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[narrator] Previously on
Star Trek: Discovery:
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- Section 31?
- She's tracking a suspected murderer.
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Mr. Spock's one of mine.
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There may be a connection between Spock
and the signals around the universe.
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- [Amanda] Spock drew those images.
- What is it?
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[Amanda] He called it the Red Angel.
That vision changed him forever.
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I've seen this angel, too.
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[Stamets] I watched Tyler kill you.
I held your body.
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- [Burnham] He is alive.
- [Stamets] We're getting you out of here.
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[Tilly] Something grabbed us out of warp.
We're locked into place.
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- Some kind of a life-form?
- It must need something.
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- It's trying to send us a message.
- It wants to be remembered.
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To preserve its history using Discovery.
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Its final act was to save us.
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We have recorded everything it has seen
and experienced.
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[Saru] The sphere is triggering
the Kelpien biological process
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known as Vahar'ai.
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Signals when Kelpiens are readied
for slaughter by the Ba'ul,
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the predator species on my homeworld
of Kaminar.
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You're the only one who knows me.
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You replaced the sister I had on Kaminar.
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- Your vital signs have returned to normal.
- I have never felt this way before.
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Fear is gone.
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What my people have accepted
as the truth...
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is a lie.
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[Saru] We all come from somewhere.
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We carry that place with us
wherever we go.
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That never leaves our hearts.
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Not entirely.
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How's it going in here?
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Without Airiam, we would've spent months
trying to sort through the sphere's data.
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- But none of us can predict...
- Hey, look at this. This is incredible.
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...where our voyage will lead.
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- The data collection isn't random.
- Oh, no, it's not random at all.
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It's actually an impossibly
sophisticated repository of...
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like, a slice of the galaxy's history.
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- Like a delicious slice of galaxy pie.
- We may suffer losses along the way.
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But we can hope to learn and grow
from those experiences...
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and from those who accompany us
on ourjourney.
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It is almost inconceivable
to have you back with us, Dr. Culber.
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Inconceivable, yeah.
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There isn't a test or a scan
Dr. Pollard hasn't run on me.
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- You appear yourself.
- I don't feel like myself.
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Enduring something
no one thought possible...
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can be transformative.
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Perhaps...
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Perhaps...
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in feeling less like you were...
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you are more like
who you were meant to become.
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Commander Saru, your results.
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The most evident anatomical change
from the Kelpien advent of your Vahar...
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- Vahar'ai.
- Thank you.
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With the loss of your threat ganglia,
the cartilage that housed it
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is reorganizing to accommodate
a new keratin-based tissue.
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It looks like spikes growing in
like teeth.
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Does that sound right?
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I would not know.
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Did you discover anything
that might affect me psychologically?
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These are your neurotransmitter
expression patterns,
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last year versus today.
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With you as my only Kelpien specimen...
Forgive the term.
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...it's difficult to say
what these changes mean.
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But if I had to guess, I'd say
your fear responses are being repressed.
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[Saru] What is a Kelpien without fear?
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I'm losing the very thing that defines me.
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I am stumbling in the dark.
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And yet I cannot help but feel
that somewhere within the unknown,
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there is purpose.
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And that we are being guided toward it.
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[Tyler] It's Section 31's position that,
if the entity we're calling the Red Angel
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is in fact generating these signals,
it's also capable of time incursions,
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and should be considered dangerous.
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So far these signals have led
the Discovery on two rescue missions.
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Or two catastrophic events.
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Does the Angel appear
at these crisis points,
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or is it creating them?
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- We have to consider both options.
- So, let's consider.
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The Red Angel appeared on Earth
and transported people to Terralysium.
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Only moments before they would've died
in a nuclear blast.
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It also guided Spock to rescue me
as a child on Vulcan.
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I've seen the drawings from Spock's time
in the psychiatric unit.
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Look, can either of you say this thing
didn't cause his nervous breakdown?
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Spock made no mention of the Red Angel
when he took leave from the Enterprise.
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But Agent Tyler's correct, captain.
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With so few data points,
it is impossible to draw conclusions
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based on its nature and motivations.
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- We need more information.
- What we need is Spock.
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Captain Leland has devoted significant
Section 31 resources to finding him,
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but we're coming up empty-handed.
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As his sister, can you think
of anywhere Spock might go,
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someplace we might not think to look?
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[Saru]
Captain, you are needed on the bridge.
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- What is it?
- We have detected a new signal.
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- Where is it this time?
- Outside of Federation space.
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Ah.
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- Acquiring coordinates.
- On screen.
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We have a lock, sir.
The signal is over an M-Class planet.
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- It's listed in the database as...
- Kaminar.
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- Commander Saru, that's...
- [Saru] Yes.
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Kaminar is my homeworld.
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Kaminar is populated
by two sentient species,
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my people, the Kelpiens, and the Ba'ul.
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Ba'ul are your predators.
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The Ba'ul achieved warp capability
20 years ago.
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The U.S.S. Archimedes made first contact
with them
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after receiving a transmission
from Kaminar.
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But once communication was established,
the Ba'ul High Council proved hostile.
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So, why did the Ba'ul send a transmission
in the first place?
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They did not.
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That transmission was from me.
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I co-opted the Ba'ul's technology
in order to send a message,
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with the hope that someone,
somewhere, would receive it.
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And that someone was Captain Georgiou.
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[Saru] She was a lieutenant then,
serving on the Archimedes.
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Were it not for her,
I would've been unable to flee Kaminar,
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or be granted asylum.
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I promised never to return.
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That was the price of knowledge.
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[Pike] And now,
of the billions of planets in our galaxy,
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the signal just happens to show up
above the homeworld of my first officer.
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- What are the odds?
- It certainly isn't random.
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[Pike] Discovery's taken an interest
in the Red Angel.
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- Could be it's returning the favor.
- [Tyler] That's a leap.
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Commander Saru, are there angels
of any sort in Kelpien culture?
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Kelpiens believe only
in the Great Balance,
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which, if upset,
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would devastate the fragile ecosystem
of our planet.
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And we are taught that the Ba'ul are
the keepers of this Balance.
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Do the Kelpiens worship the Ba'ul?
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It is their superior technology,
of which Kelpiens live in awe,
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that allows the Ba'ul mastery
over my people.
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They hide behind it.
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No Kelpien has even seen a Ba'ul
in living memory.
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The same technology they use
to keep Starfleet at arm's length.
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So, we shouldn't expect a warm welcome.
