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Previously on
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds...

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I read that the Aenar have
a form of precognitive ability.

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I knew
you were going to ask that.

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Hemmer may not be able to see,

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but his other senses compensate.

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You're keeping something
in the pattern buffer.

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Rukiya. My daughter.

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A year ago, she was diagnosed

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with cygnokemia.

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Story time?

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You bet.

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You've read this, like,
a hundred times.

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That doesn't mean
that the ending

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couldn't miraculously change.

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Chief medical officer's
personal log.

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Stardate 2341.6.

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TheEnterprise is conducting

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a routine survey
of the Jonisian Nebula.

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There isn't a great deal
for sickbay to do,

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so I've been continuing
my own research.

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The patient's condition
has not improved.

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Months have become days
and have become hours.

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Every minute
has become invaluable.

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She has so little time left.

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Daddy,

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finish the story.

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I like it
when you read the ending.

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You need to go back in, Rukiya.

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Just finish it with me.

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Please?

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"King Ridley

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"scanned the battlefield
as Queen Neve's forces

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"approached the border
of his kingdom.

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"Things were dark.

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"The king's chamberlain,

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"Sir Rauth,
had turned against them.

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"Their only ally...

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"...Princess Thalia,

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"had fallen to the evil queen.

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"And now King Ridley

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-was gravely outnumbered and..."
-I hate this part.

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But you wanted me
to read it to you.

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I know.

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It's just I always wish
the Huntress

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would come along and help.

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You know,
like get together with Sir Adya

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-and rescue the king.
-But that's not what happens.

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King Ridley is forced to choose.

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-Give up his greatest weapon...
-The Mercury Stone.

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...or rescue Princess Thalia.

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I know.

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But what if we could change
the ending?

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Someday,

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when you're a grown-up,

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you'll write your own stories.

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And you can have
any ending you like.

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But I have to
get better first, right?

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Yes.

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When I'm better,
can I see your quarters?

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I'll take you to see
the whole ship.

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I love you, Daddy.

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I love you, too.

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Always.

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Good night.

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Chemical 3-QND contained.

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Doctor, the shuttle crew
landed several hours ago.

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Is there a reason
they haven't been

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cleared for active duty yet?

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I'm sorry.

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I must have gotten
a little lost in my research.

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I'll get right to it.

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Are you getting any closer?

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No.

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The last thing I tried
literally blew up in my face.

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Maybe you're
pushing yourself too hard.

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Rukiya has been living
in that transporter

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for too long.

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Much longer than I anticipated.

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And even so,

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her time is now running out.

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There has to be a cure.

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I just need to find it.

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I sympathize
with your duties as a father.

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But I also have to remind you

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of your duties
as our chief medical officer.

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Understood, Commander.

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I will ensure
that the landing party

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is cleared for duty immediately.

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But first,
why don't you get some rest.

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You can see
to the landing party

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-when you're feeling better.
-I'm fine.

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Take it as an order then,
Doctor.

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The crew isn't going anywhere.

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And neither is Rukiya.

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Thank you, Una.

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Cadet Uhura informs me

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that all data buoys
have been retrieved.

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And with that,
our survey of the nebula

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appears to be complete.

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I could get used to this.

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Sir?

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This.

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No battles. No chaos.

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Just scanning a nebula
and focusing on the science.

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Nice change of pace,
wouldn't you agree?

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Captain, you have
repeatedly told me

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that humans have a superstition

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against calling attention
to good things

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by saying them out loud.

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Why, Mr. Spock,

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I never took you
for the superstitious type.

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Hmm. Erica,

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set a course
for McNair Starbase.

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Drinks are on me.

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Course set

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and ready for warp
on your mark, sir.

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You gonna say the thing?

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Hit it.

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I said "hit it."

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I'm hitting it, Captain, but...

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we're not moving.

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Mitchell, what's going on
with my ship?

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All systems
are in the green, sir,

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but we're frozen in place.

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- Mr. Spock?
- Scans indicate

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a minor synchrotron flux

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emanating from
inside the nebula.

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Perhaps that has affected
our warp capabilities.

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Or...

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Or?

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Perhaps you did,
indeed, jinx it.

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Let's hope that's all we have
to worry about, Mr. Spock.

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Pike to Engineering.

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We still got a warp core
down there?

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Despite our lack of motion,
the warp core

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seems to be functioning
within normal parameters.

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Perhaps the nebula
has merely affected

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our ability to achieve
a static warp bubble.

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Suggest we engage
impulse thrusters

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until we are clear
of its gravitational influence.

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I concur with Mr. Spock's plan.

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Great. Let's do it.

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Transferring power to impulse.

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Ortegas? Get us out of here.

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Kissing this nebula goodbye,
take two.

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Bridge to Dr. M'Benga.
Emergency.

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Lieutenant Ortegas is injured.

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On my way, Captain.

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Bridge.

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- Hi.
- Move!

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All hail the king!

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The king.

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What the hell?

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Space.

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The final frontier.

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These are the voyages
of the starshipEnterprise.

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Its five-year mission:

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to explore strange new worlds...

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...to seek out new life

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and new civilizations,

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to boldly go
where no one has gone before.

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I came to see Ortegas, but...

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Ortegas...?

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I...

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You mean Sir Adya. Come, come.

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Sir Adya?

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From the book?

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The book, sire?

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Is this some
kind of a joke, Captain?

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If it is jokes you desire,

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I could summon the court jester.

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-Summon the court jest...
-No.

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Hold the jester!

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It's just...

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You're all dressed up
like characters

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from the book
I've been reading to my...

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Well, Ortegas is Sir Adya.

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And you are clearly

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Sir Amand Rauth?

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Your loyal chamberlain.

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Was this your idea?

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My idea to... what, sire?

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Mm, perhaps it would be best

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if you took a seat, King Ridley.

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Maybe I should sit.

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Perhaps
Your Highness is parched.

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A sip of wine would refresh you.

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What are you doing?

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I'm just trying to help
our poor, tired king.

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Where did the wine
come from, Rauth?

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Let's see.

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It came from beside the carafe.

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It is my sworn duty

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to tend
to the king's well-being.

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He shall drink nothing

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I have not tasted first.

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And as chamberlain,

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the king's health
is my greatest concern.

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Your words could polish
the finest of apples, Sir Rauth.

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Perhaps they are
better suited...

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Ow.

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...to the kitchen.

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I need a moment. Computer,

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are you registering any
abnormal readings on the bridge?

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-"Computer"?
-He obviously means

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The Oracle.

