has a small son of her own.

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Oh. Then, you're married.

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My wife died
quite some years ago.

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You know, one thing
I don't understand.

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If your people
have known for generations

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that their sun is dying

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why not simply
evacuate the planet?

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It is our home.

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It defines who we are
as a people.

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If Kaelon II ceases to exist

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so do we.

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Well, then you
definitely should fix it.

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With the Federation's help,
I... I hope we will.

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And the Federation
will be pleased

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to offer whatever help it can.

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Would you come in
for a nightcap?

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Well, that's extremely
kind of you, but...

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My valet sleeps elsewhere.

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You're delightful.

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You make me laugh.

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I mean, l-I don't mean

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that your invitation
makes me laugh.

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I mean, I take that
quite seriously.

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l-I mean...

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Oh, but... Don't...
Just say yes.

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I'll make you laugh some more.

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I wish I could...

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but I must say no.

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Good night, Lwaxana.

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Captain's Log, Stardate 44807.5.

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The Enterprise has arrived
at the Praxillus system

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where we will conduct

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Dr. Timicin's
helium ignition test.

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Mother, how much...?

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Little One, why do you
refuse to use telepathy

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even when we're alone? 

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We're not alone, mother.

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Now, how much longer
is this going to take?

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You've been selecting
for 20 minutes.

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I am a woman
dressing for a man. 

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Something you might try
now and then, dear. 

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I wonder if Timicin
likes green. 

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That's not very telepathic
of you.

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Oh, I tried telepathy on him.

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He's the wrong species.

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Right species
for everything else, though.

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You might try that
once in a while, too.

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You know,
you're not just incorrigible

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you're insatiable.

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I have completed
long-range scans.

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There are no other life-forms
present in this system.

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Spacecraft?

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None within sensor range.

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Picard to Engineering.

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Mr. La Forge,
the system is clear.

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Final pre-launch diagnostic,
level-5.

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All systems verified.

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We're ready here
when you are, Captain.

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Very well.

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Mr. Worf?

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Photon torpedoes armed...
and targeted.

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Fire in sequence.

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First volley released.

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Tracking torpedoes.

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Entry program confirmed.

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Second volley released.

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Torpedoes now entering
the stellar core.

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Their shields are holding.

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Guidance systems normal.

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Ignition sequence,
six seconds...

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five seconds...

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four...

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three seconds...

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now.

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Shock wave patterns
within predicted range.

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1700 percent rise
in gamma radiation levels.

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Helium fusion rate...
increasing.

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What about heat
and pressure levels?

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Steady so far.

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Density at 1100 grams
per cubic centimeter.

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Density at 1100 grams
per cubic centimeter.

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Temperature approaching
60 million degrees Kelvin.

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We want it to stabilize
at 220 million.

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Pressure wave harmonics
dispersing.

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Temperature
in target zone increasing

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to 81 million degrees, sir.

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Still rising.

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Temperature at
90 million degrees Kelvin.

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And now 110 million.

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Looking good.

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One hundred thirty-seven...

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Radiation and pressure levels
still stable.

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Temperature is
170 million degrees Kelvin.

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One ninety...

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and now, 200 million.

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It's happening.

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207... and rising.

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Two nineteen...

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and twenty.

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Two twenty...

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and holding.

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Looks like congratulations
may be in order.

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Mr. Data?

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Turbulence patterns
are within predicted parameters.

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Two twenty-two.

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Temperature is rising
in the core again, Captain.

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230 million degrees Kelvin.

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Still rising, Captain.

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Two fifty-one.

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Rate exceeding critical level.

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Core density is becoming
unstable.

267
00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:32,274
Let's get the hell out of here.

268
00:14:32,315 --> 00:14:34,340
Ensign, warp two, now!

269
00:14:42,225 --> 00:14:44,284
I'm sorry.

270
00:14:51,201 --> 00:14:52,668
Captain Picard?

271
00:14:52,702 --> 00:14:53,930
Doctor.

272
00:14:53,970 --> 00:14:56,939
Permit me to express
my appreciation

273
00:14:56,973 --> 00:14:58,941
to you and your crew.

274
00:14:58,975 --> 00:15:00,340
I am most grateful.

275
00:15:01,978 --> 00:15:03,411
Most grateful.

276
00:15:08,351 --> 00:15:11,218
Ensign, lay in a course
for Kaelon II.

277
00:15:11,254 --> 00:15:13,279
Warp factor five.

278
00:15:13,323 --> 00:15:14,654
Aye, sir.

279
00:15:33,710 --> 00:15:35,678
I'm so sorry, Timicin.

280
00:15:45,221 --> 00:15:47,553
I had one of those
named after me once.

281
00:15:47,590 --> 00:15:50,559
Brilliant, young astronomer
from Rigel IV.

282
00:15:50,593 --> 00:15:57,522
Of course, l, um, I sparkled
a bit myself in those days.

283
00:15:57,567 --> 00:15:59,899
You see, that's called
fishing for a compliment.

284
00:15:59,936 --> 00:16:02,063
You're supposed to tell me
I still sparkle.

285
00:16:06,175 --> 00:16:07,142
I'm sorry.

286
00:16:07,176 --> 00:16:08,473
I'm not helping, am I?

287
00:16:08,511 --> 00:16:10,103
You're very kind.

288
00:16:10,146 --> 00:16:12,876
I'm just not adequate
company right now.

289
00:16:12,916 --> 00:16:13,883
Oh, that's all right.

290
00:16:13,917 --> 00:16:15,976
I can make enough conversation
for both of us.

291
00:16:21,024 --> 00:16:22,651
I'll leave you alone.

292
00:16:22,692 --> 00:16:23,989
No.

