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So, how's the newest addition
to our family?
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At the moment, she's stable,
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but the prognosis isn't clear.
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Her human physiology has
begun to reassert itself--
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respiratory system, neurological
functions, immune response.
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But those systems are swarming
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with Borg implants.
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There's a battle being
waged inside her body
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between the biological
and the technological,
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and l'm not sure
which is going to win.
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Well, it's time
we brought her up- to- date.
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Wake her.
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Captain Janeway.
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What have you...?
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The others;
l can't hear the others.
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The voices are gone.
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We had to neutralize
the neuro- transceiver
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in your upper spinal column.
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Your link to the collective
has been severed.
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You will return this drone
to the Borg.
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l'm afraid l can't do that.
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You will return this drone
to the Borg!
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lf l were to turn
this ship around
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and head back
into Borg territory,
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l'd be putting my crew at risk.
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l'm not prepared to do that.
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Try to understand.
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You have to stay
on board Voyager,
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but l'm offering you freedom
from the collective,
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and l assure you,
we'll do everything
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we can to help the transition...
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You will supply us
with a subspace transmitter
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and leave us
on the nearest planet.
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The Borg will come for us.
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lt's too late for that.
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Your human cells
are starting to regenerate.
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You won't survive
without medical care.
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We need nothing from you.
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We are Borg.
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We ar...
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This implant is being rejected
by the tissue underneath.
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lt's going to have
to be removed.
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You will suppress
the human immune system!
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l'm sorry, but the process
has gone too far.
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We've got to get you
to Sick Bay.
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No! We are Borg!
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We are Borg!
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This armor plating
is anchored to the skull
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with over 3 million
microconnectors.
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There's no time
to cut through them.
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l'm going to have to remove the
outer layer of the skull itself.
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Lieutenant, will you please
leave the surgical bay!
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This Borg is a security risk.
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She is heavily sedated.
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l assure you,
she's not going anywhere.
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Thank you.
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Kes, l want you to anesthetize
her cranial nerves.
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20 milligrams anetrizine.
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Yes, Doctor.
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Kes...?
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l don't know what happened.
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l looked at the hypospray,
and it just came to me.
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Have you been experimenting with
your psychokinetic abilities?
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No, not for months.
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But l have been feeling
a little strange lately--
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lots of energy, sleeping less...
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l can see why.
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Your serotonin levels are
62 percent above normal.
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lt's the telepathic centers
of your brain.
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They're in a state
of hyperstimulation,
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like they were a few days ago,
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when you were in contact
with Species 8472.
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Are they attempting
to communicate with you again?
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No.
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This time, it's different.
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l don't feel their presence
at all.
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Perhaps she's experiencing
an aftereffect of some kind.
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A reasonable diagnosis...
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for a security officer.
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l'll run a full
microsynaptic analysis,
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but it will have to wait.
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We should get back to our Borg.
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Come in.
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Ship's status report.
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We've got two teams on the hull
stripping off the Borg armor.
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They're working
around the clock,
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but it's still slow going.
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What about the warp drive?
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Torres is having problems
cleaning out the plasma relays.
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lt's disrupting
the antimatter reaction.
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Until she's got it fixed,
we're stuck at impulse.
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She's requesting all personnel
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with a level- 3
engineering rating or higher
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to lend a hand.
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Granted.
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Tactical update?
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Long- range sensors
are picking up
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residual transwarp signatures--
Borg vessels.
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They passed by
probably three days ago.
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So we're not
out of the woods yet.
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Having half our propulsion
system overrun by Borg implants
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doesn't make repairs
any easier.
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Seven of Nine
could help us with that.
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That might be true,
if she were willing,
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but she's not in
the most cooperative mood.
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That could change.
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l just have to reach her
somehow.
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Annika Hansen.
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Our Borg?
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lt took some digging
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through the Federation database,
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but l managed to find
a single entry
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in the records of Deep Space 4.
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Her parents were...
unconventional.
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They fancied themselves
explorers,
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but wanted nothing to do
with Starfleet
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or the Federation.
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Their names were last recorded
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at a remote outpost
in the Omega Sector.
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They refused to file
a flight plan.
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Apparently, they aimed
their small ship
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toward the Delta Quadrant,
and were never heard from again.
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For all we know,
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Annika and her parents
were the first humans
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the Borg ever assimilated.
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From what she's told me,
that was almost 20 years ago.
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So she was raised by the Borg.
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lt's the only life
she ever really knew.
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lf you were thinking of
bringing her into the fold,
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that might not be possible.
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What's the alternative--
toss her back to the wolves?
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Sick Bay to Captain Janeway.
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What is it, Doctor?
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Could you come down here,
Captain?
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We're having some...problems.
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l'll be right there.
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lt's like peeling an onion.
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Store it in a biostasis chamber.
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lt may still be active.
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lf you think
there's a risk, Mr. Tuvok,
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you can throw one of your little
force fields around the chamber.
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A prudent security measure...
for a Doctor.
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Report.
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l'm afraid we have
a decision to make--
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a difficult one.
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Her human immune system
has reasserted itself
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with a vengeance--
body armor, Borg organelles
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biosynthetic glands--
they're all being rejected.
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Her life is in danger.
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l have little recourse
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but to remove
the Borg technology.
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Which is the last thing
Seven of Nine would want.
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Hence, the difficult decision.
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lf a patient told me
not to treat them--
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even if the situation
were life- threatening--
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l would be ethically obligated
to honor that request.
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This is no ordinary patient.
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She may have been raised
by Borg,
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raised to think like a Borg...