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The Ba'ul are by nature isolationist,
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and are committed to preserving
the status quo on Kaminar.
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They must've seen the signal.
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They may not mind an offer
to share information.
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Depending on how they're approached.
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Knock on the door, see if they answer.
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And then what?
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Just ask nicely?
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Well, as unexpected guests,
it never hurts to be polite.
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[crew speaking indistinctly]
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[Detmer] Sir, dropping out of warp
above Kaminar.
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The signal disappeared before we arrived.
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What else is new?
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Mr. Bryce, hail the Ba'ul on all channels.
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Commander Burnham, run planetary
and full-spectral scans
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on anything resembling our elusive Angel,
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and any power source capable
of generating these signals.
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The Ba'ul are not responding, sir.
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That's not entirely true, sir.
They're scanning our weapon systems.
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- Just our weapon systems.
- So much for knocking on the front door.
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[Pike] The Ba'ul haven't learned
the importance of a first impression.
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- Burnham?
- No indication the Red Angel was here
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or immediate danger to the planet.
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Then why are we here?
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You're assuming the signals appear
for a reason.
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Yes, Mr. Tyler,
that's exactly what I'm assuming.
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Why won't the Ba'ul respond?
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Perhaps, as I have said,
it is because they are oppressors.
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Even had the Ba'ul answered our hails,
why would you trust those
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who have enslaved my people
with fear and lies?
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Your insights are invaluable, Mr. Saru.
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But the signal appeared here,
and maybe the Red Angel, too.
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Any idea how I'd make inquiries without...?
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There is a Kelpien priest
in every village.
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They not only serve as an intermediaries
between us and the Ba'ul,
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but they also connect all
of our extended communities together.
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If the Red Angel appeared on Kaminar,
then priests might tell us about it.
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Is that a violation of General Order 1?
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Though the Kelpiens aren't warp-capable,
they've seen warp-capable technology
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through the Ba'ul,
and they know about spaceflight.
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First contact with the Kelpiens
by Starfleet is a judgment call,
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but our mission to investigate
the signals requires it.
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We can stretch General Order 1,
but let's not break it in the process.
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Burnham, as a xenoanthropologist,
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I think you're uniquely qualified to talk
to a village priest.
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Sir, I am the logical choice.
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I offer my experience.
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To disregard it disregards the suffering
of generations of Kelpiens.
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Given all that suffering,
you're the most complicated choice.
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Do you doubt my ability
to carry out the mission?
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Of course not. But at present,
we lack a full understanding
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of the biological
and behavioral changes you're undergoing.
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I can assure you, captain,
I am still very much myself.
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I can only imagine
the pressure you might feel
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to share the truth with your people
about Vahar'ai.
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Are you suggesting I may be incapable
of following Starfleet regulations
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or that I would disobey your orders?
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Captain...
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Kelpiens have no knowledge of Starfleet,
or any other inhabited worlds.
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Even though General Order 1
allows contact,
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my arrival could come
as a complete shock to them.
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Commander Saru would be invaluable
to have by my side.
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All right.
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But I remind you both,
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we're here to gather information
about the signals and the Red Angel,
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not to start a war between the Kelpiens
and the Ba'ul.
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Mr. Saru?
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My duty, first and foremost,
is to Discovery's mission, sir.
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I never doubt that.
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Start in your own village.
Maybe they'll be glad to see you.
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So, uh, what did the scans say?
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Read them yourself.
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All normal.
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You're you.
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[Pollard] Yes and no.
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Brain patterns
and neural impulses are identical,
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but this body was entirely reconstituted
from your DNA.
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It's brand-new, down to the last molecule.
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You are,
for lack of a better word, pristine.
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My scar.
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- It's gone.
- [Stamets] It is?
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- I hadn't noticed that.
- What scar?
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Oh, the scar he chose to keep.
You never told her the story?
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He was hiking the cliffs
of Cabo Rojo alone.
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- I was 16.
- [Stamets] And apparently indestructible.
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And the path he was on gave way,
and he fell 30 meters.
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Fifteen, actually.
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[Stamets]
Enough to puncture your shoulder.
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He would've bled out, too,
if it weren't for a certain Dr. Kashkooli,
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who was half-a-kilometer behind him.
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She risked her own life to climb down
and help him.
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She stitched his wound up
with a fishing line,
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gave him a very sexy scar,
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and inspired him to go to medical school.
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And become the man he is today.
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It is weird not seeing it on you.
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So, um...
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if my senses feel a little off, it's...
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It's because your new nervous system
is still adjusting.
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I'd like to continue monitoring you,
236
00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:03,043
but I believe you're ready to resume
your normal life soon.
237
00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:27,235
That pylon.
238
00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:29,861
It isn't Kelpien, is it?
239
00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:32,824
[Saru] No.
240
00:16:32,909 --> 00:16:36,994
The Ba'ul have erected one in each village
to observe us.
241
00:16:37,538 --> 00:16:40,201
It has earned them a fitting name
among my people,
242
00:16:40,291 --> 00:16:41,907
the Watchful Eye.
243
00:16:43,294 --> 00:16:46,662
This pylon is connected
to an incredibly vast network.
244
00:16:48,049 --> 00:16:51,258
Must've taken the Ba'ul generations
to integrate their technology
245
00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:53,131
and ideology into Kelpien society.
246
00:16:53,763 --> 00:16:56,722
Our two species have become
so intertwined,
247
00:16:56,807 --> 00:17:00,096
that, outside their technology,
it is difficult to discern
248
00:17:00,186 --> 00:17:03,145
what is purely us
and what is distinctly them.
249
00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:08,393
- Where is everyone?
- The day's work is done.
250
00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:10,694
It will soon be nightfall.
251
00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:14,232
Kelpiens rarely venture out in the dark.
252
00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:17,405
[sighs]
253
00:17:17,787 --> 00:17:19,369
I led this life once.
254
00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:23,177
If I didn't know
your people were oppressed,
255
00:17:23,209 --> 00:17:24,871
I'd think Kaminar was a paradise.
256
00:17:25,419 --> 00:17:26,626
Oh, in many ways, it is.
257
00:17:27,338 --> 00:17:29,830
We live in harmony with each other,
258
00:17:29,924 --> 00:17:32,041
in a world without hunger or poverty.
259
00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:35,802
The only violence we know is the culling,
260
00:17:35,888 --> 00:17:41,008
which Kelpiens have been misled to accept
as a mercy by the Ba'ul.