293
00:16:24,027 --> 00:16:25,324
Please stay.

294
00:16:28,197 --> 00:16:30,188
I wanted to tell you

295
00:16:30,233 --> 00:16:33,896
how much I wish
we had met years ago.

296
00:16:33,937 --> 00:16:38,670
What difference
do a few years make?

297
00:16:38,708 --> 00:16:42,735
Unfortunately, a great deal.

298
00:16:42,779 --> 00:16:46,840
You see, Lwaxana,
I'm on my way home now...

299
00:16:46,883 --> 00:16:50,375
to... die.

300
00:17:01,564 --> 00:17:05,193
Captain's Log, Stardate 44812.6.

301
00:17:05,234 --> 00:17:07,065
We have returned to Kaelon II

302
00:17:07,103 --> 00:17:10,561
and established contact
with Science Minister B'tardat.

303
00:17:10,606 --> 00:17:13,131
The experiment achieved
a stable core temperature

304
00:17:13,176 --> 00:17:14,575
for a short time, Minister.

305
00:17:14,610 --> 00:17:16,373
That's a significant
step forward.

306
00:17:16,412 --> 00:17:19,245
We've been studying the sensor
logs and the torpedo telemetry

307
00:17:19,282 --> 00:17:21,250
to determine if there was
any malfunction.

308
00:17:21,284 --> 00:17:23,650
If there was and we are able
to isolate the problem

309
00:17:23,686 --> 00:17:25,210
another test
might be successful.

310
00:17:25,254 --> 00:17:27,552
And in the meantime,
all of our facilities

311
00:17:27,590 --> 00:17:29,717
would be made available
to Dr. Timicin.

312
00:17:29,759 --> 00:17:31,590
A most thoughtful
and generous offer

313
00:17:31,627 --> 00:17:33,458
but Timicin has obligations
at home

314
00:17:33,496 --> 00:17:37,626
and it would take us some time
to select a replacement.

315
00:17:39,702 --> 00:17:42,967
We would be more than willing
to extend our visit, sir.

316
00:17:43,006 --> 00:17:44,871
That will not be necessary.

317
00:17:44,907 --> 00:17:47,876
We'll contact you
as soon as we're ready.

318
00:17:47,910 --> 00:17:51,209
We expect Timicin to return
home as soon as possible

319
00:17:51,247 --> 00:17:53,977
and again, gentlemen,
many thanks.

320
00:17:58,521 --> 00:17:59,852
Come.

321
00:18:03,493 --> 00:18:05,961
Are you aware these people
you are so graciously helping

322
00:18:05,995 --> 00:18:07,087
are murderers?

323
00:18:07,130 --> 00:18:08,495
I beg your pardon?

324
00:18:08,531 --> 00:18:10,692
Well, the next thing to it.

325
00:18:10,733 --> 00:18:13,702
When a person
on this benighted little planet

326
00:18:13,736 --> 00:18:16,796
reaches the age of 60...
which Timicin is about to do...

327
00:18:16,839 --> 00:18:19,273
they're expected
to simply kill themselves.

328
00:18:19,308 --> 00:18:20,366
Did you know that?

329
00:18:21,744 --> 00:18:22,938
Mr. Data?

330
00:18:22,979 --> 00:18:25,812
The people of Kaelon II
are isolationists

331
00:18:25,848 --> 00:18:27,839
almost to the point
of being xenophobes.

332
00:18:27,884 --> 00:18:30,614
Regrettably, we know very little
about their customs.

333
00:18:30,653 --> 00:18:31,677
Well, I know.

334
00:18:31,721 --> 00:18:33,450
Timicin himself just told me.

335
00:18:33,489 --> 00:18:36,981
He is supposed to go down there
to his loving friends

336
00:18:37,060 --> 00:18:38,994
be wined, dined,
honored for his achievements

337
00:18:39,028 --> 00:18:40,495
and then kill himself.

338
00:18:40,530 --> 00:18:42,760
It's a barbaric ritual.

339
00:18:42,799 --> 00:18:45,359
The, um..."The Resolution,"
it's called.

340
00:18:45,401 --> 00:18:48,370
Obviously, you can't let him go,
Jean-Luc.

341
00:18:48,404 --> 00:18:50,304
I'm afraid I have no choice.

342
00:18:50,339 --> 00:18:53,638
I don't think
you've been listening to me.

343
00:18:53,676 --> 00:18:57,476
The man is supposed
to kill himself.

344
00:18:57,513 --> 00:18:59,947
Now, you don't
just let that happen.

345
00:18:59,982 --> 00:19:01,313
You don't just turn your back.

346
00:19:01,350 --> 00:19:02,544
What's the matter with you?

347
00:19:02,585 --> 00:19:05,520
Lwaxana, I'm sorry, but
whatever my personal feelings

348
00:19:05,555 --> 00:19:07,147
I have no jurisdiction here.

349
00:19:07,190 --> 00:19:08,851
I simply cannot interfere.

350
00:19:08,891 --> 00:19:10,825
But you have to.

351
00:19:10,860 --> 00:19:15,422
In a situation like this, you
absolutely have to interfere.

352
00:19:15,465 --> 00:19:17,626
You've got to go down there.

353
00:19:17,667 --> 00:19:19,726
Talk to those people, Jean-Luc.

354
00:19:19,769 --> 00:19:21,669
Open their eyes... educate them.

355
00:19:21,704 --> 00:19:23,194
The Prime Directive

356
00:19:23,239 --> 00:19:27,335
forbids us to interfere with
the social order of any planet.

357
00:19:27,376 --> 00:19:30,834
Well, it's your Prime Directive

358
00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,609
not mine.