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but she's with us now
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and underneath
all that technology,
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she is a human being--
whether she's
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ready to accept that or not.
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And until she is ready,
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someone has to make
the decisions for her.
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Proceed with the surgery.
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Aye, Captain.
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Kes.
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Let's begin
with the microtubule network
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embedded
in the esophageal tract.
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What's happening?
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l'm not sure.
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She's going into neural shock.
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l can't localize the source.
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Kes, try to stabilize
her motor cortex.
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Use a neuro sequencer.
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Kes, l said
to stabilize her cortex
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or we're going to lose her.
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Wait.
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l can see it.
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What?
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l think the problem
is in her colliculi.
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Yes...l can see it.
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A Borg implant-- it's pressing
against her trochlear nerve.
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Can you tell me
how we might remove it
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without severing the nerve?
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l think l can do more
than tell you.
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The implant is deteriorating.
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Her nervous system
is stabilizing.
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Nice work, Kes.
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Unconventional...
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but effective.
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They say the eye
is the window to the soul.
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ln this case,
it's a little bit more.
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l fabricated
this artificial organ
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to replace her eyepiece,
but l've had
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to retain some
of the Borg circuitry
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along the optic nerve.
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As a result, she'll have
increased acuity in one eye.
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Note how perfectly l've matched
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the pigment of the iris
to her human eye.
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Excellent work, Doctor.
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l admire
your attention to detail.
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When can l speak with her?
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She's out of immediate danger
and l don't plan to resume
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the extraction process
until tomorrow.
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l can wake her now
if you'd like.
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l would.
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How are you, Kes?
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l feel exhilarated, Captain.
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l've never been
so focused in my life.
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And my telepathic abilities are
stronger than they've ever been.
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Your performance today
was astonishing.
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However, your psychokinetic
powers are still undisciplined
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and, as a result, unpredictable.
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l feel like l'm in control.
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Nevertheless, you must
proceed with caution
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and with my assistance.
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What are you suggesting?
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A series of guided meditations
to help her explore the depth
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of these new abilities.
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Kes?
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l'm ready.
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Well, then, if you'll excuse us,
we should begin immediately.
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Ready when you are, Captain.
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Don't be alarmed.
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You're in Sick Bay.
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You're going to be fine.
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00:14:14,353 --> 00:14:16,913
What have you done to me?
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Your body was rejecting
the Borg technology.
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You were dying.
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l'm sorry, but we had no choice.
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Those are dermaplastic grafts.
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They'll help
the regeneration process.
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Unacceptable.
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You should have let us die.
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l couldn't do that.
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This drone cannot survive
outside the collective.
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l beg to differ.
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Now that the Borg implants
are being excised,
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your human systems are free
to thrive and thriving they are.
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As a matter of fact, l...
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l want to help you,
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but l need to understand
what you're going through.
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Do not engage us
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in superficial
attempts at sympathy.
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lt's obvious
that you're in pain,
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that you're frightened,
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that you feel isolated, alone.
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You are an individual.
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You are small.
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You cannot understand
what it is to be Borg.
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No, but l can imagine.
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You were part
of a vast consciousness,
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billions of minds
working together,
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a harmony
of purpose and thought--
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no indecision, no doubts.
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The security and strength
of a unified will--
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and you've lost that.
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This drone is small now.
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Alone.
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One voice.
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One mind.
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The silence is unacceptable.
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We need the others.
266
00:16:06,398 --> 00:16:08,093
l can't give you
back to the Borg,
267
00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:09,464
but you're not alone.
268
00:16:09,535 --> 00:16:11,628
You're part
of a human community now--
269
00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:13,638
a human collective.
270
00:16:13,706 --> 00:16:16,903
We may be individuals,
but we live and work together.
271
00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:20,104
You can have some
of the unity you require
272
00:16:20,179 --> 00:16:21,874
right here on Voyager.
273
00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:26,075
lnsufficient.
274
00:16:27,319 --> 00:16:28,911
lt'll have to do.
275
00:16:31,156 --> 00:16:34,216
And the fact is,
this community needs you.
276
00:16:34,293 --> 00:16:37,126
The Borg modifications
you made to our vessel
277
00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:39,391
are disrupting our warp drive.
278
00:16:39,465 --> 00:16:41,456
We need your help
to remove them--
279
00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:45,898
your...expertise.
280
00:16:45,971 --> 00:16:47,768
Your cooperation.
281
00:16:50,409 --> 00:16:53,071
You must comply.
282
00:16:57,750 --> 00:16:59,377
All right.
283
00:16:59,451 --> 00:17:01,180
l think l've got
all the Borg garbage
284
00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:02,878
out of the plasma
intake manifold.
285
00:17:02,955 --> 00:17:05,219
Let's try reinitializing
the antimatter reaction.
286
00:17:13,165 --> 00:17:18,000
Matter/antimatter reaction
at 22 Cochranes and rising.
287
00:17:22,841 --> 00:17:25,002
Damn! What happened?
288
00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:28,274
lntake manifolds 1 1 and 13
are still blocked.
289
00:17:28,347 --> 00:17:29,507
This is like pulling weeds.
290
00:17:29,581 --> 00:17:31,071
You think you've got
them all out, and then...
291
00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:32,742
You have neglected
to remove the autonomous
292
00:17:32,818 --> 00:17:34,547
regeneration sequencers.
293
00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:38,078
Lieutenant Torres, Ensign Kim,
you remember Seven of Nine.
294
00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:40,284
How could we forget?
295
00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,452
We can't afford to delay
repairs any longer.
