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Sorry I'm late,
but I have a very good excuse.
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Picture this. I'm getting ready
to leave the mess hall,
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when Ensign Wildman goes into labour.
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What else could I do,
but deliver the baby?
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There is nothing like bringing
a new life into the world.
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I think I missed my calling.
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What if I told you the turbolift
got stuck on deck 6?
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This is the third time you've been late.
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It won't happen again.
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I am picking up a distress call
on one of the upper subspace bands.
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A small spacecraft is the source.
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One life-form aboard.
Weak lifesigns.
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According to the bioscanner,
it's a Vidiian female.
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- Open a channel.
- No response.
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- She may be too sick.
- Or maybe it's some kind of trick.
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Scans show no Vidiian ships in this
sector. It is unlikely this is a trap.
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Chakotay, notify the Doctor.
Mr Kim, beam the woman to sickbay.
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Her renal organs are at 20% of normal
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and her cardiovascular system
is about to collapse.
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20 milligrams of lectrazine.
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Cardiovascular and renal systems
stabilising, but neural patterns fading.
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- What is it?
- In her parietal lobe.
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It looks like some sort of implant.
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It's a very complex web
of bio-neural circuitry. Nanofibres...
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- Could this be causing the problem?
- On the contrary.
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The device is actually storing
her synaptic patterns, processing them
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and transmitting
neural electrical impulses.
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- Is it an artificial brain?
- No.
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It's a neuro-cortical stimulator,
designed to supplement brain functions.
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But it's not working any more.
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The implant is functioning,
but it's connected to dead nerve cells.
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If we don't do something,
she'll be braindead in minutes.
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What about stimulating
cell regeneration with inaprovaline?
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Very impressive,
but it's too late for that.
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Get me a high-frequency
RF transmitter.
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Hurry. Her brain function
is diminishing rapidly.
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Set the delta-band frequency
of the holo-emitter to 8.6 tetrahertz.
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We are transferring her synaptic
patterns into the holo-buffer.
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Is there enough storage capacity
for complex data patterns?
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There's enough capacity
for my program.
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My program contains
over 50 million gigaquads of data,
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which is more than humanoid brains.
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Why preserve her synaptic patterns
if there's no body?
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I'm creating a holographic body.
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We will be able
to communicate with her
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and have a model of Vidiian physiology
that will aid in treating her.
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Computer,
project the patient's skeletal structure.
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Now add internal organs.
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Add musculature.
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Now apply epidermal layers.
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Computer, use transporter records
to recreate the patient's clothing.
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According to navigational logs,
she was en route to a Vidiian colony.
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- Are we near it?
- It's ten light years away.
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We should be in the vicinity in 22 days.
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Assuming she survives
and we take security precautions,
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we'll turn her over when we get there.
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- Captain.
- Is there something wrong?
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I wanted to talk to you about Paris.
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His attitude lately
has been less than professional.
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I know discipline's my responsibility,
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but I should let you get involved
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before I took action.
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Paris has been your reclamation project.
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I appreciate your bringing this
to my attention,
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but I trust you to handle
the problem any way you see fit.
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Chief Medical Officer's log,
supplemental.
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The holographic body
is functioning normally.
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The patient's synaptic patterns
are stable,
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so I'm ready to transfer her cognitive
and motor processes.
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- Who are you?
- The Chief Medical Officer
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of the Federation starship Voyager.
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We received your distress call.
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What have you done to me?
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I used chromosomes in your
cerebellum to recreate your DNA code
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and then programmed the computer
to project a holographic template.
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Holographic?
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A three-dimensional projection
of light and energy.
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See for yourself.
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Your neural patterns
were degrading rapidly.
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It was too late to use inaprovaline,
so I improvised.
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Not that it would occur
to just any physician.
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- Why are you crying?
- I'm sorry.
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- I thought you'd be pleased.
- I am.
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I never expected to look healthy again.
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I've been sick for so long.
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I need your medical history.
How long have you been ill?
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I was first diagnosed with the phage
when I was seven.
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When did you receive
replacement tissue?
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About that same time. It was hard
to get used to the changes,
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but after a while I almost
stopped noticing. I never...
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I never thought I'd see myself again.
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Thank you. It's the most extraordinary
thing anyone has ever done for me.
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I wouldn't be too grateful.
There are serious limitations.
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We can only exist within environments
with holo-emitters, such as the sickbay.
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You're...
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An Emergency Medical
Holographic Program.
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You're a computer simulation?