359
00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,052
Computer, locate Counselor Troi.

360
00:19:46,459 --> 00:19:48,518
What do you mean
I can't go down there?

361
00:19:48,561 --> 00:19:51,155
Are you telling me that
I'm a prisoner on this ship?

362
00:19:51,197 --> 00:19:52,824
Mother, what's going on?

363
00:19:52,865 --> 00:19:54,162
What are you doing?

364
00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:55,428
I'm sorry, Counselor.

365
00:19:55,468 --> 00:19:57,129
I'm not sure what to do here.

366
00:19:57,169 --> 00:19:58,136
Well, I am sure.

367
00:19:58,170 --> 00:19:59,501
I am a Betazoid ambassador.

368
00:19:59,538 --> 00:20:01,165
I'm a Daughter
of the Fifth House

369
00:20:01,207 --> 00:20:03,641
and those people
are going to answer to me.

370
00:20:03,676 --> 00:20:05,735
So, y-you just energize
this damn thing

371
00:20:05,778 --> 00:20:06,972
and get me down there!

372
00:20:07,046 --> 00:20:08,308
He can't, Mother.

373
00:20:08,347 --> 00:20:10,679
He has his orders.

374
00:20:10,716 --> 00:20:12,377
His orders don't apply to me.

375
00:20:12,418 --> 00:20:14,978
No, they apply to him.

376
00:20:15,087 --> 00:20:18,113
And don't you try your
professional patronizing

377
00:20:18,157 --> 00:20:19,351
on me, young lady.

378
00:20:19,392 --> 00:20:23,522
They expect Timicin to die,
don't you realize that?

379
00:20:23,562 --> 00:20:26,360
Just because he's 60.

380
00:20:26,399 --> 00:20:27,991
What's 60?

381
00:20:28,067 --> 00:20:29,432
It's nothing.

382
00:20:32,772 --> 00:20:35,741
I'll go check
the pattern buffers.

383
00:20:40,746 --> 00:20:43,408
Come on, Mother, 
let's sit down. 

384
00:20:45,084 --> 00:20:48,019
l- I'm sorry, Little One. 

385
00:20:48,087 --> 00:20:50,851
l- I don't know
what's wrong with me. 

386
00:20:50,890 --> 00:20:53,154
I'm... I'm sorry. 

387
00:20:53,192 --> 00:20:55,160
There's no need to be. 

388
00:20:55,194 --> 00:20:57,321
But I'm crying. 

389
00:20:57,363 --> 00:20:59,490
I don't cry. 

390
00:20:59,532 --> 00:21:01,864
You cried when father died. 

391
00:21:04,537 --> 00:21:06,505
You remember that?

392
00:21:06,539 --> 00:21:08,404
Of course I remember.

393
00:21:08,441 --> 00:21:11,808
We both cried.

394
00:21:11,844 --> 00:21:14,711
But... but this isn't the same.

395
00:21:16,382 --> 00:21:17,713
Is it?

396
00:21:17,750 --> 00:21:19,741
What do you think?

397
00:21:19,785 --> 00:21:22,879
Oh... l-I don't know.

398
00:21:25,391 --> 00:21:29,350
I... I just can't accept
that... that fate

399
00:21:29,395 --> 00:21:32,364
would allow me
to meet him like this

400
00:21:32,398 --> 00:21:35,526
and then take him away.

401
00:21:35,568 --> 00:21:38,002
I mean, he's not ill.

402
00:21:38,070 --> 00:21:41,198
He hasn't had a tragic accident.

403
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,209
He's just going to die

404
00:21:44,243 --> 00:21:47,076
and for no good reason.

405
00:21:49,348 --> 00:21:53,648
Because his society
has decided that's he's too old

406
00:21:53,686 --> 00:21:56,849
so they just dispose of him.

407
00:21:59,191 --> 00:22:06,962
As... as though his life no
longer had any value or meaning.

408
00:22:07,032 --> 00:22:09,762
You can't possibly

409
00:22:09,802 --> 00:22:17,538
understand at your age,
but, well, at mine...

410
00:22:17,576 --> 00:22:23,947
Well, sometimes you
feel tired and-and afraid.

411
00:22:23,983 --> 00:22:27,851
You're feeling very vulnerable.

412
00:22:27,887 --> 00:22:31,288
Very mortal, if I may say so.

413
00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:38,797
But I know you, Mother,
and believe me

414
00:22:38,831 --> 00:22:43,734
you will never be one of those
who dies before they die.

415
00:22:54,513 --> 00:22:56,174
Come in.

416
00:23:03,823 --> 00:23:07,657
I've been studying the
preliminary reports of the test.

417
00:23:07,693 --> 00:23:10,662
l-I don't understand
where it went wrong.

418
00:23:10,696 --> 00:23:14,530
I thought I had taken into
account all of the variables...

419
00:23:14,567 --> 00:23:18,833
deep convection patterns,
proton reactions

420
00:23:18,871 --> 00:23:20,862
neutrino count.

421
00:23:24,743 --> 00:23:25,801
Oh.

422
00:23:28,214 --> 00:23:32,344
I will say it again...
you are a kind woman.

423
00:23:32,384 --> 00:23:36,343
No, no, I'm a hateful woman.

424
00:23:36,388 --> 00:23:38,948
I hate what you're going to do

425
00:23:38,991 --> 00:23:41,858
and I hate you for doing it.

426
00:23:43,729 --> 00:23:46,698
It is the way of my world.

427
00:23:46,732 --> 00:23:49,064
I wish you could accept that.

428
00:23:51,170 --> 00:23:53,468
I never will.

429
00:23:53,506 --> 00:23:55,167
Never.