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Computer?

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The explosion.

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Perhaps the 3-QND
is causing me to hallucinate.

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-I need to get to sickbay.
-To sickbay.

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Uh, sorry, Your Highness.
Where is this bay?

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And, ooh, do I need
to commandeer a ship?

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I knew

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this dreadful fog was a bad omen
as soon as it appeared.

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Fog?

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What fog?

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A mysterious smoky wall.

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It has engulfed
the entire kingdom, sire.

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Poisonous air.

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I wager it's a curse
sent by Queen Neve.

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Sorcery is a coward's weapon.

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Give me a clean kill

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by sword any day.

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Really?

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-Uh...
-Where are you going?

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-Sire?
-I'm going to get a medical...

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A magical device.

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Called a tricorder.

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It will give me some answers.

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Just stay here.

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Both of you.

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-My king.
-My liege.

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It is wonderful to see you,
King Ridley.

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What brings you to my sanctuary?

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I'm looking for this.

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Some sort of...

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healing stone?

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Its readings indicate
I'm perfectly healthy.

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Readings?

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Allow me to examine you.

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So much pain.

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It weighs down your spirit.

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You should have
come to me sooner.

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And what does your device
say of me?

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-It seems your dopamine levels
are highly elevated.
-Dopamine?

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My king.

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I know you said not to follow,

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but Princess Thalia insisted.

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My dear,

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brave King Ridley.

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I'm so grateful

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to have finally found you.

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Queen Neve

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has invaded my kingdom.

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She's obsessed

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with the Mercury Stone.
She thinks I have it.

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Her Crimson Guard

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captured my throne
and imprisoned my subjects.

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I mean, I scarcely escaped
with my life,

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not to mention
my poor little Runa.

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-Isn't that right?
-That, uh...

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- Mommy loves you so much.
- That is terrible.

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I know

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you have the Mercury Stone
safely in your keeping.

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I...

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Sure.

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Yes.

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The stone is safe.

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Heed me.

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If you do not harness
the stone's powers

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to capture and stop Queen Neve,

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she will have all of us
in chains.

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Your kingdom
will fall as mine has.

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Uh, what is this?

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This does not look
like the Mercury Stone.

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You are very perceptive.

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It is not.

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Oh! Brutal Queen Neve stands
nary a chance, Runa, does she?

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My Princess Runa applauds you.

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What are her dopamine levels?

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Also higher than normal.

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Is that bad?

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Is it good?

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It's curious.

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It's a sign of heightened
neurological activity.

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My king, the princess is right.

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If you're not prepared to use
the power of the stone,

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then allow me to lead an attack
against the Crimson Guard.

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Their heads will roll.

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Perhaps we could refrain from
any unnecessary head chopping.

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Oh. That's disappointing.

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Lieutenant Mitchell,
take your hands

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off me.
I'm your superior officer.

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The Crimson Guard.

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Let me go.
I'll have you court-martialed.

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Silence.
Did you think your crimes

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would go unpunished, wizard?

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I'm not a wizard.

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-I'm the chief engineer.
-You wear a wizard's robes.

00:17:39.375 --> 00:17:40.958
This is absurd. I don't know

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:43.458
where these came from.
They just appeared.

00:17:43.541 --> 00:17:45.375
Proof of your powers, wizard.

00:17:45.416 --> 00:17:50.083
Halt your dark deeds,
accursed Crimson Guard!

00:17:50.125 --> 00:17:53.708
Your hour of cruelty
is at an end,

00:17:53.750 --> 00:17:55.333
for King Ridley is here

00:17:55.375 --> 00:17:58.416
to strike fear
in your evil hearts.

00:18:01.958 --> 00:18:03.958
Um...

00:18:09.166 --> 00:18:12.000
Uh, release
Caster the Wizard at once.

00:18:12.041 --> 00:18:15.375
We don't answer to you,
false king.

00:18:15.416 --> 00:18:17.250
Unless you're here

00:18:17.291 --> 00:18:19.208
to surrender the Mercury Stone.

00:18:19.250 --> 00:18:22.291
But what about
the Letter of Accords?

00:18:22.333 --> 00:18:25.625
Are not Lady Audrey's woods
neutral territory

00:18:25.666 --> 00:18:27.208
by royal agreement?

00:18:28.166 --> 00:18:30.458
You have no rights here.

00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:32.500
The king speaks the truth.

00:18:32.541 --> 00:18:35.083
Queen Neve
no longer acknowledges

00:18:35.166 --> 00:18:36.666
the Letter of Accords.

00:18:36.708 --> 00:18:39.208
These are now her woods,

00:18:39.250 --> 00:18:40.541
and it won't be long

00:18:40.583 --> 00:18:42.250
before your kingdom
is hers, too.

00:18:50.416 --> 00:18:52.083
- Hemmer.
- Dr. M'Benga,

00:18:52.125 --> 00:18:55.250
please, help me. Everyone else
has lost their minds.

00:18:58.166 --> 00:19:01.208
My king, perhaps it is time

00:19:01.250 --> 00:19:03.250
to unleash the stone's power.

00:19:03.291 --> 00:19:06.375
I... don't actually
have the stone.

00:19:06.458 --> 00:19:09.541
- What?
- But I know who might.

00:19:09.583 --> 00:19:12.250
That wizard, Caster?

00:19:12.291 --> 00:19:13.958
He knows where it is.

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.666
We must rescue him.

00:19:20.166 --> 00:19:22.625
Absolutely. Good plan.

00:19:22.666 --> 00:19:24.458
Fantastic.

00:19:25.958 --> 00:19:28.375
Queen Neve will be keeping
Wizard Caster here

00:19:28.416 --> 00:19:30.791
in the deepest part
of her dungeon

00:19:30.833 --> 00:19:33.791
at the center of her realm

00:19:33.875 --> 00:19:35.291
surrounded
by her most powerful forces

00:19:35.333 --> 00:19:37.125
and weapons.

00:19:37.166 --> 00:19:39.125
My good king, you mustn't go.

00:19:39.166 --> 00:19:42.375
You will surely fall victim
to her most terrible magics.

00:19:42.416 --> 00:19:44.666
The princess is shrewd,

00:19:44.708 --> 00:19:46.041
as always.

00:19:46.083 --> 00:19:48.916
Staging a rescue
would be unwise.

00:19:48.958 --> 00:19:51.833
Diplomacy might be more prudent.

00:19:51.875 --> 00:19:54.625
I'm sorry,
but we need the Mercury Stone.