296
00:17:42,528 --> 00:17:45,656
So l've asked her to help us
remove the Borg modifications.
297
00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:47,722
She only has a few hours
before she returns to Sick Bay.
298
00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,495
l suggest you
put her to good use.
299
00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:51,160
You can start
with the plasma relays.
300
00:17:51,236 --> 00:17:52,430
They're in Jefferies Tube 13...
301
00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:55,098
Jefferies Tube
13- Alpha, Section 12.
302
00:17:55,174 --> 00:17:57,165
We fully recall
the engineering specifications
303
00:17:57,242 --> 00:17:58,300
of your vessel.
304
00:17:58,377 --> 00:18:00,937
Good. Can you also recall
the way it looked
305
00:18:01,013 --> 00:18:03,208
before you turned it
into a Borg circus?
306
00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:05,474
Yes.
307
00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:09,120
Well, now that the pleasantries
are over,
308
00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:10,382
why don't you get to work?
309
00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:12,583
l want updates every hour.
310
00:18:12,658 --> 00:18:15,058
Yes, Captain.
311
00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:24,400
The flame of the lamp
is fire disciplined--
312
00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:27,064
tamed and under control.
313
00:18:27,139 --> 00:18:30,836
lt is the appropriate focus
for the task ahead of us.
314
00:18:30,909 --> 00:18:32,809
How do we begin?
315
00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:36,712
l will attempt to guide you
in manipulating the flame
316
00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:38,215
at the subatomic level.
317
00:18:40,252 --> 00:18:45,189
Concentrate on the flame--
try to see past
318
00:18:45,257 --> 00:18:47,919
the surface...
past the light...
319
00:18:48,026 --> 00:18:50,654
to the patterns
of energy and matter.
320
00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:57,328
l can see the essence
of the fire.
321
00:18:57,402 --> 00:18:58,369
Good.
322
00:18:58,437 --> 00:19:00,428
Now, reach out with your mind
323
00:19:00,506 --> 00:19:01,564
and intensify the flame.
324
00:19:13,285 --> 00:19:15,549
l'm making it hotter,
brighter.
325
00:19:16,555 --> 00:19:19,752
Now, with your thoughts...
326
00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:21,019
reduce the flame.
327
00:19:30,769 --> 00:19:32,327
Excellent.
328
00:19:32,404 --> 00:19:36,306
You've never demonstrated
this level of control before.
329
00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:40,607
lt's as though l knew
what had to be done and...
330
00:19:43,415 --> 00:19:44,382
What's wrong?
331
00:19:44,449 --> 00:19:46,314
Something's happening.
332
00:19:47,853 --> 00:19:50,754
l can see further,
beyond the subatomic.
333
00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:55,683
Kes, there is nothing
beyond the subatomic.
334
00:19:55,761 --> 00:19:57,888
But l can see it, Tuvok.
335
00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:05,859
lt's a new level of reality.
336
00:20:07,372 --> 00:20:08,737
lt's beautiful.
337
00:20:11,443 --> 00:20:14,435
Perhaps we should stop for now.
338
00:20:14,513 --> 00:20:16,140
Wait a few seconds.
339
00:20:16,215 --> 00:20:18,080
l want to try to control it.
340
00:20:29,027 --> 00:20:30,756
Don't worry, Tuvok.
341
00:20:42,874 --> 00:20:44,808
What about these linkages?
342
00:20:44,876 --> 00:20:45,934
Every time l pull one out,
343
00:20:46,011 --> 00:20:47,478
another one
comes back in its place.
344
00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:49,810
Autonomous regeneration
sequencers.
345
00:20:49,881 --> 00:20:51,906
They function
to counteract resistance.
346
00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:52,973
Amazing.
347
00:20:53,051 --> 00:20:53,983
How did you come up
348
00:20:54,052 --> 00:20:55,383
with the pattern-
duplication design?
349
00:20:55,454 --> 00:20:56,716
We came up with nothing.
350
00:20:56,788 --> 00:20:58,688
The Borg assimilated
this technology
351
00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:00,884
in Galactic Cluster 3
from Species 259.
352
00:21:00,959 --> 00:21:03,325
l'm not interested
in a history lesson.
353
00:21:03,395 --> 00:21:04,828
How do we disable it?
354
00:21:04,896 --> 00:21:07,160
You must disconnect
each sequencer conduit
355
00:21:07,232 --> 00:21:08,699
at the insertion juncture.
356
00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:10,394
Why don't you two work
in the Jefferies tube?
357
00:21:10,469 --> 00:21:12,096
Start with the plasma relays.
358
00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:18,371
l'll start here.
359
00:21:25,050 --> 00:21:28,713
You said the Borg got this stuff
from Species 259.
360
00:21:28,787 --> 00:21:30,345
Who were they?
361
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,485
l guess the Borg meet
a lot of people, don't they?
362
00:21:40,465 --> 00:21:41,659
Stupid question.
363
00:21:45,771 --> 00:21:48,740
So what's it like out there
in Galactic Cluster 3?
364
00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:51,537
Beyond your comprehension.
365
00:21:51,610 --> 00:21:53,043
Try me.
366
00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:58,713
Galactic Cluster 3
is a transmaterial energy plane
367
00:21:58,784 --> 00:22:01,753
intersecting 22 billion
omnicordial life- forms.
368
00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:06,223
Oh. lnteresting.
369
00:22:24,142 --> 00:22:26,042
Ensign Kim, your assistance.
370
00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:34,542
Captain, somebody's
trying to access
371
00:22:34,619 --> 00:22:36,416
the subspace transmitter.