430
00:24:20,666 --> 00:24:22,725
How long have you
been sitting there?

431
00:24:22,768 --> 00:24:27,296
Oh, I don't know...
a minute, an hour.

432
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:29,407
Lwaxana...

433
00:24:29,441 --> 00:24:30,806
Do you want anything?

434
00:24:30,843 --> 00:24:32,071
Some tea?

435
00:24:32,111 --> 00:24:35,478
I want to explain.

436
00:24:35,514 --> 00:24:43,319
I want... very much
for you to understand.

437
00:24:43,355 --> 00:24:48,122
15 to 20 centuries ago,
we had no Resolution.

438
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,651
We had no such concern
for our elders.

439
00:24:50,696 --> 00:24:53,426
As people aged, they...

440
00:24:53,465 --> 00:24:55,160
Their health failed.

441
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,566
They became invalids

442
00:24:57,603 --> 00:24:59,935
and those whose families
could no longer care for them

443
00:24:59,972 --> 00:25:05,239
were put away
into deathwatch facilities

444
00:25:05,277 --> 00:25:07,609
where they waited in loneliness
for the end to come

445
00:25:07,646 --> 00:25:12,140
sometimes... for years.

446
00:25:12,184 --> 00:25:16,143
They had meant something

447
00:25:16,188 --> 00:25:19,521
and they were forced
to live beyond that

448
00:25:19,558 --> 00:25:23,392
into a time of meaning nothing...

449
00:25:23,429 --> 00:25:26,694
of knowing that they
could now only be

450
00:25:26,732 --> 00:25:32,967
the beneficiaries
of younger people's patience.

451
00:25:33,005 --> 00:25:37,237
We are no longer
that cruel, Lwaxana.

452
00:25:37,276 --> 00:25:40,973
No, no, you're not cruel
to them, you just kill them.

453
00:25:41,013 --> 00:25:43,811
The Resolution
is a celebration of life.

454
00:25:43,849 --> 00:25:46,511
It allows us to end our lives
with dignity.

455
00:25:46,552 --> 00:25:48,452
"Celebration of life."

456
00:25:48,487 --> 00:25:50,978
Sounds very noble, very caring.

457
00:25:51,090 --> 00:25:52,455
What you're really saying

458
00:25:52,491 --> 00:25:55,722
is you got rid of the problem
by getting rid of the people.

459
00:25:55,761 --> 00:25:57,729
It may sound that way

460
00:25:57,763 --> 00:26:00,732
but it is a time of transition...

461
00:26:00,766 --> 00:26:04,463
one generation passing on
the responsibilities of life

462
00:26:04,503 --> 00:26:07,097
to the next.

463
00:26:07,139 --> 00:26:10,131
What about the responsibility
of caring for the elderly?

464
00:26:12,478 --> 00:26:15,572
That would place a dreadful
burden on the children.

465
00:26:15,614 --> 00:26:20,381
We raise them, we care for them,
we suffer for them

466
00:26:20,419 --> 00:26:22,512
we keep them from harm
their whole lives.

467
00:26:22,554 --> 00:26:25,955
Now, eventually, it's their turn
to take care of us.

468
00:26:26,025 --> 00:26:27,822
No parent should expect
to be paid back

469
00:26:27,860 --> 00:26:29,828
for the love
they've given their children.

470
00:26:29,862 --> 00:26:32,695
Well, why the hell not?

471
00:26:32,731 --> 00:26:34,722
Oskoids.

472
00:26:40,299 --> 00:26:41,857
What's that?

473
00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:45,358
Oskoids... a Betazed delicacy.

474
00:26:45,404 --> 00:26:46,962
Looks very interesting.

475
00:26:47,005 --> 00:26:49,496
You should have tried it
while you were still alive.

476
00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:51,065
No reason to bother now.

477
00:26:52,077 --> 00:26:53,408
Why 60?

478
00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:55,572
Why not 62? 58?

479
00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:57,707
A reasonable age had to be set.

480
00:26:57,749 --> 00:27:00,582
But it's not reasonable,
certainly not in your case.

481
00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:04,214
You're as vital and healthy
a man as I've ever known.

482
00:27:04,256 --> 00:27:06,019
That is why I wish
to say good-bye

483
00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:08,652
to my family and colleagues
while I am this way...

484
00:27:08,694 --> 00:27:10,286
in full command of my faculties

485
00:27:10,329 --> 00:27:12,490
knowing that they will
always remember me

486
00:27:12,531 --> 00:27:14,021
as a strong and vigorous man.

487
00:27:14,066 --> 00:27:16,830
But it makes no sense.

488
00:27:16,868 --> 00:27:20,065
Some of your people could still
be active at 70 or 80

489
00:27:20,105 --> 00:27:22,835
and others might
be seriously ill at 50.

490
00:27:22,874 --> 00:27:26,037
How cruel of you to make them
wait so long to commit suicide.

491
00:27:26,078 --> 00:27:28,273
Setting a standard age
for the Resolution

492
00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:29,940
makes it uniform for everybody.

493
00:27:29,982 --> 00:27:31,745
To ask individual families

494
00:27:31,783 --> 00:27:34,343
to decide when their
elders are to die...

495
00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:36,115
that would be heartless.

496
00:27:36,154 --> 00:27:37,280
I agree.

497
00:27:37,322 --> 00:27:40,052
Why not let everybody die
when they die?

498
00:27:40,092 --> 00:27:41,719
Lwaxana...

499
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,354
You have a grandson, you said.

500
00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:47,229
Yes, almost seven.

501
00:27:47,266 --> 00:27:50,963
Well, wouldn't it be better
for him to know his grandfather?