261
00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:45,933
And our priests sustain that belief.
262
00:17:46,566 --> 00:17:48,649
Didn't you say your father was a priest?
263
00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:49,734
Yes.
264
00:17:50,278 --> 00:17:52,645
He was a collaborator,
albeit an unwitting one,
265
00:17:53,990 --> 00:17:57,859
enforcing the grip the Ba'ul had
on my people.
266
00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:04,916
Saru...
267
00:18:08,212 --> 00:18:09,794
For 18 years...
268
00:18:11,257 --> 00:18:14,125
I dreamt of returning to my village.
269
00:18:14,969 --> 00:18:16,301
It has not changed at all.
270
00:18:17,305 --> 00:18:19,797
But I see it...
271
00:18:21,225 --> 00:18:22,932
quite differently now.
272
00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:32,768
[pylon humming]
273
00:18:43,414 --> 00:18:45,656
These are the same flowers
from your quarters.
274
00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:46,750
Fredalia, yes.
275
00:18:47,460 --> 00:18:49,702
They do not grow quite so well
on a starship.
276
00:19:07,313 --> 00:19:10,397
[in Kelpien]
Might the priest spare a moment?
277
00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:11,974
Yes, of course.
278
00:19:21,077 --> 00:19:22,077
[in English] Brother?
279
00:19:22,536 --> 00:19:23,536
Siranna?
280
00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:26,831
Is it really...?
281
00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:30,001
You're alive.
282
00:19:30,961 --> 00:19:31,961
Oh, but how?
283
00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:34,083
We thought you were dead,
284
00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:37,541
taken by the Watchful Eye
for questions you should not have asked.
285
00:19:37,635 --> 00:19:38,635
No.
286
00:19:39,887 --> 00:19:41,799
Where have you been all this time?
287
00:19:42,390 --> 00:19:43,390
Siranna...
288
00:19:45,643 --> 00:19:46,759
18 years ago,
289
00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:49,762
I thought I could find my future
in the stars...
290
00:19:50,981 --> 00:19:51,981
and I did.
291
00:20:00,616 --> 00:20:03,984
I was welcomed by an interstellar service
called Starfleet,
292
00:20:04,078 --> 00:20:07,788
committed to peace and the exploration
of our galaxy.
293
00:20:08,499 --> 00:20:10,912
An organization far more powerful
than the Ba'ul.
294
00:20:12,461 --> 00:20:13,997
I found a new life.
295
00:20:22,513 --> 00:20:23,513
What are you?
296
00:20:24,014 --> 00:20:25,014
I'm human.
297
00:20:26,684 --> 00:20:27,845
My name is Michael.
298
00:20:28,352 --> 00:20:30,639
I come from a planet called Earth.
299
00:20:31,689 --> 00:20:34,397
And I work with your brother
on the starship Discovery.
300
00:20:36,485 --> 00:20:38,727
How is it
that we can understand one another?
301
00:20:39,363 --> 00:20:40,363
This device.
302
00:20:41,657 --> 00:20:43,774
It can translate
over a thousand languages.
303
00:20:43,868 --> 00:20:47,361
You mean to say
there are a thousand life-forms out there?
304
00:20:47,455 --> 00:20:48,662
Oh, not just a thousand.
305
00:20:49,373 --> 00:20:51,035
Hundreds of thousands.
306
00:21:18,027 --> 00:21:19,313
So different, and yet...
307
00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:26,907
The galaxy...
308
00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:29,869
Space travel...
309
00:21:35,836 --> 00:21:37,702
Do humans from Earth drink tea?
310
00:21:38,631 --> 00:21:39,631
[chuckles]
311
00:21:51,352 --> 00:21:54,095
Oh, how I've missed
the fredalia tea of home.
312
00:21:54,855 --> 00:21:57,472
We were blessed
with a bountiful harvest this year.
313
00:21:58,776 --> 00:22:00,688
You sound just like Father.
314
00:22:02,947 --> 00:22:03,947
Where is he?
315
00:22:05,741 --> 00:22:09,030
Father reached his Vahar'ai
and joined the Great Balance
316
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:10,200
not long after you...
317
00:22:11,247 --> 00:22:12,283
left us.
318
00:22:16,877 --> 00:22:17,877
How could you?
319
00:22:19,088 --> 00:22:21,705
And never even let us know
that you were still alive?
320
00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:24,291
I thought it was safer for you
to believe I was dead.
321
00:22:24,385 --> 00:22:25,385
Safer?
322
00:22:26,887 --> 00:22:29,470
We believed you had outraged
the Watchful Eye.
323
00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:33,224
We spent years in agony,
fearing retribution.
324
00:22:33,978 --> 00:22:36,061
I dreamed of our reunion, brother.
325
00:22:36,146 --> 00:22:38,763
I could not be more sorry, Siranna.
326
00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:40,724
This is a longer conversation.
327
00:22:41,902 --> 00:22:44,440
But I sense that is not
the reason you are here.
328
00:22:47,283 --> 00:22:48,283
I...
329
00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:00,748
We're looking for an entity...
330
00:23:02,256 --> 00:23:03,872
that we call the Red Angel.
331
00:23:07,761 --> 00:23:10,549
We have reason to believe
it appeared here on Kaminar.
332
00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:12,756
Is it another life-form?
333
00:23:12,850 --> 00:23:14,967
We do not yet know what it is,
334
00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:19,020
only that it appears in conjunction
with a red burst of light in the sky,
335
00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:21,515
and in places of crisis.
336
00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:23,517
The fiery sign.
337
00:23:24,904 --> 00:23:25,904
I saw it.
338
00:23:27,698 --> 00:23:30,816
Have you seen or heard anything
that might be this Red Angel?
339
00:23:31,785 --> 00:23:33,993
Maybe from the priests
in the other villages?
340
00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:39,912
This is why you have returned?
341
00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:45,964
I should've known
you did not come back for me.
342
00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:48,337
Siranna, I ask you to...
343
00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:50,885
You ran away
because you were not brave enough
344
00:23:50,971 --> 00:23:53,258
to face the Balance as the rest of us do.
345
00:23:53,349 --> 00:23:54,590
[rumbling]
346
00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:07,770
- What's happening?
- The Ba'ul.
347
00:24:07,863 --> 00:24:09,729
They must have observed your return.
348
00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:13,866
Once again you disturb the Great Balance
and put our village in danger.
349
00:24:14,787 --> 00:24:17,655
You must leave. Now.