372
00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:39,917
Captain, l don't know how,
373
00:22:39,991 --> 00:22:42,687
but she's erected some kind
of force field around the door.
374
00:22:42,761 --> 00:22:43,921
We can't break through it.
375
00:22:43,995 --> 00:22:45,326
She's bypassed
our security protocols.
376
00:22:45,397 --> 00:22:47,558
Disable the transmitter.
377
00:22:47,632 --> 00:22:49,463
lt's too late.
378
00:22:49,534 --> 00:22:52,002
lt's obvious your mental
abilities have progressed
379
00:22:52,070 --> 00:22:54,038
beyond this particular
Vulcan exercise.
380
00:22:54,106 --> 00:22:55,368
l suggest we...
381
00:22:58,443 --> 00:22:59,410
What is it?
382
00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:00,536
Something's wrong.
383
00:23:02,948 --> 00:23:06,008
The Borg is trying
to contact her people.
384
00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:09,581
Tuvok to Security Team 1.
385
00:23:09,654 --> 00:23:11,178
lntruder alert in Engineering.
386
00:23:12,290 --> 00:23:13,780
Wait.
387
00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:15,724
l think l can stop her.
388
00:23:34,513 --> 00:23:36,208
lt's over.
389
00:23:37,682 --> 00:23:38,774
Tuvok to Bridge.
390
00:23:38,850 --> 00:23:39,976
Status?
391
00:23:40,051 --> 00:23:42,178
There was some kind of explosion
in the Jefferies tube
392
00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:44,279
just as she was about
to initiate her transmission.
393
00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:46,756
We don't know what caused it.
394
00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:49,692
l believe l may
have the answer, Captain.
395
00:23:59,171 --> 00:24:01,105
l can tell by the expression
on your face,
396
00:24:01,206 --> 00:24:02,639
that you've got some bad news.
397
00:24:02,674 --> 00:24:05,074
l have no expression on my face.
398
00:24:05,143 --> 00:24:07,270
However, you are correct.
399
00:24:07,345 --> 00:24:09,836
The news on two separate fronts
is not good.
400
00:24:09,915 --> 00:24:12,179
l checked
the subspace bandwidths.
401
00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:14,912
At least a partial signal
was transmitted from Voyager.
402
00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:16,749
Enough for a Borg ship to track?
403
00:24:16,822 --> 00:24:17,754
Possibly.
404
00:24:17,823 --> 00:24:18,915
And the second front?
405
00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:22,255
l believe there's also
cause for concern regarding Kes.
406
00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:23,351
Explain.
407
00:24:24,429 --> 00:24:26,522
lnternal sensor logs show
that she destabilized
408
00:24:26,598 --> 00:24:28,759
the Jefferies tube
at the molecular level.
409
00:24:28,834 --> 00:24:29,892
The effect weakened
410
00:24:29,968 --> 00:24:31,663
the infrastructure
throughout the deck.
411
00:24:31,736 --> 00:24:35,137
She wishes to develop
her abilities further.
412
00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:37,698
l am not certain
it would be safe...
413
00:24:37,776 --> 00:24:39,368
for Kes or Voyager.
414
00:24:39,444 --> 00:24:42,140
l've got an Ocampan
who wants to be something more
415
00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:44,512
and a Borg who's afraid
of becoming something less.
416
00:24:44,583 --> 00:24:46,073
Here's to Vulcan stability.
417
00:24:48,153 --> 00:24:49,450
Wait for me.
418
00:25:02,801 --> 00:25:05,531
So this is human freedom.
419
00:25:05,604 --> 00:25:07,834
l've decided to keep you
in the brig
420
00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:10,875
until l'm certain
you won't try to harm us again.
421
00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:13,672
lf necessary, the Doctor
can treat you here.
422
00:25:14,846 --> 00:25:17,440
l honestly believed
you were going to help us.
423
00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:19,916
You were not deceived,
Captain Janeway.
424
00:25:19,985 --> 00:25:22,078
lt was my intention to help you.
425
00:25:22,153 --> 00:25:23,677
What happened?
426
00:25:23,755 --> 00:25:26,315
There was a chance
to contact the collective.
427
00:25:26,391 --> 00:25:27,756
l took advantage of it.
428
00:25:31,563 --> 00:25:35,829
Your attempts to assimilate
this drone will fail.
429
00:25:35,901 --> 00:25:38,392
You can alter our physiology,
430
00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:41,439
but you cannot
change our nature.
431
00:25:41,506 --> 00:25:43,599
We will betray you.
432
00:25:43,675 --> 00:25:45,768
We are Borg.
433
00:25:47,245 --> 00:25:50,681
l've met Borg who were freed
from the collective.
434
00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:53,946
lt wasn't easy for them
to accept their individuality,
435
00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:55,919
but, in time, they did.
436
00:25:55,987 --> 00:25:57,579
You're no different.
437
00:25:57,656 --> 00:26:00,284
Granted, you were assimilated
at a very young age
438
00:26:00,358 --> 00:26:02,019
and your transition
may be more difficult,
439
00:26:02,093 --> 00:26:04,653
but it will happen.
440
00:26:12,103 --> 00:26:18,474
lf it does happen,
we will become fully human?
441
00:26:18,543 --> 00:26:21,444
Yes, l hope so.
442
00:26:22,614 --> 00:26:26,141
We will be autonomous,
independent.
443
00:26:26,217 --> 00:26:31,484
That's what individuality
is all about.