502
00:27:51,036 --> 00:27:54,733
I mean, not some vague memory
of someone who once loved him

503
00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:58,709
but a real, living person
who does love him.

504
00:27:58,744 --> 00:28:01,838
Don't you really think
that would be better?

505
00:28:04,616 --> 00:28:07,744
I attended the Resolution
of my parents

506
00:28:07,786 --> 00:28:10,118
when it was their time.

507
00:28:10,155 --> 00:28:13,056
It was beautiful.

508
00:28:13,091 --> 00:28:16,026
Lwaxana, this is a custom
that I have known

509
00:28:16,061 --> 00:28:19,758
and accepted all my life.

510
00:28:19,798 --> 00:28:22,926
The women of Betazed
used to wear these enormous wigs

511
00:28:22,968 --> 00:28:24,765
with large holes in the center

512
00:28:24,803 --> 00:28:27,135
for tiny, caged creatures.

513
00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:29,140
Yes?

514
00:28:29,174 --> 00:28:30,801
First, it was a fashion

515
00:28:30,842 --> 00:28:33,242
then it went on long enough
to become a custom...

516
00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:34,939
a tradition...

517
00:28:35,013 --> 00:28:37,504
but it was uncomfortable
for the woman

518
00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:39,176
and cruel to the animal.

519
00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:42,380
So then one day,
one very formidable woman

520
00:28:42,421 --> 00:28:43,752
finally said so...

521
00:28:43,789 --> 00:28:46,952
refused to ever wear
another of those wigs.

522
00:28:47,025 --> 00:28:50,961
Fairly soon, the custom stopped.

523
00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:56,126
She had the courage to stand up
and fight for change.

524
00:28:57,436 --> 00:29:00,963
She must have been
a lot like you.

525
00:29:01,073 --> 00:29:03,166
Timicin, there is
no one more qualified

526
00:29:03,208 --> 00:29:06,609
more experienced, or more likely
to save their planet than you

527
00:29:06,645 --> 00:29:09,239
and they would have you
kill yourself.

528
00:29:09,281 --> 00:29:12,079
Younger scientists
will take my place.

529
00:29:12,117 --> 00:29:14,108
My work...

530
00:29:14,152 --> 00:29:16,746
the work will continue.

531
00:29:16,788 --> 00:29:19,416
Your planet has what,
30, 40 years left?

532
00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:22,791
What if your scientists can't
find the answer without you?

533
00:29:22,828 --> 00:29:23,795
What then?

534
00:29:23,829 --> 00:29:25,888
What chance do you
think your grandson has

535
00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:27,262
of reaching the age of 60?

536
00:29:27,299 --> 00:29:29,927
Enough, please!

537
00:29:30,001 --> 00:29:33,937
It is my time, Lwaxana

538
00:29:34,005 --> 00:29:38,135
and that is the way it is.

539
00:29:44,416 --> 00:29:46,441
Well, if that's the way it is,
I don't know

540
00:29:46,485 --> 00:29:49,215
why anyone's bothering to try
to save your planet at all.

541
00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:51,722
If it's time has come,
let it die.

542
00:29:55,327 --> 00:29:58,125
Where is the difference,
Timicin?

543
00:29:58,163 --> 00:29:59,994
Where?

544
00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:12,474
Convection boundary uncoupling.

545
00:30:12,511 --> 00:30:14,706
The reaction... caused

546
00:30:14,746 --> 00:30:17,374
gas turbulence of a totally
unexpected magnitude.

547
00:30:17,416 --> 00:30:18,747
Why?

548
00:30:18,784 --> 00:30:21,878
There was evidence
of a delayed surface shock.

549
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,114
No, I'd anticipated that.

550
00:30:24,689 --> 00:30:28,147
I thought I'd anticipated
all possible variables

551
00:30:28,193 --> 00:30:32,994
but stars, you know, they're
like living entities in a way...

552
00:30:33,031 --> 00:30:35,363
quite unpredictable.

553
00:30:38,036 --> 00:30:40,004
You know...

554
00:30:40,071 --> 00:30:45,634
I wouldn't be at all surprised
if this were a result of...

555
00:30:47,646 --> 00:30:49,238
Look here.

556
00:30:49,281 --> 00:30:52,307
42 seconds into the test,
there is a sudden rise

557
00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:54,944
in the level
of hydrogen-alpha emissions.

558
00:30:54,986 --> 00:30:56,510
And here is another.

559
00:30:56,555 --> 00:30:58,614
I'm right, aren't I?

560
00:30:58,657 --> 00:31:00,625
There had to be
neutron migration

561
00:31:00,659 --> 00:31:04,288
within the star's inner core
as the reaction grew.

562
00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:06,695
Perhaps, Doctor, but there
is no known method

563
00:31:06,731 --> 00:31:08,631
for controlling
a neutron migration.

564
00:31:08,667 --> 00:31:11,636
Yes, yes, but theoretically,
it is possible.

565
00:31:11,670 --> 00:31:14,070
Using these test results,
we could construct

566
00:31:14,105 --> 00:31:17,768
a new computer model
of the energy dynamic of a star

567
00:31:17,809 --> 00:31:20,539
that can test
a new detonation program.

568
00:31:20,579 --> 00:31:24,174
I'm certain it can be
accomplished, certain.

569
00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:26,514
It's just a matter of time.

570
00:31:29,521 --> 00:31:31,512
A matter of time.

571
00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:38,526
Come.

572
00:31:39,865 --> 00:31:41,492
Timicin.

573
00:31:41,533 --> 00:31:44,400
Time for you to leave us then.

574
00:31:44,436 --> 00:31:46,768
Captain...

575
00:31:46,805 --> 00:31:51,742
I have come
to officially request...