We won't be safe until you're gone.
350
00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:23,535
Siranna, this might be the last time
we ever see each other.
351
00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:26,337
Return to the stars.
There is no place for you here.
352
00:24:31,428 --> 00:24:33,044
[pylon wailing]
353
00:24:40,604 --> 00:24:41,685
[Saru] They're coming.
354
00:24:42,690 --> 00:24:44,602
Discovery, beam us back.
355
00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:01,660
[panting]
356
00:25:07,548 --> 00:25:08,755
[computer] Yellow alert.
357
00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:12,300
Commander Saru, Commander Burnham,
please report to the bridge.
358
00:25:19,309 --> 00:25:22,052
Whatever you did,
the Ba'ul are hailing us now.
359
00:25:22,688 --> 00:25:25,396
I'll guess it's not to invite us
to a welcome party.
360
00:25:25,482 --> 00:25:29,021
Communication channel established.
It's audio-only.
361
00:25:29,111 --> 00:25:32,730
Mr. Saru, I think it would be best
if you stay out of this conversation.
362
00:25:33,490 --> 00:25:35,730
This is Captain Christopher Pike
of the U.S.S. Discovery.
363
00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:39,486
[Ba'ul] You have taken what belongs to us.
364
00:25:40,706 --> 00:25:44,199
- What have we taken, exactly?
- A Kelpien.
365
00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:49,171
Starfleet promised
that it would not meddle
366
00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:51,669
in the internal affairs of our planet.
367
00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:54,824
We're investigating the signal
that appeared over your planet,
368
00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:56,253
which I'm sure you noticed.
369
00:25:56,764 --> 00:25:59,928
These signals are typically followed
by the arrival of an entity
370
00:26:00,017 --> 00:26:01,133
we call the Red Angel.
371
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:02,467
Are you familiar with it?
372
00:26:07,357 --> 00:26:09,940
It may pose a threat
to Kaminar's Great Balance.
373
00:26:10,027 --> 00:26:13,020
Our mutual interest lies only
in keeping the peace which we...
374
00:26:13,113 --> 00:26:17,574
No one is safer
than under the Watchful Eye.
375
00:26:17,659 --> 00:26:19,742
Return the Kelpien to us,
376
00:26:19,828 --> 00:26:22,445
and we will allow you
to leave without harm.
377
00:26:22,539 --> 00:26:24,952
- I am not yours to be returned.
- Mr. Saru...
378
00:26:25,042 --> 00:26:27,329
I am brother to Siranna,
379
00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:29,081
who lives a life of oppression.
380
00:26:29,171 --> 00:26:30,753
I am son of Aradar,
381
00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:33,582
who died needlessly at your hands.
382
00:26:33,675 --> 00:26:35,541
The Kelpien speaks.
383
00:26:35,636 --> 00:26:37,218
I am Commander Saru,
384
00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:39,512
the first and only Kelpien
to join Starfleet,
385
00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:41,510
and I know the truth about Vahar'ai.
386
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:46,595
The Great Balance is the only truth,
and it must not be disturbed.
387
00:26:46,688 --> 00:26:48,850
Your lies no longer work on me.
388
00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:50,807
I survived my Vahar'ai,
389
00:26:50,901 --> 00:26:53,564
and I know that it means not death,
but evolution,
390
00:26:54,154 --> 00:26:57,022
an evolution you murder my people
to suppress.
391
00:26:57,116 --> 00:27:01,281
- Commander.
- You think you know everything, Kelpien.
392
00:27:01,370 --> 00:27:04,659
But you do not even know what you are.
393
00:27:05,374 --> 00:27:08,663
Captain, I detect ten Ba'ul sentry ships
on an intercept course.
394
00:27:08,752 --> 00:27:11,119
Shields up, red alert.
Show me what we're dealing with.
395
00:27:24,226 --> 00:27:26,466
- Ba'ul ships are powering up weapons.
- Warm up phasers.
396
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,807
- [Rhys] Aye, captain.
- Whoever is hearing my voice,
397
00:27:28,897 --> 00:27:31,640
I advise that you consider
your next move carefully.
398
00:27:31,733 --> 00:27:33,690
Give us the Kelpien.
399
00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:36,937
Saru is a political asylum-seeker
and a Starfleet officer,
400
00:27:37,030 --> 00:27:38,441
protected by the Federation.
401
00:27:38,782 --> 00:27:42,025
You would risk the lives
of your own people
402
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:43,360
for one Kelpien?
403
00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:46,116
This Kelpien is our people.
404
00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:48,539
To defend him,
I will do whatever is necessary.
405
00:27:49,001 --> 00:27:50,867
As will we.
406
00:27:50,961 --> 00:27:53,578
The Ba'ul are activating the pylon
in Saru's village.
407
00:27:53,922 --> 00:27:58,166
You have interfered in the affairs
of this village.
408
00:27:58,260 --> 00:28:02,129
If you do not return the Kelpien,
there will be blood on your hands.
409
00:28:02,222 --> 00:28:05,135
The pylons are weaponized.
They mean to destroy my village.
410
00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:06,966
- We have to stop...
- Mr. Saru.
411
00:28:07,060 --> 00:28:08,676
Remove yourself from the bridge.
412
00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:10,511
- But, captain, I...
- That's an order.
413
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,040
[sighs]
414
00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:39,545
[computer] Red alert.
All crew to their assigned stations.
415
00:28:39,635 --> 00:28:40,876
[crew chattering]
416
00:28:56,026 --> 00:28:57,517
- You're relieved from duty.
- Sir?
417
00:28:57,611 --> 00:28:58,611
Get out.
418
00:29:10,666 --> 00:29:14,159
Saru, I know what you're doing.
Move off the transporter pad. Now.
419
00:29:23,804 --> 00:29:25,466
Or what, Michael?
420
00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:29,849
I don't wanna use this,
but you're not thinking clearly, Saru.
421
00:29:29,935 --> 00:29:32,678
I have never felt more clarity
than in this moment.
422
00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:34,558
This is the only way.
423
00:29:37,317 --> 00:29:39,434
Would you not do the same
for your brother?
424
00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:59,458
Sir, someone is beaming down
to the planet's surface.
425
00:30:00,090 --> 00:30:01,422
What? Who is it?
426
00:30:01,883 --> 00:30:05,672
Burnham to the bridge.
Commander Saru, he's surrendering himself.
427
00:30:05,762 --> 00:30:06,762
- Damn it.
- Captain.