444
00:26:31,556 --> 00:26:36,721
lf at that time, we choose
to return to the collective,
445
00:26:36,795 --> 00:26:38,990
will you permit it?
446
00:26:41,366 --> 00:26:44,301
l don't think
you'll want to do that.
447
00:26:49,941 --> 00:26:53,934
You would deny us the choice,
448
00:26:54,045 --> 00:26:56,070
as you deny us now.
449
00:26:56,147 --> 00:26:59,583
You have imprisoned us
in the name of humanity,
450
00:26:59,651 --> 00:27:00,982
yet you will not grant us
451
00:27:01,086 --> 00:27:03,350
your most"cherished"
human right--
452
00:27:03,388 --> 00:27:06,186
to choose our own fate.
453
00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:11,351
You are hypocritical,
manipulative.
454
00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:17,133
We do not want to be
what you are!
455
00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:18,669
Return us to the collective!
456
00:27:19,804 --> 00:27:22,204
You lost the capacity
to make a rational choice
457
00:27:22,273 --> 00:27:23,797
the moment you were assimilated.
458
00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:25,843
They took that from you.
459
00:27:25,910 --> 00:27:28,845
And until l'm convinced you've
gotten it back...
460
00:27:28,913 --> 00:27:31,313
l'm making the choice for you.
461
00:27:31,383 --> 00:27:33,874
You're staying here.
462
00:27:33,952 --> 00:27:37,820
Then you are no different
than the Borg.
463
00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:46,192
Talaxian champagne.
464
00:27:46,264 --> 00:27:48,027
Moon- ripened.
465
00:27:48,099 --> 00:27:49,930
Your favorite.
466
00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:51,935
Neelix, where did you get this?
467
00:27:52,037 --> 00:27:54,631
l put a bottle away...
468
00:27:54,706 --> 00:27:57,937
for a special occasion.
469
00:27:58,009 --> 00:28:00,978
Remember when we last
sipped this together?
470
00:28:01,046 --> 00:28:03,446
Three years ago.
471
00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,676
lt was when we first
arrived on Voyager.
472
00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:07,843
And do you remember
the toast l made?
473
00:28:07,952 --> 00:28:10,580
Yes.
"To the adventure."
474
00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:12,816
"To the adventure."
475
00:28:19,664 --> 00:28:21,791
When you left Ocampa,
476
00:28:21,866 --> 00:28:25,358
you said that your people
were being held back.
477
00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:26,870
That if you were
only given the chance,
478
00:28:26,938 --> 00:28:29,839
you could become
something so much more.
479
00:28:29,908 --> 00:28:31,876
And you have.
480
00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:35,036
l know things haven't worked out
exactly the way we planned.
481
00:28:35,113 --> 00:28:37,445
l was only holding you back.
482
00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:40,911
That's obvious to me now.
483
00:28:40,985 --> 00:28:43,283
No. l couldn't have come
this far without you.
484
00:28:46,725 --> 00:28:48,818
And l love you.
485
00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:51,453
l always will.
486
00:28:51,529 --> 00:28:53,827
lt's just, uh...
487
00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:01,667
My cooking.
You've always hated my cooking.
488
00:29:02,741 --> 00:29:04,208
That's exactly what it was.
489
00:29:06,878 --> 00:29:09,540
Ah...
490
00:29:09,614 --> 00:29:12,742
So tell me more
about what's happening to you.
491
00:29:12,817 --> 00:29:14,307
What does it all mean?
492
00:29:14,385 --> 00:29:18,651
l don't know, and that's
what makes it so exciting.
493
00:29:18,723 --> 00:29:20,247
lt's as if l can see
into a place
494
00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:26,389
where the distinction between
matter and energy and thought
495
00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:27,624
no longer exists.
496
00:29:27,699 --> 00:29:30,600
And that's only the beginning.
497
00:29:30,668 --> 00:29:33,034
l feel as if all the boundaries
within me
498
00:29:33,104 --> 00:29:34,435
are about to fall away.
499
00:29:34,506 --> 00:29:36,167
lt sounds...
500
00:29:39,811 --> 00:29:41,836
er...uh...interesting.
501
00:29:41,913 --> 00:29:43,710
l only have to look
at an object,
502
00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:46,910
gaze at it,
and l can begin to see...
503
00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:49,453
that the space between the atoms
504
00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:52,456
is being filled
with something else.
505
00:29:56,027 --> 00:29:57,722
Uh, Kes...
506
00:29:57,796 --> 00:30:00,390
l can see...l see...
507
00:30:05,436 --> 00:30:07,028
Uh, Kes, stop!
508
00:30:07,105 --> 00:30:08,072
No.
509
00:30:09,774 --> 00:30:10,798
Neelix!
510
00:30:12,443 --> 00:30:14,707
Captain, l'm picking up
some strange energy readings
511
00:30:14,779 --> 00:30:15,973
from Deck 2, the Mess Hall.
512
00:30:16,047 --> 00:30:17,947
Bridge to Neelix.
What's going on down there?
513
00:30:19,417 --> 00:30:20,509
Neelix, report.
514
00:30:20,585 --> 00:30:22,519
The bulkhead in that section
is coming apart.
515
00:30:22,587 --> 00:30:24,885
lncrease the structural
integrity field of Deck 2.
516
00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:26,014
Tuvok.
517
00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:59,489
l've run every conceivable
neural analysis--
518
00:30:59,557 --> 00:31:02,185
everything short
of dissecting the brain itself.
519
00:31:02,293 --> 00:31:04,659
Her telesynaptic
activity is increasing,
520
00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:07,096
but l don't know why,
or how to stop it.