576
00:31:51,776 --> 00:31:54,768
asylum aboard the Enterprise. 

577
00:32:06,191 --> 00:32:08,318
Timicin, I cannot believe this.

578
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:09,884
Why asylum?

579
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:11,452
Asylum from what?

580
00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:14,465
I turn 60 in four days,
Minister.

581
00:32:14,499 --> 00:32:15,898
Yes, and your family
and colleagues

582
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:17,697
are already gathering
for your Resolution.

583
00:32:17,736 --> 00:32:22,173
I believe that it is time for us
to reexamine

584
00:32:22,207 --> 00:32:26,371
as a people,
the wisdom of the Resolution.

585
00:32:28,179 --> 00:32:29,942
Are they forcing you into this?

586
00:32:29,981 --> 00:32:31,676
Are you being coerced?

587
00:32:31,716 --> 00:32:33,684
Influenced, perhaps.

588
00:32:33,718 --> 00:32:35,310
Coerced? No.

589
00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:38,845
Our only influence, Minister,
is by example.

590
00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:42,986
Timicin's decision is his
own free will, I assure you.

591
00:32:43,061 --> 00:32:45,928
I cannot believe that a man
of Timicin's stature

592
00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:48,728
would freely choose
to reject his own culture.

593
00:32:48,767 --> 00:32:51,429
No one on Kaelon II understands
this project as I do.

594
00:32:51,469 --> 00:32:52,595
There are new theories

595
00:32:52,637 --> 00:32:55,128
that would take others
a decade to test and confirm.

596
00:32:55,173 --> 00:32:57,733
With my guidance, it could be
done in half that time.

597
00:32:57,776 --> 00:32:59,004
I must finish my work.

598
00:32:59,110 --> 00:33:02,136
Others started your work,
others will finish it.

599
00:33:02,180 --> 00:33:04,148
It has always been this way.
It always will.

600
00:33:04,182 --> 00:33:07,640
Captain, scanners indicate
two Kaelon warships

601
00:33:07,686 --> 00:33:09,244
rising on an intercept course.

602
00:33:09,287 --> 00:33:11,653
Acknowledged, Commander.

603
00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:14,318
Minister, we are here
in friendship

604
00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:16,589
hoping to be of assistance.

605
00:33:16,628 --> 00:33:18,823
You have helped quite enough,
Captain.

606
00:33:18,863 --> 00:33:21,195
I suggest you return Timicin
and depart.

607
00:33:21,232 --> 00:33:24,065
If you attempt to leave orbit
with Timicin on board

608
00:33:24,102 --> 00:33:26,263
our ships have been ordered
to open fire.

609
00:33:26,304 --> 00:33:29,671
B'tardat, there's no purpose
at all in letting this become...

610
00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:38,978
It shouldn't have happened.

611
00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:41,730
I've handled this poorly.

612
00:33:41,863 --> 00:33:43,421
You acted in good conscience,
Doctor.

613
00:33:43,465 --> 00:33:45,490
I don't see what else
you could have done.

614
00:33:46,735 --> 00:33:50,068
I could have let
well enough alone.

615
00:33:50,105 --> 00:33:52,096
I could have returned home.

616
00:33:53,942 --> 00:33:55,910
What do you think, Captain?

617
00:33:55,944 --> 00:33:59,505
Have I done... the right thing?

618
00:34:01,983 --> 00:34:04,918
I'm afraid you're the only one
who can answer that.

619
00:34:08,790 --> 00:34:10,451
Lwaxana would...

620
00:34:12,294 --> 00:34:15,593
Would have me lead a revolt.

621
00:34:15,630 --> 00:34:19,031
I'm only a scientist.

622
00:34:19,067 --> 00:34:21,262
I wish I had her strength.

623
00:34:21,303 --> 00:34:25,239
She is a woman of extraordinary
conviction, isn't she?

624
00:34:28,310 --> 00:34:29,800
Isn't she.

625
00:34:34,549 --> 00:34:35,914
Any communications, Number One?

626
00:34:35,984 --> 00:34:37,747
No, sir.
We have an open channel.

627
00:34:37,786 --> 00:34:40,721
The warships are taking
a standard attack posture.

628
00:34:40,755 --> 00:34:43,383
Staggered approach vectors,
within weapons range.

629
00:34:43,425 --> 00:34:44,392
Shields up.
Red Alert.

630
00:34:44,426 --> 00:34:45,484
Captain...

631
00:34:45,527 --> 00:34:47,654
Doctor, I suggest that you
return to your quarters.

632
00:34:47,696 --> 00:34:49,027
I don't want there
to be any bloodshed

633
00:34:49,064 --> 00:34:50,088
because of my decision.

634
00:34:50,131 --> 00:34:51,928
They will do everything
they can to avoid it.

635
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,763
I think we should get
out of their way now.

636
00:34:53,802 --> 00:34:55,929
Yes, yes, of course.
I understand.

637
00:34:56,037 --> 00:34:58,904
Mr. Worf, ascertain
their offensive potential.

638
00:34:58,940 --> 00:35:00,237
Aye, sir.

639
00:35:06,281 --> 00:35:07,714
We must transmit
the new analysis

640
00:35:07,749 --> 00:35:09,216
of neutron migration,
immediately.

641
00:35:09,250 --> 00:35:11,718
If I can make them see
the direction that I've taken...

642
00:35:11,753 --> 00:35:13,220
We've already tried.

643
00:35:13,254 --> 00:35:15,552
They refuse to accept further
reports from you, Doctor.

644
00:35:15,590 --> 00:35:17,217
They have to accept it.