428
00:30:06,847 --> 00:30:08,767
The sentry ships are powering down
their weapons.
429
00:30:20,861 --> 00:30:21,861
Ops.
430
00:30:22,404 --> 00:30:23,404
Track Saru's signal.
431
00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:27,315
A Ba'ul ship has taken him.
432
00:30:27,993 --> 00:30:29,325
They're traveling toward...
433
00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:31,364
I've lost the signal, sir.
434
00:30:32,414 --> 00:30:33,414
He's gone.
435
00:30:46,303 --> 00:30:48,090
With 100,000 years' worth of data,
436
00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:50,718
there must be information about Kaminar
in the Sphere's archive.
437
00:30:50,807 --> 00:30:52,093
What are we looking for?
438
00:30:52,184 --> 00:30:54,892
When the Ba'ul learned
that Saru survived his Vahar'ai,
439
00:30:54,978 --> 00:30:57,391
their determination
to capture him increased.
440
00:30:57,856 --> 00:31:00,189
As if his continued existence
threatened them.
441
00:31:00,275 --> 00:31:01,686
The Ba'ul are hiding something?
442
00:31:01,777 --> 00:31:04,485
They know more about
the changes brought on by Vahar'ai
443
00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:05,571
than the Kelpiens.
444
00:31:05,572 --> 00:31:08,440
They're willing to do almost anything
to keep that secret.
445
00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:09,614
Will they kill Saru?
446
00:31:09,701 --> 00:31:11,818
Not if we can find out
what they're hiding in time.
447
00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:15,534
There has to be something
in the Sphere's archive.
448
00:31:15,624 --> 00:31:18,913
Well, that's what Airiam
and I are here for.
449
00:31:19,002 --> 00:31:20,664
- We will find it.
- There it is.
450
00:31:20,754 --> 00:31:22,711
When I said "we," I just meant Airiam.
451
00:31:22,798 --> 00:31:24,460
[Airiam] The Sphere did collect readings.
452
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:26,882
Thousands of years' worth
of statistical measurements.
453
00:31:27,386 --> 00:31:29,469
Transfer it over to this station, please.
454
00:31:34,309 --> 00:31:37,017
And when Saru challenged the Ba'ul,
455
00:31:37,479 --> 00:31:40,062
they said,
"You do not even know what you are."
456
00:31:41,441 --> 00:31:43,353
So, what is Saru?
457
00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:54,578
[gasps]
458
00:32:16,977 --> 00:32:17,977
Siranna?
459
00:32:18,979 --> 00:32:19,979
Brother?
460
00:32:20,355 --> 00:32:23,223
Why did the Watchful Eye take me?
It is not yet my time.
461
00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:26,434
My sister has nothing to do with this.
462
00:32:26,528 --> 00:32:28,190
I am the one you wanted.
463
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:35,694
Why did you have to return?
Everyone else thought you were dead.
464
00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:39,531
But the night you disappeared,
I saw the light rising into the sky.
465
00:32:44,921 --> 00:32:46,878
I became a priest to seek that light.
466
00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:48,172
To seek you.
467
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,291
Your face is beautiful to me,
468
00:32:50,385 --> 00:32:52,923
but part of me hoped
I would never see it again.
469
00:32:55,474 --> 00:32:57,306
Because it might mean you were free.
470
00:33:10,447 --> 00:33:11,528
[grunts]
471
00:33:28,924 --> 00:33:29,924
No, no.
472
00:33:31,134 --> 00:33:32,134
[grunting]
473
00:33:33,887 --> 00:33:34,887
Stop.
474
00:33:51,071 --> 00:33:52,312
[whimpering]
475
00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:17,969
[gasps]
476
00:34:21,685 --> 00:34:22,846
[roars]
477
00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:25,729
Fascinating.
478
00:34:26,982 --> 00:34:29,690
Airiam, can you identify
historical biological records
479
00:34:29,776 --> 00:34:30,937
from Kaminar's surface?
480
00:34:31,027 --> 00:34:32,027
Searching.
481
00:34:33,989 --> 00:34:37,357
Yes, the bio-signs were archived
by the Sphere.
482
00:34:37,450 --> 00:34:39,737
I can use those current readings
of the Ba'ul
483
00:34:39,828 --> 00:34:41,865
to distinguish their bio-signs
from the Kelpiens.
484
00:34:42,581 --> 00:34:45,415
Right, and we can cross-reference
Saru's medical records
485
00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:48,334
to isolate the post-Vahar'ai Kelpiens'
historic bio-signs
486
00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:50,002
from the rest of their species.
487
00:34:50,380 --> 00:34:52,775
The Ba'ul could only know
about the evolutionary consequences
488
00:34:52,799 --> 00:34:55,337
of Vahar'ai if at one time
they experienced them.
489
00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:57,293
Otherwise, why does it threaten them?
490
00:34:57,387 --> 00:35:01,222
Well, if we, uh, go back 2300 years,
491
00:35:01,308 --> 00:35:04,301
there's a significant portion
of the Kelpiens were like Saru.
492
00:35:04,394 --> 00:35:05,555
They survived Vahar'ai?
493
00:35:06,354 --> 00:35:10,189
The blue represents evolved Kelpiens,
green, unevolved, red, Ba'ul.
494
00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:12,276
Sorry, that...
495
00:35:13,069 --> 00:35:14,069
doesn't look right.
496
00:35:14,863 --> 00:35:17,526
The Ba'ul narrowly escaped extinction.
497
00:35:19,075 --> 00:35:22,068
Then they turned around and wiped out
the evolved Kelpiens.
498
00:35:22,162 --> 00:35:26,031
Leaving only unevolved Kelpiens, but...
Wait, so, all this would mean that...
499
00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:28,036
The Ba'ul were originally
the prey species.
500
00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:29,958
So, they would think of Saru as a...
501
00:35:31,004 --> 00:35:32,004
Predator.
502
00:35:37,427 --> 00:35:38,588
[grunting]
503
00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:59,401
[Ba'ul]
The first Kelpien to pass its Vahar'ai
504
00:35:59,491 --> 00:36:01,904
in over 2000 years,
505
00:36:02,702 --> 00:36:07,948
and your primal, feral responses
are the same as centuries ago.
506
00:36:08,541 --> 00:36:11,659
Your kind can never govern itself.
507
00:36:12,587 --> 00:36:14,544
The Federation has no idea
508
00:36:14,631 --> 00:36:17,374
what they have welcomed into their ranks.