00:19:54.666 --> 00:19:56.500
And it's hard to hear

00:19:56.541 --> 00:19:59.333
-over the sound
of your trembling boots.
-That's enough.

00:20:00.875 --> 00:20:02.625
We're going to try diplomacy.

00:20:04.166 --> 00:20:07.250
If that doesn't work, then
you can cut something in half.

00:20:07.291 --> 00:20:09.166
Thank you, sire.

00:20:09.208 --> 00:20:11.083
Starfall is thirsty.

00:20:11.125 --> 00:20:12.583
Ridiculous name for a sword.

00:20:12.625 --> 00:20:13.833
- You're ridiculous.
- You are both

00:20:13.916 --> 00:20:15.916
going to escort me
to Queen Neve.

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:20.708
With as little bickering
as possible, please.

00:20:21.875 --> 00:20:24.208
And what of me, my Lord?

00:20:24.250 --> 00:20:26.125
And Runa?

00:20:26.166 --> 00:20:27.916
She should stay here.

00:20:28.958 --> 00:20:32.333
And, um, you should stay
to protect her.

00:20:33.375 --> 00:20:35.583
Oh, a wise plan,

00:20:35.625 --> 00:20:38.000
my king.
We shall await your return.

00:20:39.041 --> 00:20:41.125
And if you should fall
in battle,

00:20:41.166 --> 00:20:43.125
I will sing...

00:20:44.083 --> 00:20:46.541
...an epic song...

00:20:46.541 --> 00:20:48.625
Great.

00:20:48.666 --> 00:20:51.208
Okay.

00:20:51.250 --> 00:20:52.583
Let's go.

00:20:52.625 --> 00:20:55.708
I think I might
be more useful staying...

00:20:55.750 --> 00:20:57.583
- Oh, man!
- All right.

00:20:57.625 --> 00:21:00.583
This forest is full
of Crimson banners.

00:21:00.625 --> 00:21:03.833
Queen Neve grows more brazen
by the day.

00:21:08.375 --> 00:21:10.291
We are not alone.

00:21:16.833 --> 00:21:18.791
Step forward.

00:21:18.833 --> 00:21:20.250
Slowly.

00:21:24.916 --> 00:21:27.625
Please point that elsewhere.

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:33.875
Pollux the Wizard?

00:21:33.958 --> 00:21:35.708
King Ridley.

00:21:35.750 --> 00:21:37.791
I'm surprised to find you here,

00:21:37.833 --> 00:21:41.458
though I cannot say
if I think it foolish or brave.

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:43.166
Right.

00:21:43.208 --> 00:21:46.000
Well, we're looking
for the Wizard Caster.

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:49.000
Ah. A fool's errand, then,

00:21:49.041 --> 00:21:51.000
for he is now in the hands
of Queen Neve.

00:21:51.041 --> 00:21:52.541
And what is to keep us

00:21:52.625 --> 00:21:55.291
from simply marching in there
and taking him?

00:21:56.291 --> 00:21:58.208
The Swamp of Infinite Deaths.

00:21:58.250 --> 00:22:00.958
- Oh, that is not a good swamp.
- Alas,

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:03.541
the only way to her kingdom
takes you straight through it.

00:22:03.583 --> 00:22:05.958
Oh. Oh, turn back then?

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.958
-Yes? No?
-I would die infinite deaths

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:11.333
to no longer hear your whining.

00:22:11.375 --> 00:22:14.000
Are you sure, Pollux,

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:16.750
that there is no way
for you to help us?

00:22:16.791 --> 00:22:19.166
- Why should I help you?
- Because

00:22:19.208 --> 00:22:21.625
Caster is your brother?

00:22:21.666 --> 00:22:23.541
-He is?
-I had no idea.

00:22:23.583 --> 00:22:25.166
How did you know?

00:22:25.208 --> 00:22:27.000
I read it in a book.

00:22:27.041 --> 00:22:30.500
And you would... help Caster?

00:22:30.541 --> 00:22:32.875
Not merely use him
for his power?

00:22:32.916 --> 00:22:35.333
If you lead us
through the swamp,

00:22:35.375 --> 00:22:38.125
I promise to free him.

00:22:39.125 --> 00:22:40.583
Hmm.

00:22:42.125 --> 00:22:44.208
I shall aid you, then.

00:22:44.250 --> 00:22:47.000
There is a way around the swamp.
A secret way.

00:22:47.041 --> 00:22:49.166
A dark way.

00:22:49.250 --> 00:22:50.958
Follow me.

00:22:58.041 --> 00:23:00.583
Queen Neve has my brother Caster
in her dungeons.

00:23:00.625 --> 00:23:02.666
This tunnel
should lead us there.

00:23:04.666 --> 00:23:07.291
Are you sure we can trust him?

00:23:07.333 --> 00:23:09.458
No.

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:11.416
I'm sure we can't trust him.

00:23:11.458 --> 00:23:13.375
But that's okay.

00:23:13.416 --> 00:23:16.916
This is still the only way
to get to Caster.

00:23:16.958 --> 00:23:19.166
If you say so, sire.

00:23:44.416 --> 00:23:47.375
Welcome to my kingdom.

00:23:47.416 --> 00:23:50.750
Now kneel before me.

00:23:51.750 --> 00:23:53.208
Yes, of course.

00:23:54.541 --> 00:23:57.458
My king, we have been led
into a trap.

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:59.541
I suspected as much.

00:23:59.583 --> 00:24:01.250
You knew?

00:24:01.291 --> 00:24:03.416
Loosely.

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:05.250
In any case, I knew

00:24:05.291 --> 00:24:07.583
Queen Neve should be entering
the story right about now.

00:24:07.625 --> 00:24:10.208
And I knew I should have
stayed in the castle.

00:24:10.250 --> 00:24:12.916
It's always safer at home. Ow.

00:24:12.958 --> 00:24:16.416
Welcome, King Ridley.

00:24:16.458 --> 00:24:20.041
Now, where is the Mercury Stone?

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:24.833
Could be anywhere, really.

00:24:26.458 --> 00:24:28.500
Fine.

00:24:28.541 --> 00:24:31.750
I'll let my torturers drag
its location out of you, then.

00:24:31.791 --> 00:24:33.125
They love their work.

00:24:33.166 --> 00:24:36.583
They're very... thorough.

00:24:38.125 --> 00:24:40.166
They look everywhere.

00:24:41.333 --> 00:24:45.125
I promise you'll be compensated
well for your loyalty, sorcerer.

00:24:45.166 --> 00:24:47.625
Thank you, Queen Neve.