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An incredibly sophisticated
computer simulation.
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I'm sorry. What did you say
your name was?
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I don't have a name.
It wasn't part of my original program.
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- However you, I'm sure, have one.
- Danara.
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- Danara Pel.
- Well, Miss Pel.
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What were you doing alone in space
with no access to medical care?
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I was treating an outbreak
of the phage on Fina Prime.
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I was on my way back,
but my condition got worse.
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You're a medical practitioner?
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A haematologist.
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Given your expertise,
you can help me with your treatment.
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- My treatment? I feel fine.
- That's only temporary.
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Your synaptic patterns will degrade if
we don't get them back into your brain.
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- How long?
- A few days. Perhaps a week.
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Your real body is in stasis.
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We have to find a way
to repair your damaged neural tissue.
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- Is something wrong?
- It's nothing.
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- I'm eager to discuss treatments.
- Of course.
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The procedure is simple.
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I drill an opening in your skull
two millimetres in diameter
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and extract a sample of
your parietal lobe, weighing one gram.
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It doesn't sound simple to me. I have
nightmares about what they did to me
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and you want to crack open my head,
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cut out a piece of my brain
and give it to HER!
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Your experience suggests Klingon DNA
is resistant to the phage.
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Losing some neural tissue
is inconsequential.
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Yet that same tissue,
grafted onto the patient's brain,
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will slow the spread of her infection.
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If we can increase
the grafted tissue mass,
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we can transfer her synaptic patterns
back into her brain.
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It won't cure the phage,
but it should prolong her life.
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Please, change into a surgical gown
and lie down on bio-bed number 1.
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Excuse me.
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I've read about the experiments
that were done on you.
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- What you went through was traumatic.
- That is an understatement.
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Please understand this disease has
killed my people for hundreds of years.
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Trying to stop it is an obsession.
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Our scientists don't have compassion
for the people who keep us alive.
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As much as I want to go on living,
I've accepted the fact I will die soon.
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I only want your help
if you are willing to give it.
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Of course...
I'd like to help you, if I can.
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If you have any questions at all,
I'd be happy to answer them for you.
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I'll go and get changed.
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I've finished ingrafting the neural tissue
to your cerebral cortex.
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I'll create an axonal pathway
between it and your basal ganglia.
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- Your technique is impressive.
- It's my programming.
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This procedure was developed
by Dr Leonard McCoy in the year 2253.
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I'm equipped with the medical
knowledge of more than 3,000 cultures.
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Additionally, as you see here, my
imaging system allows me to perform
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and improve upon
the most delicate tactile manoeuvres
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required by an array
of surgical procedures.
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- Incredible.
- Hand me the submicron suture, please.
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There. That should do it.
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- Excellent work.
- I was only assisting.
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That assistance was invaluable.
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It will be a few days
before we'll know if it will hold.
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Perhaps I should deactivate
your program temporarily.
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- Do you have to?
- It would slow the degradation.
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I have so much energy. Maybe
it's the excitement of the surgery,
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or maybe it's this new body.
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What I'd like to do is take a walk
and see the rest of your ship.
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00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,959
Unfortunately, that's not possible.
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If you're want something to do, use my
office to access our medical database.
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You'll find texts
on comparative endocrinology.
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All right. Thank you.
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On second thought,
there is someplace else we could go.
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It's wonderful. If I had a place like this
to go to, I'd be there every day.
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Don't your people have
recreational facilities?
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Congregating in groups is regulated.
It's considered a threat to public health.
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A wise policy.
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My people spend so much time trying to
save lives, they don't know how to live.
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Doctor! Aren't you going
to introduce me to your date?
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She's not my date. She's my patient.
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- I'm sorry. I didn't realise.
- Mr Neelix, this is Dr Danara Pel.
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As Chief Morale Officer, may I be
the first to welcome you to Voyager.
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Madame, your loveliness
illuminates our dark little cavern.
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May I have the next dance?
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Go away. You're disturbing my patient.
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You are just jealous
because you cannot dance.
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Let's go.
You're making the lady nervous.
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Nice to meet you.
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- I apologise.
- No. They were just being nice.
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Irritating, isn't it?
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I guess I'm just not used
to so much attention.
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Where I come from,
when you're as sick as I am,
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healthy people stay away from you.
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I guess...
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...I forgot for a second
that I don't look like that any more.
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It's a natural response.
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All this talk about me. There's still
so much I'd like to know about you.
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There's not much to tell, really.