645
00:35:17,258 --> 00:35:18,885
If I can reestablish
a computer interface

646
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:20,222
with the Science Ministry...

647
00:35:20,261 --> 00:35:22,320
They've disengaged the linkup,
Doctor.

648
00:35:24,099 --> 00:35:25,623
Why don't they answer?!

649
00:35:27,302 --> 00:35:31,762
Even if I find the solution,
you will not accept it?!

650
00:35:34,309 --> 00:35:37,278
Because I do not
terminate my life

651
00:35:37,312 --> 00:35:39,280
they terminate my work.

652
00:35:39,314 --> 00:35:43,614
Alive, I am a greater threat
to my world than a dying sun.

653
00:35:52,293 --> 00:35:53,920
But Jean-Luc will find
a way to settle this.

654
00:35:53,962 --> 00:35:54,929
No.

655
00:35:54,963 --> 00:35:55,930
He always does.

656
00:35:55,964 --> 00:35:57,022
No, my decision will only lead

657
00:35:57,065 --> 00:35:58,259
to more distrust
of other worlds.

658
00:35:58,299 --> 00:35:59,266
Nothing will change.

659
00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:00,267
Now, don't be foolish.

660
00:36:00,301 --> 00:36:01,325
I am not being foolish!

661
00:36:06,708 --> 00:36:09,871
Lwaxana, I want to live
because I see in you

662
00:36:09,978 --> 00:36:12,003
how much I have to live for.

663
00:36:12,047 --> 00:36:16,609
You make me realize
that my life still has value.

664
00:36:16,651 --> 00:36:19,745
I can be an example
to my people.

665
00:36:19,788 --> 00:36:21,779
I can finish my work.

666
00:36:21,823 --> 00:36:24,257
But discovering
these new desires

667
00:36:24,292 --> 00:36:27,261
and not being able
to do anything about them...

668
00:36:27,295 --> 00:36:29,388
not being able to finish my work

669
00:36:29,431 --> 00:36:32,059
not even being able
to reach my people...

670
00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:34,432
You are making a statement
about the sanctity of life

671
00:36:34,469 --> 00:36:35,766
and it will be heard, Timicin.

672
00:36:35,804 --> 00:36:38,773
Who will hear it
from light years away?

673
00:36:38,807 --> 00:36:41,708
Where will I go now, Lwaxana?

674
00:36:41,743 --> 00:36:45,201
I'm a man without a world.

675
00:36:45,246 --> 00:36:47,407
I can't go home.

676
00:36:48,717 --> 00:36:49,684
Oh, Timicin...

677
00:36:49,718 --> 00:36:51,549
Bridge to Dr. Timicin.

678
00:36:51,586 --> 00:36:55,215
You have a visitor
coming aboard.

679
00:36:55,256 --> 00:36:56,814
B'tardat?

680
00:36:56,858 --> 00:36:58,917
No, sir, it's your daughter.

681
00:37:08,269 --> 00:37:09,236
Dara.

682
00:37:09,270 --> 00:37:10,396
Father.

683
00:37:10,438 --> 00:37:13,236
This is Lwaxana Troi.

684
00:37:13,274 --> 00:37:14,798
She has been host and friend.

685
00:37:14,843 --> 00:37:17,311
I've been looking forward
to meeting you, Dara.

686
00:37:19,748 --> 00:37:24,685
Whatever you have to say to me
can be said in front of her.

687
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:26,277
I see.

688
00:37:28,323 --> 00:37:30,814
Father, come home.

689
00:37:30,859 --> 00:37:32,588
This is wrong.

690
00:37:32,627 --> 00:37:36,085
Dara, if I could show you
the work I have begun.

691
00:37:36,131 --> 00:37:38,531
There's still so much
for me to do.

692
00:37:38,566 --> 00:37:40,898
There is nothing for me
to look at.

693
00:37:41,002 --> 00:37:42,367
It is irrelevant.

694
00:37:42,403 --> 00:37:45,372
Your father's work
may save your world, my dear.

695
00:37:45,406 --> 00:37:47,306
I would hardly consider that
irrelevant.

696
00:37:47,342 --> 00:37:51,210
All I'm concerned with now
is you, not your work.

697
00:37:51,246 --> 00:37:52,907
Your work is over.

698
00:37:53,014 --> 00:37:54,709
It is your time to rest.

699
00:37:54,749 --> 00:37:56,910
Perhaps you will feel
differently

700
00:37:56,985 --> 00:37:58,919
as you get a little older...

701
00:37:58,953 --> 00:38:01,683
say, approaching 60.

702
00:38:01,723 --> 00:38:04,453
My father taught me
to cherish the Resolution.

703
00:38:04,492 --> 00:38:06,790
I don't know
how you have poisoned him

704
00:38:06,828 --> 00:38:08,227
to reject it.

705
00:38:08,263 --> 00:38:09,958
It's an obscene ritual.

706
00:38:09,998 --> 00:38:11,124
How dare you?

707
00:38:11,166 --> 00:38:14,533
How dare you criticize
my way of life and my beliefs?

708
00:38:14,569 --> 00:38:16,230
Please, please.
Dara.

709
00:38:18,907 --> 00:38:20,135
Please.

710
00:38:23,278 --> 00:38:25,007
Where will you go?

711
00:38:25,046 --> 00:38:26,274
Hmm.

712
00:38:28,283 --> 00:38:29,841
I don't know.

713
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:34,511
And where will you die?

714
00:38:34,556 --> 00:38:37,855
I cannot bear the thought

715
00:38:37,892 --> 00:38:40,759
of you being laid to rest
on some other world.

716
00:38:42,797 --> 00:38:45,994
That you will not lie
beside my mother.