509
00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:20,876
They gave me the chance stolen
by the Ba'ul.
510
00:36:20,970 --> 00:36:25,260
[Ba'ul] Your species does not deserve
a second chance.
511
00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:28,263
The Great Balance is the only way
512
00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:32,393
to ensure you do not destroy everything
in your path.
513
00:36:32,482 --> 00:36:39,355
The Great Balance is a lie you created
to defend yourselves from us.
514
00:36:39,447 --> 00:36:41,564
And to absolve yourselves of murder.
515
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,192
In truth, you are frail.
516
00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:47,286
You would be helpless without technology.
517
00:36:47,372 --> 00:36:50,786
[Ba'ul] We will never allow the past
to be repeated.
518
00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:55,336
No threat to the Great Balance
will go unanswered.
519
00:36:55,422 --> 00:36:58,586
You cannot maintain what you think of
as peace by continuing to cull us.
520
00:36:59,134 --> 00:37:01,217
Kelpiens are more than our instincts.
521
00:37:01,302 --> 00:37:04,170
[Ba'ul] You are the only two Kelpiens
to know the truth.
522
00:37:04,264 --> 00:37:06,927
You will undergo analysis
and be neutralized.
523
00:37:08,476 --> 00:37:11,514
The truth will be contained.
524
00:37:12,814 --> 00:37:13,814
Wait.
525
00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:19,651
[Saru grunting]
526
00:37:27,370 --> 00:37:28,781
No, please, stop!
527
00:37:36,671 --> 00:37:37,671
Siranna!
528
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,080
It is true, then.
529
00:38:13,124 --> 00:38:15,241
You have survived Vahar'ai?
530
00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:16,627
Yes.
531
00:38:17,170 --> 00:38:18,877
I am what we used to become.
532
00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:21,171
The form we were meant to take.
533
00:38:21,257 --> 00:38:22,418
The Great Balance.
534
00:38:23,092 --> 00:38:26,005
Our sacrifice to the Watchful Eye.
It was all a lie.
535
00:38:26,095 --> 00:38:27,631
Forced upon us by the Ba'ul.
536
00:38:28,056 --> 00:38:30,548
It stole our mother and father from us.
537
00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:33,806
And generations of Kelpiens,
beyond reckoning.
538
00:38:33,895 --> 00:38:36,137
And it must end.
539
00:38:57,752 --> 00:38:59,584
The Ba'ul use
their technological advantage
540
00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:02,379
to lock the Kelpiens into subservience,
541
00:39:02,465 --> 00:39:05,458
allowing them to live while eliminating
the threat they pose.
542
00:39:05,552 --> 00:39:07,088
It's why the Ba'ul are afraid.
543
00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:10,379
If we can help them understand
that Saru's not a threat,
544
00:39:10,473 --> 00:39:12,180
and his people need not be a threat...
545
00:39:12,267 --> 00:39:13,929
[Bryce] Sir, we're receiving a hail...
546
00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:15,519
from the Ba'ul.
547
00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:19,940
We should accept it.
548
00:39:27,866 --> 00:39:30,108
Discovery, this is Commander Saru.
549
00:39:31,744 --> 00:39:32,951
Good to hear your voice.
550
00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:36,159
I am with Siranna,
inside a Ba'ul structure.
551
00:39:36,249 --> 00:39:38,616
But we have no other indicators
of our position.
552
00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:41,543
We can't get a lock on your coordinates.
553
00:39:41,629 --> 00:39:43,666
Your location must be shielded
from our sensors.
554
00:39:43,756 --> 00:39:46,294
- Have you come in contact with the Ba'ul?
- Yes.
555
00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:49,218
It was... enlightening.
556
00:39:49,304 --> 00:39:50,420
[Burnham] Commander Saru.
557
00:39:50,513 --> 00:39:53,756
We used the Sphere's archives to analyze
your planet's history.
558
00:39:53,850 --> 00:39:55,716
It's far more complex than we thought.
559
00:39:56,269 --> 00:39:57,931
All evidence indicates that...
560
00:39:58,771 --> 00:40:00,888
Kelpiens, in post-Vahar'ai form,
561
00:40:01,691 --> 00:40:03,523
were once the Ba'ul's predators.
562
00:40:04,485 --> 00:40:06,147
That confirms my suspicions.
563
00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:08,820
And the Ba'ul's belief
that after passing Vahar'ai,
564
00:40:08,907 --> 00:40:10,614
my people can only be predators.
565
00:40:11,159 --> 00:40:13,401
They will do anything
to continue the culling.
566
00:40:13,494 --> 00:40:16,032
And to keep more Kelpiens
from learning the truth.
567
00:40:16,122 --> 00:40:20,207
It will not be easy to convince my people
the Great Balance is a deception.
568
00:40:20,877 --> 00:40:22,960
But we must find a way to save them.
569
00:40:23,046 --> 00:40:25,914
Thousands of years of conditioning
will take time to undo.
570
00:40:26,007 --> 00:40:27,498
[Saru] But Siranna is right.
571
00:40:27,592 --> 00:40:31,256
We must demonstrate to Kelpiens
and Ba'ul alike what we could become.
572
00:40:31,346 --> 00:40:32,427
Same way I was shown.
573
00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:36,345
The Sphere.
The Sphere triggered your Vahar'ai.
574
00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:38,551
Yes, but we need
to accelerate the process.
575
00:40:38,645 --> 00:40:40,352
We cannot allow the Ba'ul to take action
576
00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:43,055
before Vahar'ai is complete
for all Kelpiens.
577
00:40:44,150 --> 00:40:48,110
If we isolate the active frequencies
in the Sphere's transmission,
578
00:40:48,196 --> 00:40:50,549
the sound wave should speed up
the biological response rate.
579
00:40:50,573 --> 00:40:51,491
I got it.
580
00:40:51,492 --> 00:40:55,702
[Saru] And the Ba'ul will have no choice
but to face our evolved race.
581
00:40:56,245 --> 00:40:57,281
What if history repeats?
582
00:40:57,372 --> 00:41:00,331
We can't be responsible for the extinction
of the Ba'ul species.
583
00:41:00,416 --> 00:41:02,999
The Ba'ul are still
vastly technologically superior.
584
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:07,046
It'd take the Kelpiens generations
to become a serious threat.
585
00:41:07,131 --> 00:41:10,920
[Saru] During which the Ba'ul could face
the thing they fear most about us.