00:24:47.666 --> 00:24:49.916
You wanted to see my brother?

00:24:49.958 --> 00:24:51.916
Now you can join him.

00:24:51.958 --> 00:24:53.916
In the dungeon.

00:25:02.666 --> 00:25:05.083
I can't take it anymore,
I tell you!

00:25:05.166 --> 00:25:07.208
The walls!

00:25:07.250 --> 00:25:09.458
The walls are starting
to close in on me!

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:12.333
Hemmer, am I glad to see you.

00:25:12.375 --> 00:25:14.375
Are we the only two crew members
who are unaffected?

00:25:14.416 --> 00:25:16.250
-It would appear so.
-Do you have

00:25:16.291 --> 00:25:18.875
any idea why everyone's
acting so strangely?

00:25:18.916 --> 00:25:21.083
They're all playing characters
from a children's book

00:25:21.125 --> 00:25:24.250
-called The Elysian Kingdom.
-A children's book?

00:25:24.291 --> 00:25:27.500
-How do you know this?
-Because I read it
to my daughter.

00:25:27.541 --> 00:25:29.791
It's a long story.

00:25:29.833 --> 00:25:33.500
The important question to ask
is why you and I aren't affected

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:35.291
and why they are.

00:25:35.333 --> 00:25:38.250
I thought
the important question is

00:25:38.291 --> 00:25:40.500
where is the Mercury Stone?

00:25:40.541 --> 00:25:43.333
- Stone?
- It's a weapon.

00:25:43.375 --> 00:25:45.958
But it's fictional.
From the book.

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:49.000
-Where is this weapon?
-Well, in the book, Caster

00:25:49.041 --> 00:25:51.250
helps King Ridley to find it.

00:25:51.291 --> 00:25:55.125
-I have no idea how to find it.
-I know. I came to rescue you

00:25:55.166 --> 00:25:57.166
because you're the only
other person unaffected,

00:25:57.208 --> 00:26:00.125
which means you can help
solve the real problem.

00:26:00.166 --> 00:26:02.541
How do we undo all of this?

00:26:02.583 --> 00:26:04.375
Where were you when it started?

00:26:04.416 --> 00:26:06.416
In Engineering.

00:26:06.458 --> 00:26:08.000
I had just checked
the warp engines,

00:26:08.041 --> 00:26:09.708
and I suddenly felt...

00:26:09.750 --> 00:26:11.333
I don't know,

00:26:11.375 --> 00:26:14.041
a consciousness
press against my own.

00:26:14.083 --> 00:26:15.916
Luckily, my years
of telepathic training

00:26:15.958 --> 00:26:17.333
allowed me to block it.

00:26:17.375 --> 00:26:19.083
Consciousness?

00:26:19.125 --> 00:26:20.708
Coming from where?

00:26:20.750 --> 00:26:22.333
I didn't have time
to figure it out.

00:26:22.416 --> 00:26:24.291
I assume I'm able
to keep my memories

00:26:24.375 --> 00:26:26.541
because
of my telepathic abilities.

00:26:26.583 --> 00:26:29.250
Have you considered, Doctor,
the entity I sensed

00:26:29.333 --> 00:26:31.250
might have pulled the story
from your mind?

00:26:31.291 --> 00:26:33.250
But why?

00:26:33.291 --> 00:26:35.708
Impossible to know
without asking.

00:26:35.750 --> 00:26:37.166
Hemmer,

00:26:37.208 --> 00:26:39.250
do you think
you can make contact

00:26:39.291 --> 00:26:40.791
with this entity again?

00:26:40.833 --> 00:26:42.791
Contact with it is unpleasant.

00:26:42.833 --> 00:26:44.750
That's why I blocked it.

00:26:44.791 --> 00:26:47.791
It felt as if my brain were
being squeezed through my nose.

00:26:47.875 --> 00:26:50.291
I did that to a man once.

00:26:50.333 --> 00:26:52.000
I was, however,

00:26:52.041 --> 00:26:55.000
able to sense that the entity's
not on another ship

00:26:55.041 --> 00:26:58.041
but rather a part
of the nebula itself.

00:26:58.083 --> 00:27:00.208
Do you think if we access
the ship's scanner array,

00:27:00.250 --> 00:27:01.625
we can learn more
about this entity?

00:27:01.666 --> 00:27:03.500
It's quite possible.

00:27:03.541 --> 00:27:05.083
Engineering is close by.

00:27:05.125 --> 00:27:07.250
I can control
the ship's systems from there.

00:27:07.291 --> 00:27:09.250
We have to find a way out
of here first.

00:27:09.291 --> 00:27:10.666
And fast.

00:27:10.708 --> 00:27:12.041
Maybe I can get us out of here

00:27:12.083 --> 00:27:14.291
with the help
of some powerful magic

00:27:14.333 --> 00:27:15.750
called science.

00:27:23.375 --> 00:27:25.583
What would a human magician say?

00:27:25.625 --> 00:27:27.375
Abracadabra.

00:27:27.416 --> 00:27:30.166
Abracadabra. I like it.

00:27:30.208 --> 00:27:32.208
Don't look. It'll blind you.

00:27:32.250 --> 00:27:33.583
What about you?

00:27:33.625 --> 00:27:35.666
I am a wizard.

00:27:47.541 --> 00:27:49.416
Oh, thank goodness.

00:27:49.458 --> 00:27:50.625
Oh!

00:27:57.625 --> 00:28:00.333
Not bad, wizard.

00:28:00.375 --> 00:28:02.125
I like this...

00:28:02.166 --> 00:28:04.750
science.

00:28:12.750 --> 00:28:14.791
What do you mean

00:28:14.875 --> 00:28:16.875
that the prisoners have escaped?

00:28:16.916 --> 00:28:20.458
The wizard conjured
his way out of the cell.

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:24.125
And yet you stand here cowering

00:28:24.166 --> 00:28:26.833
- instead of going after them.
- I was

00:28:26.875 --> 00:28:28.875
- about to.
- You were about to?

00:28:30.291 --> 00:28:33.958
You were
about to lose your head.

00:28:36.375 --> 00:28:39.708
Be grateful your queen
is feeling merciful today.

00:28:39.750 --> 00:28:42.750
I will give you another chance
to earn my favor.

00:28:46.791 --> 00:28:49.000
Pollux,

00:28:49.083 --> 00:28:51.666
would you be so kind
as to take my Crimson Guard

00:28:51.708 --> 00:28:53.500
and bring back my prisoners

00:28:53.541 --> 00:28:55.666
before I toss you in the dungeon
in their place?