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My program was developed by
Dr Louis Zimmerman on Jupiter Station.
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I was activated on stardate 48308.
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Since that time I've performed
347 medical exams,
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healed 11 compound fractures,
performed 3 appendectomies,
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and in my greatest feat of medical
prowess, I cured Mr Neelix of hiccups.
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- You're very funny.
- I am?
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Several clinical studies have
shown humour to be therapeutic.
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Consider it part of our treatment.
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- What is it?
- It's just that I...
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I haven't laughed in a very long time.
Thank you.
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What did that man mean
when he said you can't dance?
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That's dancing.
201
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And you can't do it?
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It's not part of my programming.
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I see.
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- Well, Dr Pel...
- Please, call me Danara.
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As you wish, Danara.
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00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:58,356
And what about you?
What should I call you?
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- Well, as I said...
- I know. You don't have a name.
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Is it all right if I gave you one?
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00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:13,310
- Well, I...
- How about... Shmullus.
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- Shmullus?
- It was my uncle's name.
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He used to make me laugh, too.
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Dr Shmullus.
I think I like the sound of that.
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00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,438
Well...
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Here we are.
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Yes, here we are.
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Danara, we should...
deactivate you for eight hours.
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- If you think it's best.
- I do.
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- All right.
- All right. Computer...
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- Shmullus.
- Yes.
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I had a wonderful time.
221
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I'm pleased.
222
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Thank you... for everything.
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Thank you for... giving me a name.
224
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Well, good night, Danara.
225
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Good night, Shmullus.
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Computer,
deactivate Vidiian Program Alpha.
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Mind if I join you?
228
00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:32,237
- So how are things, Tom?
- Excuse me?
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00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,310
How have you been feeling lately?
230
00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,798
No offence, Commander, but why
this sudden concern for my feelings?
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Well, you've been indifferent
to your duties.
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To be honest, you don't seem
to be taking your job seriously.
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If you've got a problem, I'd like to know.
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Yeah, I've got a problem.
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My problem is you.
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You care to elaborate?
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You tell me I don't take my job seriously.
But you don't let me do my job.
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00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,433
- What does that mean?
- You don't trust my judgment.
239
00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,114
I'm not allowed to take initiative.
240
00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,795
Last week I suggested we travel
through an emissions nebula.
241
00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:26,192
What did you say? "That's not the way
we do things on this ship."
242
00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:29,079
Sometimes I won't agree
with suggestions.
243
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,597
Making decisions is part of being a
leader. Someday you'll understand that.
244
00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:38,276
Being a leader also means knowing
when to let your people be creative.
245
00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,319
We might as well be on autopilot
for all the freedom you give me.
246
00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,074
I didn't come here
for a lecture from you.
247
00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,959
I know you don't put much stock
in my opinion.
248
00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:53,513
You should talk to some of these people,
I'm not the only one with a problem.
249
00:21:55,640 --> 00:22:00,760
If there's nothing else, sir,
I'd like to be excused.
250
00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,032
Sure, Paris. You're excused.
251
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,318
Dissension among the Voyager crew.
252
00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:19,359
Maje Culluh will find that interesting.
Good work, Mr Jonas.
253
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,875
There's something else you can do.
254
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:27,068
We want you to create a small accident
to damage Voyager's warp coils.
255
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:31,438
- Why?
- No need to concern yourself with that.
256
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:37,516
You just plan the accident. We'll let
you know when we want it to happen.
257
00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:42,478
- Do we understand each other?
- I want to talk to Seska.
258
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,713
- I'm afraid Maje Culluh...
- Tell him I won't damage Voyager.
259
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,953
If he has a problem with that,
have Seska contact me.
260
00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,309
- When you have a minute...
- I'm running a self-diagnostic.
261
00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:04,029
- I'll be there soon.
- Why are you running a diagnostic?
262
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,432
I've had lapses in concentration
and difficulty handling objects.
263
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,639
There may be a malfunction
in my tactile acuity subroutine.
264
00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,678
- How long has it been going on?
- Two or three days.
265
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,150
- Since Danara came aboard.
- What's your point?
266
00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,198
Maybe she's the reason
you feel this way.
267
00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:25,989
- I fail to see a connection.
- Maybe you're attracted to her.
268
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:29,796
My program's malfunctioning.
269
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,555
- Romance is not a malfunction.
- It is not in my programming.
270
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,712
- Your programming's adaptive, isn't it?
- Yes.
271
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,634
- Then I'd say it's adapting.