717
00:38:47,769 --> 00:38:50,363
That I will not be able
to lie beside you

718
00:38:50,405 --> 00:38:52,066
when my Resolution comes.

719
00:38:55,276 --> 00:38:57,210
I'm sorry.

720
00:38:57,245 --> 00:39:01,113
I don't know how you can
go on with your life

721
00:39:01,149 --> 00:39:03,777
knowing that each day
is an insult

722
00:39:03,818 --> 00:39:06,150
to everything we believe in.

723
00:39:10,425 --> 00:39:13,519
Father, I love you...

724
00:39:15,897 --> 00:39:18,661
but I am ashamed.

725
00:39:44,292 --> 00:39:46,783
I would like
to be alone now, please.

726
00:40:10,785 --> 00:40:13,777
Well, I'm suddenly
not sure of myself.

727
00:40:13,821 --> 00:40:17,279
It's a feeling
l-I'm not at all used to.

728
00:40:17,325 --> 00:40:21,785
I... I don't think I like
it very much, Little One.

729
00:40:21,829 --> 00:40:23,820
Not sure of yourself?

730
00:40:25,333 --> 00:40:29,292
My life has been full.

731
00:40:29,337 --> 00:40:32,795
Oh... now and then, perhaps
it's overflowed a little, but...

732
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:36,799
but l-I enjoy living.

733
00:40:36,844 --> 00:40:38,812
And now I'm asking myself

734
00:40:38,846 --> 00:40:42,247
is it possible I was wrong
to encourage Timicin

735
00:40:42,283 --> 00:40:44,080
to choose life?

736
00:40:44,118 --> 00:40:46,586
You were honest with him,
Mother.

737
00:40:46,621 --> 00:40:48,248
You had to be.

738
00:40:48,289 --> 00:40:52,937
Maybe I want him to live
just to keep me company.

739
00:40:53,070 --> 00:40:55,732
Of course, you do

740
00:40:55,773 --> 00:40:58,105
but you didn't do this
for yourself.

741
00:40:58,142 --> 00:40:59,439
You did it for him.

742
00:40:59,477 --> 00:41:01,240
Did I?

743
00:41:03,247 --> 00:41:06,216
Then look what I've done to him.

744
00:41:06,250 --> 00:41:08,844
He's like a...

745
00:41:08,919 --> 00:41:12,047
He's like a man
who has lost his faith.

746
00:41:12,089 --> 00:41:15,718
I never considered
how deeply ingrained

747
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:18,228
this Resolution liturgy is.

748
00:41:18,262 --> 00:41:21,527
Ritual provides
structure in society...

749
00:41:21,565 --> 00:41:24,227
good rituals
and bad rituals alike.

750
00:41:24,268 --> 00:41:26,736
Well, this is a bad one.

751
00:41:26,771 --> 00:41:28,534
Your point of view.

752
00:41:28,572 --> 00:41:30,836
Well, it should be
the point of view

753
00:41:30,875 --> 00:41:34,106
of any reasonably intelligent,
middle-aged person.

754
00:41:36,147 --> 00:41:38,581
Unfortunately, it is not.

755
00:41:50,194 --> 00:41:53,686
I'll, uh... see you later,
Mother.

756
00:41:53,731 --> 00:41:55,198
Excuse me.

757
00:41:55,232 --> 00:41:56,221
Thank you.

758
00:42:00,237 --> 00:42:02,171
You're going back.

759
00:42:05,543 --> 00:42:07,204
Do you believe that I love you?

760
00:42:14,852 --> 00:42:16,581
I do, you know.

761
00:42:19,256 --> 00:42:23,522
But, finally,
if that is my only reason

762
00:42:23,561 --> 00:42:25,552
to stay alive...

763
00:42:25,596 --> 00:42:27,188
It's not enough.

764
00:42:27,231 --> 00:42:30,223
Almost.

765
00:42:30,267 --> 00:42:32,861
Almost, but not quite.

766
00:42:32,937 --> 00:42:35,872
I can't be that selfish,
Lwaxana.

767
00:42:41,478 --> 00:42:45,209
I am not the person
to lead the revolt.

768
00:42:55,559 --> 00:42:59,893
I do apologize for all the
turmoil that I've created.

769
00:42:59,930 --> 00:43:03,525
Doctor, I would deeply regret it
if you were returning

770
00:43:03,567 --> 00:43:05,797
only to ease
diplomatic tensions.

771
00:43:06,904 --> 00:43:10,670
It is more... much more.

772
00:43:10,708 --> 00:43:15,202
Then I wish you
and your people well.

773
00:43:15,246 --> 00:43:16,838
When it is time for another test

774
00:43:16,881 --> 00:43:19,748
I will encourage my people
to seek your assistance again.

775
00:43:24,388 --> 00:43:25,514
If for any reason

776
00:43:25,556 --> 00:43:27,786
you would like to wait
for a few minutes...

777
00:43:27,825 --> 00:43:32,853
No, we have already
said our good-byes.

778
00:43:41,939 --> 00:43:42,871
Lwaxana.

779
00:43:42,940 --> 00:43:45,636
It is the custom
for your loved ones

780
00:43:45,676 --> 00:43:48,770
to join you at this Resolution,
is it not?

781
00:43:50,915 --> 00:43:53,042
You do not have to do this.

782
00:43:53,083 --> 00:43:56,018
Yes, I do.

783
00:43:59,323 --> 00:44:02,053
Permission to disembark,
Captain?

784
00:44:02,092 --> 00:44:05,584
I promise I won't cause
any problems down there.

785
00:44:13,237 --> 00:44:14,761
Permission granted.

786
00:44:23,269 --> 00:44:25,203
We are ready, Mr. O'Brien.