00:28:55.750 --> 00:28:58.208
As you wish, my liege.

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:12.083
Once inside,
I can block the door.

00:29:12.125 --> 00:29:15.000
That should give us time to
access the ship's scanner array.

00:29:15.041 --> 00:29:16.750
And what ship, pray tell,

00:29:16.791 --> 00:29:18.458
are you speaking of?

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:20.375
Spock.

00:29:20.416 --> 00:29:22.666
Pollux.

00:29:25.083 --> 00:29:26.583
Get out of our way.

00:29:26.625 --> 00:29:27.916
Or what?

00:29:27.958 --> 00:29:29.666
You're unarmed.

00:29:37.166 --> 00:29:39.125
I have armed myself.

00:29:44.750 --> 00:29:46.708
It would seem Adya has
this fight well under control.

00:29:46.750 --> 00:29:49.375
Perhaps I would serve you best
from the safety of the castle.

00:29:50.416 --> 00:29:52.791
- Sure.
- Thank you, sire!

00:29:53.791 --> 00:29:55.250
Really?

00:29:55.291 --> 00:29:58.291
Sir Rauth isn't exactly known
for his bravery.

00:30:43.041 --> 00:30:44.791
This isn't over.

00:30:44.833 --> 00:30:46.250
Yes, it is.

00:30:47.750 --> 00:30:50.083
What's happening? Who is this?

00:30:50.125 --> 00:30:52.750
Z'ymira the Huntress.

00:30:54.750 --> 00:30:56.708
She's an ally.

00:30:58.708 --> 00:31:00.250
Z'ymira.

00:31:00.291 --> 00:31:02.208
Adya.

00:31:05.208 --> 00:31:07.000
You said you would call on me.

00:31:07.041 --> 00:31:08.916
- Been a busy time.
- A raven

00:31:08.958 --> 00:31:10.250
would be too much trouble?

00:31:10.291 --> 00:31:11.708
Can we not do this now?

00:31:11.750 --> 00:31:13.250
I saved your life.
That's something, right?

00:31:13.291 --> 00:31:17.041
As grateful as I am
for whatever this is,

00:31:17.083 --> 00:31:18.958
but we really should be
hurrying on to Engineering.

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:22.250
Yes. We should put an end
to this fantasy

00:31:22.291 --> 00:31:24.916
before someone
seriously gets hurt.

00:31:25.875 --> 00:31:28.625
This is most unusual.

00:31:28.666 --> 00:31:32.250
When I scan the nebula, I find
evidence of a single life form,

00:31:32.250 --> 00:31:34.458
including brain activity,
and yet

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:36.875
there is no sign
of a physical body.

00:31:38.291 --> 00:31:40.666
A consciousness without a body.

00:31:40.708 --> 00:31:42.750
Floating in space.

00:31:43.750 --> 00:31:47.375
With the power to create
a new reality?

00:31:47.416 --> 00:31:49.500
Sounds almost like
you're describing a god.

00:31:50.916 --> 00:31:53.041
Doctor, are you familiar

00:31:53.083 --> 00:31:55.333
with the theory
of the Boltzmann brain?

00:31:55.375 --> 00:31:58.208
I recall learning something
about it in university.

00:31:58.250 --> 00:31:59.916
A Boltzmann brain

00:31:59.958 --> 00:32:02.875
is a theoretical, spontaneously
generated consciousness.

00:32:04.333 --> 00:32:07.083
It may be we have
just encountered one.

00:32:09.291 --> 00:32:11.708
So one day...

00:32:11.750 --> 00:32:13.750
out of nothing,

00:32:13.791 --> 00:32:16.125
an all-powerful being just...

00:32:16.208 --> 00:32:18.250
appears?

00:32:20.291 --> 00:32:22.333
And this consciousness
has somehow trapped

00:32:22.375 --> 00:32:24.250
our ship in the nebula?

00:32:24.291 --> 00:32:25.750
And turned the crew

00:32:25.791 --> 00:32:27.375
into the characters
from a book I've read?

00:32:27.416 --> 00:32:29.708
At least it made you the hero.

00:32:32.125 --> 00:32:33.791
Let's say you're right.

00:32:33.875 --> 00:32:36.208
How do we get it to stop?

00:32:36.250 --> 00:32:38.083
Because until we do,

00:32:38.125 --> 00:32:39.708
we are stuck here.

00:32:39.750 --> 00:32:41.791
Perhaps you are the problem.

00:32:41.833 --> 00:32:44.625
It's recreating
a story you read.

00:32:44.666 --> 00:32:47.375
It is possible the entity
is reading your brainwaves.

00:32:47.416 --> 00:32:51.000
If we can find a way
to sever that connection,

00:32:51.041 --> 00:32:52.833
like by hurting you,

00:32:52.875 --> 00:32:54.916
the entity might let
the Enterprisego.

00:32:54.958 --> 00:32:57.583
You dare to threaten my king?

00:32:57.625 --> 00:32:59.250
Stand down, Adya.

00:32:59.333 --> 00:33:01.375
I can shoot him with an arrow
if that helps.

00:33:03.333 --> 00:33:04.916
I don't really understand
what's going on.

00:33:04.958 --> 00:33:06.791
I thought the point
was to hurt the king.

00:33:06.833 --> 00:33:08.333
What's wrong with you?

00:33:08.375 --> 00:33:10.708
I have sworn an oath
to protect him.

00:33:10.750 --> 00:33:12.708
You'll just never
understand that, will you?

00:33:12.750 --> 00:33:14.791
I am Huntress of the Forest.

00:33:14.833 --> 00:33:16.666
I swore my allegiance
to no one but her.

00:33:16.708 --> 00:33:18.083
You know that.

00:33:18.125 --> 00:33:20.541
Sometimes I wonder
if we have anything

00:33:20.583 --> 00:33:22.541
- in common.
- Perhaps it is

00:33:22.583 --> 00:33:24.583
your differences
which drew you together.

00:33:26.083 --> 00:33:28.666
Hold on a second.

00:33:28.708 --> 00:33:30.125
Something's wrong here.

00:33:30.166 --> 00:33:31.583
Your Majesty?

00:33:31.625 --> 00:33:33.958
This is not how the story goes.

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:35.916
The two of you--

00:33:35.958 --> 00:33:38.791
Adya, Z'ymira--
you don't even know each other.

00:33:38.833 --> 00:33:40.833
Not to contradict you,

00:33:40.875 --> 00:33:42.833
but we know each other quite,

00:33:42.875 --> 00:33:44.958
quite well.