586
00:41:11,344 --> 00:41:13,961
Not our so-called "baser instincts."
587
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:15,553
Our rage.
588
00:41:16,391 --> 00:41:19,975
But we will prove to them
that we can move beyond it.
589
00:41:20,770 --> 00:41:24,684
We will not perpetuate the cycle.
We will create a new balance.
590
00:41:26,109 --> 00:41:27,725
Captain, I cannot prove it,
591
00:41:27,819 --> 00:41:32,029
but I believe this is
what the signal brought us here to do.
592
00:41:32,115 --> 00:41:33,401
Very well, commander.
593
00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:35,608
Discovery will help you amplify
the signal.
594
00:41:36,369 --> 00:41:37,610
[Burnham] How will we broadcast
595
00:41:37,704 --> 00:41:39,866
the Sphere's transmission
to all the Kelpiens at once?
596
00:41:39,956 --> 00:41:42,915
The same way I made first contact
with Captain Georgiou,
597
00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:46,335
by using the Ba'ul's own technology
against them.
598
00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:48,170
That should do the trick.
599
00:41:48,256 --> 00:41:51,715
Commander Saru, I'm sending you
the modified Sphere transmissions now.
600
00:42:05,690 --> 00:42:06,897
Once I do this...
601
00:42:08,401 --> 00:42:11,314
all Kelpiens, including you,
will begin Vahar'ai.
602
00:42:12,113 --> 00:42:13,604
Everything will change.
603
00:42:14,574 --> 00:42:15,574
I'm afraid...
604
00:42:16,617 --> 00:42:18,324
it will be much more painful.
605
00:42:19,287 --> 00:42:21,244
Like being torn apart from within.
606
00:42:21,664 --> 00:42:25,078
Just promise me, brother,
this will not be the end of our people.
607
00:42:25,168 --> 00:42:26,168
No.
608
00:42:27,211 --> 00:42:29,077
It will be a new beginning.
609
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:34,876
Then let it begin.
610
00:42:44,312 --> 00:42:45,312
[powering up]
611
00:42:45,980 --> 00:42:46,980
[grunting]
612
00:42:50,735 --> 00:42:51,771
[shouting]
613
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:03,412
Bio-sign readings indicate
614
00:43:03,498 --> 00:43:07,117
that Vahar'ai has initiated in 63 percent
of Kelpiens and rising.
615
00:43:07,210 --> 00:43:08,667
[screaming]
616
00:43:16,052 --> 00:43:17,052
I am sorry.
617
00:43:17,386 --> 00:43:18,467
It will be over soon.
618
00:43:20,306 --> 00:43:21,638
[rumbling]
619
00:43:26,729 --> 00:43:30,313
Sir, I'm detecting massive activity
beneath the surface of the lake.
620
00:43:30,399 --> 00:43:31,399
On screen.
621
00:43:32,443 --> 00:43:34,230
There's a structure rising
above the water.
622
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:35,936
At least 15 kilometers in diameter.
623
00:44:12,942 --> 00:44:15,810
- A Ba'ul stronghold.
- Protected by a powerful force field.
624
00:44:15,903 --> 00:44:18,103
Might be where they're holding Saru
and Siranna captive.
625
00:44:18,156 --> 00:44:20,864
Red alert.
Rhys, target that structure's shields.
626
00:44:20,950 --> 00:44:23,790
If we destroy them, we can get a lock
on Saru and his sister's location.
627
00:44:32,503 --> 00:44:33,664
You have survived.
628
00:44:35,923 --> 00:44:37,164
[Ba'ul wailing]
629
00:44:44,765 --> 00:44:46,506
We have angered the Ba'ul.
630
00:44:54,233 --> 00:44:56,190
Owosekun, tell me what I'm looking at.
631
00:44:57,236 --> 00:45:00,195
That Ba'ul structure is activating pylons
across the planet
632
00:45:00,281 --> 00:45:03,615
with an energy buildup capable
of destroying every Kelpien village.
633
00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:06,535
Rather than let them evolve,
the Ba'ul commit genocide?
634
00:45:06,621 --> 00:45:08,237
Bryce, hail these bastards.
635
00:45:08,331 --> 00:45:10,368
Rhys, forget the stronghold.
636
00:45:10,458 --> 00:45:12,245
Get a target lock on those pylons.
637
00:45:12,335 --> 00:45:14,215
- They're not responding, sir.
- Open a channel.
638
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:16,961
This is Captain Pike.
639
00:45:17,548 --> 00:45:20,256
I will not allow you to wipe out
an entire race.
640
00:45:21,010 --> 00:45:24,219
Your fear of the Kelpiens has blinded you
to a peaceful solution.
641
00:45:24,513 --> 00:45:28,097
Starfleet can help you negotiate
a new balance between your two species,
642
00:45:28,184 --> 00:45:29,891
protecting everyone on your world.
643
00:45:30,728 --> 00:45:34,597
However, if you choose...
to murder the entire Kelpien population,
644
00:45:36,108 --> 00:45:37,519
you will become our enemies.
645
00:45:39,445 --> 00:45:40,445
Choose wisely.
646
00:45:44,784 --> 00:45:49,575
Sir, they've activated all 4056 pylons
in every Kelpien village.
647
00:45:49,664 --> 00:45:50,664
Lieutenant Rhys.
648
00:45:50,706 --> 00:45:52,368
Too many pylons to target at once, sir.
649
00:45:52,458 --> 00:45:53,458
Let's get started.
650
00:45:54,210 --> 00:45:55,291
Arm photon torpedoes.
651
00:45:58,381 --> 00:45:59,381
On my order.
652
00:46:04,095 --> 00:46:06,212
The Ba'ul mean to kill us all.
653
00:46:06,305 --> 00:46:07,716
Discovery will stop them.
654
00:46:10,643 --> 00:46:11,643
No, no.
655
00:46:45,928 --> 00:46:48,341
Sir, sensor readings indicate
a massive spike
656
00:46:48,431 --> 00:46:50,969
in electromagnetic radiation
in the Ba'ul structure.
657
00:46:51,058 --> 00:46:53,641
The pulse deactivated all the pylons
across Kaminar.
658
00:46:53,728 --> 00:46:55,890
Rhys, hold fire.
What the hell is happening?
659
00:46:55,980 --> 00:46:59,314
Ba'ul weapons and shields are disabled.
I can't get a reading on what caused it.
660
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:03,235
The technology required to generate
electric and magnetic fields that wide...
