[Bird-of-Prey bridge]
I have established the link. Put it on viewer. ...It's working. The VISOR's
transmitting. Where is he?
(Doctor Crusher appears on the viewscreen) CRUSHER (on viewscreen): (silent) Don't worry,
there's been no permanent damage. Your heart is perfectly fine. There's been a little arterial
damage. Human females are so repulsive.
[Enterprise-D sickbay]
CRUSHER: There's a myocardial degeneration. I've removed the nanaprobe and I think you're
going to be fine. I'll need to run some more tests. I'll let you know.
Thanks, Doc. Data, it's okay.
I am sorry I let you down. I have not been behaving like myself lately.
No Data, you haven't. You've been behaving like a human.
[Veridian III mountaintop]
You don't need to do this, Soran. ...I'm sure we could find another way of getting you into
this Nexus. I've spent eighty years looking for another
way. Believe me, this is the only one. (Soran presses some buttons on a keypad and
a rocket reveals itself on the launcher) What you're about to do Soran, is no different
from when the Borg destroyed your world. They killed millions too, ...including your wife
...and children. Nice try. ...You know, there was a time when
I wouldn't hurt a fly. Then the Borg came. And they showed me that if there is one constant
in this whole universe. ...It's death. ...Afterwards I began to realise it didn't really matter.
We're all going to die sometime. It's just a question of how and when. You will too,
Captain. Aren't you beginning to feel time gaining on you? ...It's like a predator. It's
stalking you. ...Oh, you can try and outrun it with doctors, medicines, new technologies,
but in the end time is going to hunt you down, ...and make the kill.
It's our mortality that defines us, Soran. It's part of the truth of our existence.
What if I told you I've found a new truth. The Nexus?
Time has no meaning there. The predator has no teeth.
[Bird-of-Prey bridge]
Where is he now? He bathed. Now he's roaming the ship. ...He
must be the only Engineer who doesn't go to engineering.
[Enterprise-D bridge]
Any luck, Mister Worf? No sir. I still cannot locate the Captain.
The sensors still cannot penetrate the planet biosphere. There's too much interference.
Can you find a way to scan for lifeforms? I would be happy to, sir. I just love scanning
for lifeforms. ...'Life forms, ...you tiny little lifeforms, ...you precious little life
forms, ...where are you.'