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:46.791
Quite well.

00:33:46.833 --> 00:33:48.875
But you're not supposed to.

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:52.458
The two of you
never actually meet

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:54.541
in the book.

00:33:55.875 --> 00:33:58.375
Except... Rukiya.

00:34:00.375 --> 00:34:03.000
Rukiya? Is she a character?

00:34:03.041 --> 00:34:04.958
She's my daughter.

00:34:06.208 --> 00:34:08.500
She has always hated

00:34:08.541 --> 00:34:10.833
how the story ended.

00:34:10.875 --> 00:34:13.625
She wanted Sir Adya
and Z'ymira to team up.

00:34:13.666 --> 00:34:16.041
I told her
when she grew up she could

00:34:16.083 --> 00:34:18.875
become a writer and give herself
the ending she wanted.

00:34:18.916 --> 00:34:20.916
Are you suggesting...

00:34:20.958 --> 00:34:23.000
the entity did not take
the story from you,

00:34:23.041 --> 00:34:25.083
but rather from your daughter?

00:34:28.833 --> 00:34:30.625
Where is Rukiya?

00:34:50.583 --> 00:34:52.500
She's gone.

00:35:10.583 --> 00:35:13.833
She was beamed out of the buffer
at 08:45 hours this morning.

00:35:16.125 --> 00:35:18.708
To... somewhere on the ship.

00:35:19.750 --> 00:35:22.125
But it won't give me
her exact location.

00:35:22.166 --> 00:35:24.375
That's very odd.

00:35:24.416 --> 00:35:26.500
Hemmer...

00:35:26.541 --> 00:35:28.541
my daughter is very sick.

00:35:28.583 --> 00:35:31.583
The longer she stays
out of the buffer,

00:35:31.625 --> 00:35:34.125
the faster her illness
will progress.

00:35:35.833 --> 00:35:38.125
-She's dying.
-I'm so sorry, Doctor.

00:35:39.250 --> 00:35:41.000
Let me help.

00:35:42.666 --> 00:35:44.625
We have to find her.

00:35:44.666 --> 00:35:46.250
I'm starting
to think she might be

00:35:46.291 --> 00:35:48.833
the only one who can put
an end to all this.

00:35:58.625 --> 00:36:01.458
The Mercury Stone is a girl?

00:36:09.125 --> 00:36:11.625
If this is true...

00:36:11.666 --> 00:36:13.416
I shall take her from him.

00:36:13.458 --> 00:36:15.958
And make her my own.

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:18.166
How will you do that, my liege?

00:36:21.375 --> 00:36:23.000
No. No, no, no, no.

00:36:23.041 --> 00:36:25.375
Unhand me, you brute. Ow.

00:36:25.458 --> 00:36:28.166
No, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm too young to die.

00:36:28.208 --> 00:36:29.416
Oh!

00:36:31.083 --> 00:36:32.500
Please.

00:36:32.541 --> 00:36:35.375
I beg you... spare me.

00:36:37.958 --> 00:36:41.416
Whether you live or die
depends entirely on you,

00:36:41.458 --> 00:36:42.916
Sir Rauth.

00:36:42.958 --> 00:36:44.750
What do you want from me?

00:36:46.041 --> 00:36:48.458
Your loyalty.

00:36:51.208 --> 00:36:53.750
Oh.

00:37:14.666 --> 00:37:17.458
The forest calls.

00:37:24.291 --> 00:37:26.500
Damn it!

00:37:27.625 --> 00:37:29.666
Doctor?

00:37:30.708 --> 00:37:32.708
I take it you've had
no luck finding her.

00:37:33.708 --> 00:37:34.916
No.

00:37:34.958 --> 00:37:37.291
I have not.

00:37:37.333 --> 00:37:39.375
Someone...

00:37:41.541 --> 00:37:43.708
...something...

00:37:43.750 --> 00:37:46.166
took her out of the buffer
and hid her.

00:37:46.208 --> 00:37:48.250
Perhaps we are thinking of this

00:37:48.291 --> 00:37:50.041
the wrong way.

00:37:50.083 --> 00:37:52.125
Where would your daughter
want to go?

00:37:56.041 --> 00:37:58.916
My quarters are down here.

00:37:58.958 --> 00:38:01.083
Rukiya always said
she wanted to see them.

00:38:01.125 --> 00:38:04.416
Your Majesty, I am so glad
to see you alive and safe.

00:38:04.458 --> 00:38:07.458
No thanks to your cowardice.

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:09.375
I lament.

00:38:09.416 --> 00:38:11.250
I am not a fighter.

00:38:11.291 --> 00:38:13.166
But what purpose would
my death have served,

00:38:13.208 --> 00:38:15.166
if it merely led
to King Ridley's downfall?

00:38:15.208 --> 00:38:17.208
You would worm your way
out of anything, wouldn't you?

00:38:17.250 --> 00:38:20.416
Please... now is not
the time to fight.

00:38:20.458 --> 00:38:22.541
We need to get into my quarters
right away.

00:38:25.833 --> 00:38:27.250
Open.

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:39.208
I am sorry, my liege.

00:38:46.916 --> 00:38:49.041
Did you really think

00:38:49.083 --> 00:38:50.875
I was going to let you destroy

00:38:50.916 --> 00:38:54.041
everything I've worked for,
King Ridley?

00:39:01.708 --> 00:39:04.250
I should have known
you would betray us, Rauth.

00:39:06.125 --> 00:39:08.208
Truthfully, I should have
known it as well...

00:39:09.458 --> 00:39:11.875
...since that's what
he does in the book.

00:39:11.916 --> 00:39:13.875
Don't beat yourself up about it.

00:39:13.916 --> 00:39:15.750
I am sorry, Your Majesty.

00:39:15.791 --> 00:39:17.791
But she promised me
your kingdom and...

00:39:17.833 --> 00:39:19.375
who could turn that down?

00:39:19.458 --> 00:39:21.333
All right.

00:39:21.375 --> 00:39:23.333
As you were not willing to bend

00:39:23.416 --> 00:39:26.208
to my will,
I found someone who would.

00:39:26.250 --> 00:39:27.541
Give up, dear brother.

00:39:27.583 --> 00:39:29.458
Your powers are
no match for mine.

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:31.458
There is no reason
you have to die.

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:34.000
Pollux is right.

00:39:34.041 --> 00:39:35.791
All I want

00:39:35.833 --> 00:39:37.791
is King Ridley's secret weapon.