521
00:31:07,165 --> 00:31:10,032
Have the ship's internal
sensors revealed anything?
522
00:31:10,101 --> 00:31:12,433
For 17. 4 seconds,
Kes's body went
523
00:31:12,503 --> 00:31:14,630
into a state of cellular flux.
524
00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:17,573
She began to destabilize
at the subatomic level.
525
00:31:17,642 --> 00:31:19,109
And for some reason,
526
00:31:19,177 --> 00:31:20,974
her atoms
reestablished their bonds
527
00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:22,478
and she was back in one piece.
528
00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:24,071
But what about the next time?
529
00:31:24,148 --> 00:31:25,638
Her condition is escalating.
530
00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:27,378
We must find
a way to suppress it
531
00:31:27,452 --> 00:31:29,443
or the last we'll see of Kes
could very well be
532
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,750
her molecules blowing
through the ventilation ducts.
533
00:31:31,823 --> 00:31:34,485
Tuvok, enhance the structural
integrity fields
534
00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:35,719
throughout the ship.
535
00:31:35,793 --> 00:31:38,921
lf she has another incident,
l'd like to avoid a hull breach.
536
00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:43,957
Doctor, maybe it's time
we broaden our horizons.
537
00:31:44,035 --> 00:31:47,232
This appears to have gone
beyond medical science.
538
00:31:47,305 --> 00:31:49,205
We're into particle physics now.
539
00:31:49,274 --> 00:31:50,206
l'll try looking
540
00:31:50,275 --> 00:31:51,970
through the quantum
substructure database.
541
00:31:52,043 --> 00:31:54,511
Maybe it'll give me
some...inspiration.
542
00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:55,910
Keep me informed.
543
00:32:06,291 --> 00:32:10,489
Kes, until l can devise
another diagnostic procedure,
544
00:32:10,561 --> 00:32:12,358
you're free to return
to your quarters.
545
00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:15,058
Actually, l'd like to stay here,
help with the research.
546
00:32:15,133 --> 00:32:17,260
l don't want you
to overexert yourself
547
00:32:17,335 --> 00:32:20,327
and risk precipitating
another telepathic incident.
548
00:32:20,405 --> 00:32:21,702
Try to get some rest.
549
00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:24,071
Just let me stay a little while.
550
00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:26,906
l haven't seen you much
over the past few days.
551
00:32:26,978 --> 00:32:27,910
l miss you.
552
00:32:27,979 --> 00:32:31,437
All right, just for a while.
553
00:32:53,504 --> 00:32:54,698
Ensign Ayala to the Bridge.
554
00:32:54,772 --> 00:32:56,000
Go ahead, Ensign.
555
00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:57,905
You'd better come
down to the brig, ma'am.
556
00:32:59,510 --> 00:33:00,602
One.
557
00:33:03,281 --> 00:33:04,509
One.
558
00:33:13,458 --> 00:33:16,916
My designation
is Seven of Nine...
559
00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:21,227
but the others are gone.
560
00:33:21,299 --> 00:33:24,757
Designations are
no longer relevant.
561
00:33:27,305 --> 00:33:31,241
l am...one.
562
00:33:32,276 --> 00:33:33,971
Yes, you are.
563
00:33:34,078 --> 00:33:39,607
But l cannot function this way--
alone.
564
00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:40,616
You're not alone.
565
00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:42,277
l'm willing to help you.
566
00:33:44,389 --> 00:33:47,756
lf that's true,
you won't do this to me.
567
00:33:47,825 --> 00:33:50,726
Take me back to my own kind.
568
00:33:50,795 --> 00:33:54,891
You are
with your own kind-- humans.
569
00:33:54,966 --> 00:33:57,958
l don't remember being human.
570
00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:01,870
l don't know
what it is to be human.
571
00:34:15,820 --> 00:34:17,185
What are you doing?
572
00:34:17,255 --> 00:34:18,552
l'm coming in.
573
00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:20,716
l'll kill you.
574
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,351
l don't think you will.
575
00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:54,447
Do you remember her?
576
00:34:54,525 --> 00:34:57,756
Her name was Annika Hansen.
577
00:34:57,829 --> 00:35:03,961
She was born on Stardate
25479 at the Tendara Colony.
578
00:35:04,035 --> 00:35:07,027
There's still a lot
we don't know about her.
579
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:09,539
Did she have any siblings?
580
00:35:09,607 --> 00:35:10,767
Who were her friends?
581
00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:12,275
Where did she go to school?
582
00:35:12,343 --> 00:35:14,277
What was her favorite color?
583
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:22,476
lrrelevant!
584
00:35:22,553 --> 00:35:25,044
Take me back to the Borg.
585
00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:26,454
l can't do that.
586
00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:30,257
So...quiet.
587
00:35:30,328 --> 00:35:31,454
One voice.
588
00:35:31,529 --> 00:35:35,932
One voice can be stronger
than a thousand voices.
589
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,437
Your mind is independent now
with its own unique identity.
590
00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:43,167
You are forcing
that identity upon me.
591
00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:44,230
lt's not mine.
592
00:35:44,308 --> 00:35:45,935
Oh, yes, it is.
593
00:35:46,010 --> 00:35:48,376
l'm just giving you back
what was stolen from you--
594
00:35:48,446 --> 00:35:50,641
the existence you were denied,
595
00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:52,307
the child
who never had a chance.
596
00:35:52,383 --> 00:35:54,510
That life is yours to live now.
597
00:35:54,585 --> 00:35:57,247
l don't want that life!