- What if...
272
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,873
...I don't want it to adapt?
273
00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:50,989
- Why wouldn't you?
- I don't like what's happening to me.
274
00:23:55,320 --> 00:24:02,510
I'm used to being in control of
my faculties, confident of my decisions.
275
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,434
But lately, whenever Danara's program
is deactivated
276
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,990
and I should be concentrating
on work...
277
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,754
I find myself thinking of nothing but her.
278
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,753
Why don't you reactivate her?
279
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,434
Whenever I do that, I suddenly feel...
280
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:24,759
...unsettled, unsure of myself,
and I have no idea what to say.
281
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,471
Why do people seek out situations
which induce unpleasant symptoms?
282
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,872
When the other person feels the same,
it's a wonderful thing.
283
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:44,033
- Suppose, hypothetically, of course...
- Of course.
284
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,949
...I wanted to pursue that possibility,
how do I proceed?
285
00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:54,032
You'd have to tell her how you feel.
286
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:58,079
That's it? Just tell her how I feel?
287
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,879
Or you may never know how she feels.
288
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,716
I'm going to try stimulating
your motor neurons.
289
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,953
Well, the nucleus cuneatus
appears to be functioning normally.
290
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,751
And now for
the anterior thalamic pathway.
291
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:25,793
Excellent. By the way, Danara,
I've been meaning to tell you.
292
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,748
I'm attracted to you and wanted
to know if you felt the same.
293
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,949
Is something wrong?
294
00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:38,792
No. I...
295
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,356
Did you understand what I said?
296
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,397
Yes.
297
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:48,599
- Well?
- Doctor, maybe now isn't the time to...
298
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,513
Excuse me, Kes.
I was speaking to Danara.
299
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:59,631
I think it's best if we keep
our relationship professional.
300
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,396
I'm going to...
301
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,915
...try stimulating
the posterior sciatic nerve.
302
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,196
Doc, what brings you here?
Is somebody sick?
303
00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:37,593
- Actually I was looking for you.
- Well, pull up a chair.
304
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:42,231
I assume you've had a great deal of
experience being rejected by women.
305
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,755
Thanks a lot, Doc.
306
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:50,313
What I'd like to know is, what does one
do to recover from romantic rejection?
307
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,393
- Why the interest in romance?
- I can't tell you.
308
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,279
It's a matter of doctor-patient
confidentiality.
309
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,349
All right. Well, let's see.
310
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:09,276
Sometimes there's not a lot you can do
to get over a woman you care about.
311
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,354
I remember
when Susie Crabtree dumped me
312
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,559
in my first year at the Academy.
I broke out in hives.
313
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,713
Couldn't get out of bed for a week.
I almost failed Stellar Cartography.
314
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,998
I walked around in a daze
for the rest of the year.
315
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:32,790
Of course, the first one is always
the hardest to get over.
316
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,111
I see.
317
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:42,912
But eventually, you start
thinking about her less and less.
318
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,959
Until finally, without realising it,
she's not on your mind.
319
00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:49,953
So the symptoms
do subside over time?
320
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,993
For the most part.
321
00:27:54,160 --> 00:28:00,599
But every now and then, even years
later, something reminds you of her.
322
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,752
A certain smell,
a few notes of a song
323
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,993
and you feel as bad as the day
she never wanted to see you again.
324
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,349
If you want
to know the truth, Doc,
325
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,911
you never completely get over
a woman you really cared about.
326
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:22,559
Wait a minute, Doc.
We're not talking about you, are we?
327
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:29,437
- I told you, it was confidential.
- Boy, you've got it bad.
328
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,956
Look, I don't mean to intrude. If you tell
me what's going on, I can help.
329
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,397
- Hello, Kes.
- Are you feeling all right?
330
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:59,039
I'm fine. I'm just... waiting for the Doctor.
331
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,074
He's been gone a long time.
332
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,269
You really like him, don't you?
333
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,230
Then why didn't you tell him
that you felt the same the way
334
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,755
when he said he was attracted to you?
335
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,071
It all happened so fast.
He just blurted it out.
336
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,918
He's very blunt. Don't take it personally.
337
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,470
How could he possibly
have those feelings about me?
338
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,518
Maybe because
you're a compassionate person,
339
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,672
a brilliant doctor,
you appreciate his humour.
340
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,230
- Should I go on?
- Please don't.
341
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,392
You're not very good
at accepting a compliment.