00:39:37.833 --> 00:39:40.500
This so-called...

00:39:40.541 --> 00:39:42.250
Mercury Stone.

00:39:43.750 --> 00:39:45.625
The girl in his quarters.

00:39:45.666 --> 00:39:48.750
Let us have her, and I'll
let you and Caster live.

00:39:51.750 --> 00:39:54.875
You shall not touch my daughter.

00:39:54.916 --> 00:39:56.708
Or I will bring the might
of my kingdom

00:39:56.750 --> 00:39:59.083
down upon your heads.

00:39:59.125 --> 00:40:01.791
He's right, Queen Neve.

00:40:05.625 --> 00:40:07.541
Turn away now,

00:40:07.583 --> 00:40:10.416
or I'll unleash the full power

00:40:10.458 --> 00:40:13.416
of my powerful wizard...

00:40:14.791 --> 00:40:16.083
...powers.

00:40:20.083 --> 00:40:22.791
I'll... I'll... I'll...

00:40:22.833 --> 00:40:24.708
send you to the Event Horizon.

00:40:24.750 --> 00:40:26.458
A dark realm

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:28.666
full of chaos and monsters

00:40:28.708 --> 00:40:31.125
and...

00:40:32.416 --> 00:40:34.583
There is no such place,
My Queen. He's bluffing.

00:40:42.375 --> 00:40:44.125
What are you doing?

00:40:46.041 --> 00:40:48.125
Abra...

00:40:48.166 --> 00:40:49.458
cadabra!

00:40:58.791 --> 00:41:00.333
Nice wizard powers.

00:41:00.375 --> 00:41:02.375
I found this in Sickbay.

00:41:02.416 --> 00:41:03.958
I set it to trigger
the transporter.

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:05.500
They're in Cargo Bay 12.

00:41:05.541 --> 00:41:08.083
Once again, the magic

00:41:08.125 --> 00:41:10.375
of science prevails.

00:41:11.333 --> 00:41:12.625
Too much?

00:41:12.666 --> 00:41:14.000
I know.

00:41:14.041 --> 00:41:16.750
Sir Adya, guard my quarters.

00:41:19.750 --> 00:41:21.750
With my life, Sire.

00:41:28.166 --> 00:41:31.291
Daddy, you made it!

00:41:54.958 --> 00:41:58.208
There's no trace of cygnokemia.

00:41:58.250 --> 00:42:00.291
You're healthy.

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:03.458
How?

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:06.000
My friend made me better.

00:42:06.041 --> 00:42:08.041
Your friend?

00:42:08.083 --> 00:42:10.500
She woke me up,
and we've been playing.

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:11.916
I could see you, Daddy.

00:42:11.958 --> 00:42:13.500
You did such a good job.

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:15.125
Did you have fun?

00:42:15.166 --> 00:42:17.625
I did.

00:42:17.666 --> 00:42:19.625
But it's time to stop playing.

00:42:19.666 --> 00:42:22.083
Can we put everything back
the way it was?

00:42:22.125 --> 00:42:25.000
Why? My friend said we could
play as long as I want.

00:42:25.041 --> 00:42:27.750
Your friend doesn't mean to,

00:42:27.791 --> 00:42:30.458
but she's hurting my friends.

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:32.916
They need to return
to their lives.

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:35.708
Do I have to go back
into the buffer, Daddy?

00:42:37.416 --> 00:42:39.458
I don't know.

00:42:41.333 --> 00:42:43.375
Frankly, I don't understand
what's happening.

00:42:45.583 --> 00:42:47.166
Rukiya.

00:42:48.583 --> 00:42:50.541
Can I talk to your friend?

00:42:50.583 --> 00:42:53.416
It doesn't really work that way.

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:55.416
Perhaps...

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:58.583
I can be of some assistance.

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:02.041
You said if you tried to connect

00:43:02.083 --> 00:43:03.958
to the consciousness again,
it could kill you.

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:06.083
I know, but...

00:43:06.125 --> 00:43:08.541
maybe if Rukiya told
her friend we need to talk,

00:43:08.583 --> 00:43:12.416
the entity might be
more inclined to cooperate.

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:18.833
They'd like to talk to you
if that's okay.

00:43:18.875 --> 00:43:21.000
If you would like,

00:43:21.083 --> 00:43:23.833
you may speak through me.

00:43:23.916 --> 00:43:26.625
Please be gentle.

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:36.208
You must not take the child.

00:43:37.791 --> 00:43:40.166
We don't mean you any harm.

00:43:40.208 --> 00:43:42.500
But I need you
to stop this fantasy.

00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:45.875
You're putting
my crew in danger.

00:43:45.916 --> 00:43:47.625
The needs of your crew
are inconsequential.

00:43:47.666 --> 00:43:50.666
You must protect the child.

00:43:50.708 --> 00:43:53.250
You have an attachment
to Rukiya.

00:43:53.333 --> 00:43:55.333
We are alike.

00:43:55.375 --> 00:43:57.458
She was lonely.

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:59.541
Like me.

00:44:01.041 --> 00:44:03.416
Lonely?

00:44:03.458 --> 00:44:05.583
How did you know?

00:44:05.625 --> 00:44:07.833
When I probed your ship,

00:44:07.916 --> 00:44:10.458
I felt her imprisoned
in your machine.

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:12.333
I sensed her loneliness.

00:44:12.375 --> 00:44:14.583
It matched my own.

00:44:14.625 --> 00:44:16.916
I created this world for her.

00:44:16.958 --> 00:44:19.833
To give her
a piece of her childhood

00:44:19.875 --> 00:44:21.916
you didn't allow.

00:44:21.958 --> 00:44:24.375
I was trying to protect her.

00:44:24.458 --> 00:44:27.375
Everything I did was
to keep my daughter alive.

00:44:28.666 --> 00:44:30.833
I was looking for a cure.

00:44:30.875 --> 00:44:32.833
But I'm all better now, Daddy.

00:44:32.875 --> 00:44:35.000
And I thank you for that.

00:44:35.041 --> 00:44:37.333
But whatever you are doing

00:44:37.375 --> 00:44:39.666
to create this fantasy,

00:44:39.708 --> 00:44:42.250
the crew cannot live like this.

00:44:42.291 --> 00:44:43.916
You have to let them go.

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:45.791
If I leave,

00:44:45.833 --> 00:44:48.125
the child will die.

00:44:48.166 --> 00:44:50.750
My being near her cures her.

00:44:50.791 --> 00:44:53.958
If I release the ship
and the child goes with you,

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:56.333
she will grow sick again.