598
00:35:57,321 --> 00:35:58,652
lt's what you are.
599
00:35:58,723 --> 00:35:59,849
Don't resist it.
600
00:35:59,924 --> 00:36:00,754
No!
601
00:36:07,732 --> 00:36:08,721
No.
602
00:36:16,607 --> 00:36:18,871
Captain's Log, supplemental.
603
00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:20,807
Warp drive is still off- line
604
00:36:20,878 --> 00:36:23,312
and we don't know whether
the Borg have detected us.
605
00:36:23,381 --> 00:36:26,817
Kes's psychokinetic abilities
continue to damage the ship's
606
00:36:26,884 --> 00:36:28,909
structural integrity,
and as a result,
607
00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:31,284
our defenses
have been compromised.
608
00:36:32,790 --> 00:36:34,883
Come in, Captain.
609
00:36:37,361 --> 00:36:39,352
You wanted to see me?
610
00:36:39,430 --> 00:36:42,831
Oh, Tuvok's meditation lamp.
611
00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:43,924
l was with him when he got it
612
00:36:44,001 --> 00:36:47,129
six years ago,
from a Vulcan master...
613
00:36:47,205 --> 00:36:49,696
who doubled the price when he
saw our Starfleet insignia.
614
00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:51,901
l'm sure it was
the logical thing to do.
615
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,508
l've been thinking
about everything
616
00:36:58,583 --> 00:37:00,380
that's been going on...
617
00:37:00,484 --> 00:37:03,715
and l know what l have to do.
618
00:37:05,723 --> 00:37:08,021
lt's time for me
to leave Voyager.
619
00:37:08,092 --> 00:37:09,616
Oh, Kes...
620
00:37:09,694 --> 00:37:11,491
Something important
is happening to me
621
00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:12,756
and l want to explore it,
622
00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:14,457
but l can't stay here
any longer.
623
00:37:14,532 --> 00:37:15,863
l'm a danger to all of you.
624
00:37:15,933 --> 00:37:17,867
We're going to get
to the bottom of this.
625
00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:20,961
The Doctor's already working
on a new approach...
626
00:37:21,038 --> 00:37:22,835
Everybody thinks
that what's happening
627
00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:24,033
is a medical condition.
628
00:37:24,108 --> 00:37:25,871
That's not it at all.
629
00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:28,410
l'm going through
a transformation.
630
00:37:28,479 --> 00:37:32,609
l don't know how or why,
but every cell in my body
631
00:37:32,683 --> 00:37:37,211
is telling me that l'm changing
into something more.
632
00:37:37,288 --> 00:37:39,415
But what if it's not true?
633
00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:41,117
What if you're simply
being swept up
634
00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:43,456
in the excitement
of what you think is happening,
635
00:37:43,527 --> 00:37:45,427
but it's not real.
636
00:37:45,496 --> 00:37:48,932
On the basis of a feeling,
an intuition,
637
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,163
you're asking me to let you go?
638
00:37:52,236 --> 00:37:55,228
Quite likely forever?
639
00:37:55,306 --> 00:37:57,570
Kes, l just can't do that.
640
00:37:57,642 --> 00:38:02,409
lt's my decision-- my fate.
641
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,914
Would you really try to stop me?
642
00:38:07,485 --> 00:38:10,079
No.
643
00:38:10,154 --> 00:38:11,416
But argue with you,
644
00:38:11,489 --> 00:38:13,218
even plead with you
to reconsider?
645
00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:15,987
Absolutely,
for as long as it takes.
646
00:38:18,896 --> 00:38:21,763
lt won't work.
647
00:38:21,832 --> 00:38:24,494
Look at me, Captain.
648
00:38:24,568 --> 00:38:26,866
l'm the same Kes
you've always known.
649
00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:30,532
l haven't lost my judgment.
650
00:38:30,608 --> 00:38:34,510
l'm not under
some alien influence.
651
00:38:36,781 --> 00:38:40,911
l believe something crucial
is happening to me
652
00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:42,816
and l want to see it through.
653
00:38:45,089 --> 00:38:47,922
You've lived
most of your life here.
654
00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:50,756
Voyager has been your home...
655
00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:55,394
and you've been
a vital part of this family.
656
00:39:01,839 --> 00:39:03,500
Oh, l'm going to miss you.
657
00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:19,952
Now, all l have to do
is tell the Doctor.
658
00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:21,286
He's not going to be happy.
659
00:39:24,528 --> 00:39:26,052
lt's starting.
660
00:39:27,098 --> 00:39:28,565
Janeway to Bridge.
661
00:39:28,632 --> 00:39:29,792
Chakotay here.
662
00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:31,198
Prepare a shuttle for launch
663
00:39:31,268 --> 00:39:33,532
and have Tuvok
meet me on Deck 6.
664
00:39:33,604 --> 00:39:35,071
Captain?
665
00:39:35,139 --> 00:39:36,606
Kes is leaving us.
666
00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:46,441
Come on.
667
00:39:46,517 --> 00:39:48,610
Captain, l can't stop it.
668
00:39:52,223 --> 00:39:53,690
Janeway to Chakotay.
669
00:39:53,758 --> 00:39:56,522
Beam us directly
to the Shuttle Bay.
670
00:39:56,594 --> 00:40:00,155
The molecules in Kes's body
are destabilizing.
671
00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:01,926
lt's interfering
with the transporter.
672
00:40:01,999 --> 00:40:03,864
Captain, we can't get a lock.
673
00:40:03,934 --> 00:40:04,923
Acknowledged.