342
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,154
Next time someone
says something nice,
343
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:46,791
take them at their word
and feel good about yourself.
344
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:52,310
It's not easy to feel good about yourself
when you live your life like that.
345
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,438
Danara,
I don't know what your life's been like.
346
00:29:55,600 --> 00:30:00,674
But there's nothing sadder
than a missed opportunity.
347
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:05,038
Maybe you and the Doctor
need to spend time together alone.
348
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:12,876
It sounds like she might be shy.
I think you scared her off.
349
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,996
I did?
350
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,230
Your approach is all wrong.
351
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,828
- What would be the right approach?
- Women like romance.
352
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,117
They want men
to take them someplace special.
353
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,869
Where would I take her?
354
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,069
Come with me, Doc. I've got an idea.
355
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:45,836
Doctor's Personal Log,
stardate 49504.3.
356
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,956
Inaugural entry.
357
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,669
Kes and Mr Paris have conspired
to get Danara and me alone
358
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,354
in a place Paris considers romantic.
359
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:58,354
I've never felt more... uneasy.
360
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,757
- I wasn't sure you were coming.
- Neither was I.
361
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,993
- If you don't want to be here...
- No. I do.
362
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,796
Where are we exactly?
363
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:27,033
On a planet called Mars,
inside a primitive land-based vehicle.
364
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,954
It's a '57 Chevy. Mr Paris
is an automobile aficionado.
365
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,953
This is his program.
366
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:39,872
What are we supposed to be doing?
367
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:43,077
I believe it's called... parking.
368
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,436
I almost forgot.
369
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,278
These are for you.
370
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,672
Thank you. You're... very thoughtful.
371
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,437
I downloaded a dancing subroutine
into my program.
372
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,556
Would you like to try it?
373
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:19,477
Actually, I wouldn't mind
just sitting here for a while.
374
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,596
You wouldn't?
375
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:28,079
Those moons and star formations are
different from anything I've ever seen.
376
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:33,360
If you're interested, I could
point out a few astronomical highlights.
377
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,069
You see that bluish planet?
378
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:42,153
That's Earth. It's where
Starfleet Headquarters is located.
379
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:47,912
And over there, that's Cygnus.
380
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:53,473
That constellation is Hercules, named
after a character in ancient Greek myth.
381
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:59,192
Hippocrates was also a Greek.
He was the father of... Earth medicine.
382
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:08,519
And that cluster over there,
that's called the Pleiades.
383
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,029
- Sorry I'm late.
- That's all right. We don't need you.
384
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,873
Mr Grimes has taken
your place at conn.
385
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,710
- But it's my shift.
- Not today it isn't.
386
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:13,434
- Because I was ten minutes late?
- That's right.
387
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,076
- Captain...
- Don't look at me.
388
00:34:17,240 --> 00:34:20,630
Commander Chakotay
has complete discretion.
389
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,590
When should I report back for duty?
390
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,870
When you take your job seriously,
we'll discuss it.
391
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:36,271
- Right now you're dismissed.
- Get your hands off me!
392
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:45,070
- Mr Tuvok.
- Yes, Captain.
393
00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:48,471
Please escort Mr Paris to the brig.
394
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:12,356
Oh, boy. Am I glad to see you.
I wasn't sure if you got my messages.
395
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:16,718
I got them all.
You've been very helpful.
396
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,838
Do you know
what they asked me to do?
397
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,956
You mean about the warp coils?
398
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:26,352
You could do it by forcing the magnetic
constrictors out of alignment.
399
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:30,877
I don't mind feeding you information,
but if you plan an attack...
400
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:34,396
I have no intention of raising
my child on a Kazon ship.
401
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,120
I will take Voyager.
402
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:41,398
You can help me,
or suffer with Janeway and the others.
403
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:48,073
Don't worry, Mike.
Everything's been planned to the letter.
404
00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:50,800
Here's how it's going to work.
405
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,839
We'll be waiting for you
on a planet called Hemikek IV.
406
00:35:56,280 --> 00:36:00,353
Doctor's personal log,
stardate 49507.2.
407
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:04,957
The more time I spend with Danara,
the more my programming adapts.
408
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:09,989
I will perfect my romantic skills once
we've completed the synaptic transfer.
409
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:15,678
Set the delta-band frequency
to seven terahertz.
410
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:22,957
Wait a minute. Did you administer
the cervaline as I instructed?
411
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,954
- 500 milligrams every four hours.
- I don't understand it.
412
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:31,955
- What's wrong?