00:44:56.375 --> 00:44:58.541
The ship cannot stay here.

00:44:58.583 --> 00:45:00.916
Then you must make a choice.

00:45:00.958 --> 00:45:03.333
The crew or your daughter.

00:45:04.541 --> 00:45:07.291
You can't ask me to do that.

00:45:07.333 --> 00:45:09.208
I had fun out here.

00:45:09.250 --> 00:45:11.958
But I'll go back into the buffer
if you want me to, Daddy.

00:45:14.458 --> 00:45:16.458
There must be another way.

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:18.333
There is.

00:45:18.375 --> 00:45:21.583
You could leave
and she could stay.

00:45:22.875 --> 00:45:25.250
How would she live?

00:45:25.291 --> 00:45:27.375
It is her body that is ill.

00:45:27.416 --> 00:45:30.625
But her consciousness
could join with me.

00:45:30.666 --> 00:45:34.041
She would be free of sickness.

00:45:34.083 --> 00:45:36.625
She will never know death.

00:45:38.958 --> 00:45:41.041
Daddy?

00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:49.166
Your friend.

00:45:49.208 --> 00:45:51.500
She wants you to go with her.

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:53.708
Can you come, too, Daddy?

00:45:57.666 --> 00:45:59.583
You know how in the story

00:45:59.625 --> 00:46:01.666
King Ridley has
the Mercury Stone?

00:46:01.708 --> 00:46:04.041
He wants to keep it.

00:46:04.083 --> 00:46:06.208
It protects him.

00:46:06.250 --> 00:46:08.291
Makes him happy.

00:46:09.333 --> 00:46:11.458
Until he learns

00:46:11.500 --> 00:46:13.833
that it has a soul.

00:46:13.875 --> 00:46:16.166
And that it will die

00:46:16.208 --> 00:46:18.250
if he holds onto it.

00:46:25.041 --> 00:46:27.083
He has to let it go.

00:46:29.125 --> 00:46:31.333
Even though it means

00:46:31.375 --> 00:46:33.416
he won't be happy anymore.

00:46:37.791 --> 00:46:40.208
You're my Mercury Stone.

00:46:43.250 --> 00:46:46.750
Remember I told you you could
write your own stories someday?

00:46:46.791 --> 00:46:48.875
Maybe that someday is now.

00:46:50.875 --> 00:46:52.916
But it's up to you.

00:46:59.083 --> 00:47:01.500
I want to.

00:47:04.666 --> 00:47:07.166
Okay, brave girl.

00:47:07.208 --> 00:47:08.833
I love you, Daddy.

00:47:12.250 --> 00:47:15.041
I love you, too, baby.

00:47:15.083 --> 00:47:17.125
Always.

00:47:39.166 --> 00:47:41.791
It tickles, Daddy.

00:48:22.208 --> 00:48:24.166
Rukiya?

00:48:24.208 --> 00:48:26.291
Hello, Daddy.

00:48:27.916 --> 00:48:29.791
Thank you.

00:48:29.833 --> 00:48:31.916
For everything.

00:48:31.958 --> 00:48:35.458
You were right-- I've been
creating my own adventures.

00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:38.375
I wish I could tell you
what I've seen.

00:48:38.416 --> 00:48:40.166
Seen?

00:48:40.208 --> 00:48:42.125
You just left.

00:48:42.166 --> 00:48:45.791
Moments for you have been
years for me and Debra.

00:48:46.791 --> 00:48:48.666
Debra.

00:48:48.708 --> 00:48:50.750
You named the entity after...

00:48:50.791 --> 00:48:53.083
Mom.

00:48:53.125 --> 00:48:55.166
Oh.

00:48:57.791 --> 00:48:59.833
Oh...

00:49:04.541 --> 00:49:06.625
You look...

00:49:06.666 --> 00:49:08.750
so much like her.

00:49:08.791 --> 00:49:10.791
Do I?

00:49:12.666 --> 00:49:15.125
I'm happy.

00:49:15.166 --> 00:49:17.125
I'm safe.

00:49:17.166 --> 00:49:19.416
You did the right thing.

00:49:19.458 --> 00:49:21.541
Someday we'll see
each other again.

00:49:21.583 --> 00:49:23.916
I know we will, but...

00:49:23.958 --> 00:49:26.708
you have to live
your own life now.

00:49:26.750 --> 00:49:28.791
Create your own stories.

00:49:30.041 --> 00:49:31.916
Promise me you'll be happy.

00:49:33.958 --> 00:49:35.625
I promise.

00:49:51.208 --> 00:49:53.666
I have the worst headache.

00:49:56.916 --> 00:49:59.083
Doctor...

00:49:59.125 --> 00:50:01.166
am I in your quarters?

00:50:02.291 --> 00:50:03.791
You don't remember?

00:50:03.833 --> 00:50:05.875
The last thing I recall...

00:50:07.083 --> 00:50:09.791
...is becoming stuck
in the Jonisian Nebula.

00:50:13.083 --> 00:50:14.750
Chief medical officer's

00:50:14.791 --> 00:50:17.708
personal log, supplemental.

00:50:17.750 --> 00:50:19.958
None of the crew
remember what happened.

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:21.416
The entity's doing.

00:50:21.458 --> 00:50:22.958
My daughter's doing.

00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:24.458
I'm sure.

00:50:24.500 --> 00:50:26.416
The surveillance logs are blank.

00:50:26.458 --> 00:50:29.958
It's as if every one of them
lost five hours.

00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:31.583
Except for me.

00:50:31.625 --> 00:50:34.000
Joseph?

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:43.291
Rukiya?

00:50:43.333 --> 00:50:45.416
She's fine.

00:50:47.208 --> 00:50:49.250
She's alive.

00:50:51.250 --> 00:50:53.250
She's safe.

00:50:54.583 --> 00:50:57.041
But, Una,

00:50:57.083 --> 00:50:59.916
I have been through something...

00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:02.375
extraordinary.

00:51:02.416 --> 00:51:04.833
And no one on the ship
remembers.

00:51:09.583 --> 00:51:12.541
You know what happened
in the missing five hours.

00:51:14.958 --> 00:51:17.166
Sounds like a hell of a story.

00:51:17.208 --> 00:51:19.250
It is.

00:51:21.916 --> 00:51:24.083
It begins...

00:51:24.125 --> 00:51:26.208
like all good stories.

00:51:26.250 --> 00:51:29.291
Once upon a time.

00:51:29.333 --> 00:51:31.541
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