674
00:40:05,002 --> 00:40:07,402
Looks like we're going to have
to do this the hard way.
675
00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:18,341
What's happening?
676
00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:19,747
The hull is destabilizing.
677
00:40:19,817 --> 00:40:22,251
The molecular bonds
are breaking down.
678
00:40:25,322 --> 00:40:26,311
Tuvok...
679
00:40:32,463 --> 00:40:33,987
l can't keep going.
680
00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:38,432
l will attempt a mind- meld
681
00:40:38,502 --> 00:40:40,629
to help you delay
the transformation.
682
00:40:40,704 --> 00:40:43,673
Our minds are one.
683
00:40:46,143 --> 00:40:48,873
Our thoughts are one.
684
00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:52,245
Try to regain control...
685
00:40:52,316 --> 00:40:54,250
for a moment.
686
00:40:54,318 --> 00:40:56,752
Only for a moment.
687
00:40:56,821 --> 00:40:59,915
Only for...a moment.
688
00:41:04,962 --> 00:41:05,986
You must hurry.
689
00:41:10,534 --> 00:41:12,593
Hull breach on Decks 3, 4 and 5.
690
00:41:12,670 --> 00:41:14,763
Emergency containment fields.
691
00:41:14,839 --> 00:41:18,434
Janeway to the Bridge.
Kes is aboard the shuttle.
692
00:41:18,509 --> 00:41:19,669
lnitiate launch sequence.
693
00:41:19,743 --> 00:41:21,711
Acknowledged.
694
00:41:26,283 --> 00:41:28,945
Shuttle distance:
100, 000 kilometers.
695
00:41:29,019 --> 00:41:30,509
Speed: one- quarter impulse.
696
00:41:34,124 --> 00:41:35,386
Can you hail her?
697
00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:36,983
l've been trying.
698
00:41:37,061 --> 00:41:37,993
lt's happening.
699
00:41:38,095 --> 00:41:40,893
lt's happening to me.
700
00:41:40,965 --> 00:41:43,559
Her atomic structure
is completely destabilizing.
701
00:41:45,769 --> 00:41:47,236
My gift to you.
702
00:42:01,018 --> 00:42:01,916
Torres to Bridge.
703
00:42:02,019 --> 00:42:03,247
The warp core just came on- line.
704
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:06,517
Matter/antimatter reaction
at 102 percent...
705
00:42:06,590 --> 00:42:08,785
1 10 percent?
706
00:42:08,859 --> 00:42:10,827
120!
707
00:42:14,632 --> 00:42:16,031
This can't be right.
708
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:17,294
Our speed is...
709
00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:18,335
lt's impossible!
710
00:42:19,403 --> 00:42:20,427
We're coming apart!
711
00:42:28,779 --> 00:42:31,145
We've just dropped out of...
712
00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:32,546
whatever it was we were in.
713
00:42:32,616 --> 00:42:34,379
Systems coming back on line.
714
00:42:34,451 --> 00:42:35,975
On screen.
715
00:42:38,889 --> 00:42:40,151
Where are we?
716
00:42:40,224 --> 00:42:44,593
9. 5 thousand light- years
from where we just were.
717
00:42:48,098 --> 00:42:51,465
She's thrown us safely
beyond Borg space.
718
00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:55,705
Ten years closer to home.
719
00:43:19,563 --> 00:43:22,794
l've extracted 82 percent
of the Borg hardware.
720
00:43:22,866 --> 00:43:24,800
The remaining
bio- implants are stable
721
00:43:24,868 --> 00:43:27,166
and better than anything
l could synthesize
722
00:43:27,237 --> 00:43:28,397
at such short notice.
723
00:43:31,308 --> 00:43:33,333
lt is acceptable.
724
00:43:33,410 --> 00:43:35,469
Fashion, of course,
is hardly my forte.
725
00:43:35,546 --> 00:43:37,980
Nevertheless, l've
managed to balance
726
00:43:38,048 --> 00:43:41,347
functionality and aesthetics
in a pleasing enough manner.
727
00:43:41,418 --> 00:43:42,442
l also took the liberty
728
00:43:42,519 --> 00:43:44,146
of stimulating
your hair follicles--
729
00:43:44,221 --> 00:43:47,281
a vicarious experience for me,
as you might imagine.
730
00:43:52,363 --> 00:43:54,126
You'll have to spend
a few hours each day
731
00:43:54,198 --> 00:43:56,189
regenerating in a Borg alcove
until your human
732
00:43:56,266 --> 00:43:57,790
metabolism can function
on its own.
733
00:43:57,868 --> 00:43:59,631
We'll leave one operational.
734
00:43:59,703 --> 00:44:00,829
Understood.
735
00:44:02,139 --> 00:44:04,403
Let's see how things go
over the next few weeks.
736
00:44:04,475 --> 00:44:08,275
l'll consider granting you
access to the rest of the ship
737
00:44:08,345 --> 00:44:10,279
once l can trust
that you won't try
738
00:44:10,347 --> 00:44:12,212
to get us all assimilated again.
739
00:44:13,784 --> 00:44:15,115
lt will not happen again.
740
00:44:17,521 --> 00:44:20,149
Good.
741
00:44:20,224 --> 00:44:23,352
lf you need anything,
contact me.
742
00:44:27,798 --> 00:44:29,060
Red.
743
00:44:29,133 --> 00:44:30,600
What?
744
00:44:30,668 --> 00:44:34,069
The child you spoke of...
the girl.
745
00:44:34,138 --> 00:44:36,732
Her favorite color was red.
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