- Your brain is rejecting the graft.
413
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,078
We can't go through with the transfer.
414
00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:44,994
I'm detecting elevated levels
of nytoxinol.
415
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:49,119
Did you make an error?
Administered nytoxinol instead?
416
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,236
No, I don't think so.
417
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,392
Here's the hypospray I used.
Check for yourself.
418
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,676
You're correct. It's cervaline.
419
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,116
Has anyone else been in sickbay
in the last 24 hours?
420
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:05,400
Crewman Foster came for analgesic
and Wildman for her prenatal visit. Why?
421
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:10,918
If the nytoxinol was not administered by
accident, someone is trying to kill her.
422
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:15,358
- Who would want to kill her?
- Someone who hates Vidiians.
423
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,398
- I'm calling Lieutenant Tuvok.
- Don't do that.
424
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:22,030
We have to find out
who's obstructing your recovery.
425
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:24,794
I administered the nytoxinol.
426
00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:29,198
- Didn't you know it would kill you?
- Kill her.
427
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:33,319
- She is you.
- Was me. I don't want to be her again!
428
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,277
What are you doing?
429
00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:43,477
I have to reduce the rate
of tissue rejection.
430
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:47,588
Kes, would you excuse us?
431
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,476
I won't go through with it.
432
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:59,873
If we don't get your neural patterns out,
you'll be braindead. I can't let it happen.
433
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:05,068
I'd rather live two more days like this,
than waste away a piece at a time.
434
00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:07,196
It's my duty to keep you alive.
435
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,591
- I thought you were my friend.
- I am your friend.
436
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,309
What kind of friend would ask me
to go on living like this?
437
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:18,792
So that I can go back to a world
where everyone I ever loved has died?
438
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,269
Where everyone I meet is going to die?
439
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:24,318
- You can help them.
- I can't help them.
440
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,314
I can't cure them.
All I can do is prolong their suffering.
441
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,432
Just like you want to do to me now.
442
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:37,879
Danara...
I have no desire to see you suffer.
443
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:41,032
Do you know what it's like? Do you?
444
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:46,479
To be a child and your best friend
doesn't want to come to your house.
445
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:51,589
You ask your mother why. "Why won't
Mala come and play with me any more?"
446
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:59,075
She tells you, "It's because
the other children are afraid of you."
447
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:12,352
Listen to me.
Before I met you, I was just a disease.
448
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:15,557
But now everything's different.
449
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:19,713
When people look at me,
they don't see a disease any more.
450
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:25,953
They see a woman.
A woman you made.
451
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:29,999
A woman you love.
A woman you're not afraid to touch.
452
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:33,277
Danara,
I was never afraid to touch you.
453
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,476
Why? Because you're a doctor?
454
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,676
- Because I love you.
- You say that now.
455
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:44,960
- But if I go through with the transfer...
- If you go through with the transfer...
456
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,795
...I will be sick again. And ugly.
457
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:55,433
- You're not ugly. You're ill.
- Please. Stop patronising me!
458
00:39:57,240 --> 00:39:59,629
I know how people see me.
459
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:04,828
Do you think if you go back into your
own body, I'll feel different about you?
460
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,991
Won't you?
461
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,993
Nothing could change
the way I feel about you.
462
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:13,152
Not a few scars,
some diseased skin, nothing.
463
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:17,108
You have given me
the most extraordinary gift ever given.
464
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:21,671
You brought me to this ship where
no one is sick and people are friendly.
465
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:26,356
You've made me healthy and beautiful.
466
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,637
I don't want to go back
to the way things were.
467
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:35,715
You said before you knew me
that you were just a disease.
468
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:40,431
Before you I was a projection of
photons, held together by force fields.
469
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:45,116
A computerised physician doing a job,
doing it exceptionally well,
470
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:49,114
but still it was just a profession,
not a life.
471
00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:56,033
But now you are here
and I'm not just working any more.
472
00:40:56,200 --> 00:41:01,354
I'm living, learning what it means
to be with someone, to love someone.
473
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:06,154
I can't go back
to the way things were either.
474
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:13,439
Danara, please. Don't die.
475
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:19,674
- I want us to be together.
- So do I.
476
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:27,919
But if you put me back in that body, I'll
have to go home... and help my people.
477
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,036
I know.
478
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:35,035
But we'd still have two weeks together
before we reached your colony.
479
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:43,359
Danara, please,
be with me for as long as you can.
480
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:48,958
Computer,
play music program Doctor Alpha.
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