661
00:47:03,654 --> 00:47:04,986
This should be impossible.
662
00:47:30,431 --> 00:47:32,514
That is what you came to find.
663
00:47:36,062 --> 00:47:37,062
A savior.
664
00:48:13,808 --> 00:48:16,050
Siranna, what has happened?
665
00:48:16,727 --> 00:48:18,764
How have we survived Vahar'ai?
666
00:48:19,355 --> 00:48:21,768
The truth has survived.
667
00:48:22,817 --> 00:48:26,401
It is time for a true balance
to be restored.
668
00:48:37,248 --> 00:48:39,205
You do not have to be afraid anymore.
669
00:48:49,427 --> 00:48:50,508
[sighs]
670
00:48:58,894 --> 00:48:59,894
[door opens]
671
00:49:09,363 --> 00:49:10,363
What's this?
672
00:49:11,157 --> 00:49:14,741
Commander Saru's report,
shared in the spirit of cooperation.
673
00:49:15,828 --> 00:49:18,161
Thanks to Commander Saru's
enhanced eyesight,
674
00:49:18,622 --> 00:49:20,534
he got a better look at the Red Angel.
675
00:49:21,083 --> 00:49:24,247
"The entity appears to be a humanoid,
676
00:49:25,588 --> 00:49:26,999
wearing a mechanized suit...
677
00:49:27,715 --> 00:49:31,299
exhibiting technology far beyond
present Federation capabilities."
678
00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:32,969
So...
679
00:49:33,888 --> 00:49:34,888
it's someone.
680
00:49:36,015 --> 00:49:37,472
And whether human or alien...
681
00:49:38,517 --> 00:49:40,179
it has extremely advanced technology.
682
00:49:40,269 --> 00:49:43,307
Someone who is manipulating the fates
of entire species.
683
00:49:44,732 --> 00:49:47,395
Control, which models Section 31's
threat assessments,
684
00:49:47,485 --> 00:49:49,317
is probably rightfully alarmed by...
685
00:49:50,654 --> 00:49:51,654
What is it?
686
00:49:52,823 --> 00:49:55,281
A time-traveling being,
pursuing its own agenda?
687
00:49:59,121 --> 00:50:00,328
When we forced the Ba'ul
688
00:50:00,414 --> 00:50:03,122
to decentralize their power
across the entire planet...
689
00:50:04,001 --> 00:50:06,835
the Red Angel took advantage
of their temporary exposure,
690
00:50:06,921 --> 00:50:11,291
and used its advanced technology
to save the Kelpiens from genocide.
691
00:50:11,383 --> 00:50:14,251
And what happens when
that technology is turned against us?
692
00:50:16,013 --> 00:50:17,379
Section 31...
693
00:50:19,517 --> 00:50:21,600
and Control's threat-assessment models...
694
00:50:22,728 --> 00:50:23,809
seem a bit paranoid.
695
00:50:26,315 --> 00:50:28,147
You're aware we're no longer at war?
696
00:50:28,234 --> 00:50:30,317
And we don't want to end up in one again.
697
00:50:31,237 --> 00:50:35,106
This last war, sir,
took a toll on those who fought it.
698
00:50:36,909 --> 00:50:38,525
Some of us are still torn apart.
699
00:50:58,931 --> 00:51:00,012
[sighs]
700
00:51:01,350 --> 00:51:03,558
I felt the same way
the first time I saw it.
701
00:51:04,687 --> 00:51:06,053
Looking down on our planet.
702
00:51:06,647 --> 00:51:07,647
Our home.
703
00:51:08,691 --> 00:51:10,148
Well, you took home with you.
704
00:51:11,485 --> 00:51:12,771
The seeds of it, yes.
705
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:18,274
This little garden was all I had,
for so many years.
706
00:51:19,034 --> 00:51:20,034
But I realized...
707
00:51:21,662 --> 00:51:23,779
there was so much more out there.
708
00:51:28,627 --> 00:51:32,041
You could come with me, Siranna,
if you wanted to see it.
709
00:51:33,173 --> 00:51:34,664
Just for a while.
710
00:51:37,177 --> 00:51:38,177
No.
711
00:51:39,013 --> 00:51:40,345
I must stay for my people.
712
00:51:41,473 --> 00:51:42,839
There is a long road ahead.
713
00:51:44,101 --> 00:51:45,763
Our minds must truly be free
714
00:51:45,853 --> 00:51:48,516
before Kelpien
and Ba'ul accept each other.
715
00:51:51,066 --> 00:51:53,228
But I am happy, brother.
716
00:51:54,153 --> 00:51:56,645
I know you did not leave Kaminar in fear,
717
00:51:57,823 --> 00:51:58,904
but in hope.
718
00:52:00,409 --> 00:52:02,401
And you brought that hope back with you.
719
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:04,361
You and your Red Angel.
720
00:52:06,498 --> 00:52:07,579
[sighs]
721
00:52:32,608 --> 00:52:35,772
You are welcome to return home
whenever you would like, brother.
722
00:52:37,321 --> 00:52:39,358
I will, sister.
723
00:53:11,855 --> 00:53:13,096
Thank you, Michael.
724
00:53:16,318 --> 00:53:17,318
I'm reminded...
725
00:53:17,861 --> 00:53:18,977
Do you know Aeschylus?
726
00:53:19,071 --> 00:53:22,690
An ancient Greek tragedian,
born circa 525 B.C.
727
00:53:23,409 --> 00:53:25,947
"He who learns must suffer.
728
00:53:27,037 --> 00:53:28,369
And even in our sleep..."
729
00:53:29,081 --> 00:53:35,169
"Pain that cannot forget falls
drop by drop upon the heart."
730
00:53:42,886 --> 00:53:47,677
Knowing that my sister has a chance
to evolve,
731
00:53:48,559 --> 00:53:50,050
to live a full life,
732
00:53:51,562 --> 00:53:53,645
it makes me feel I can endure anything.
733
00:53:56,525 --> 00:53:59,017
I am sure, given the opportunity,
734
00:54:00,195 --> 00:54:02,437
you would do the same
for your own brother.
735
00:54:05,617 --> 00:54:06,617
If I could find him.
736
00:54:13,542 --> 00:54:16,706
But seeing you with Siranna
has made one thing very clear to me.
737
00:54:17,296 --> 00:54:18,296
And that is?
738
00:54:20,257 --> 00:54:21,623
I need to go home, as well.
739
00:54:23,385 --> 00:54:24,385
To Vulcan.