Previously on
Star Trek: Discovery...
Section 31?
Shes tracking a suspected murderer.
Mr. Spock is one of mine.
I think there may be a connection between Spock
and the signals around the universe.
Spock drew those images.
What is it?
He called it the Red Angel.
That vision changed him forever.
Ive seen this angel, too.
I watched Tyler kill you.
I held your body.
He is alive.
Were getting you out of here.
Something has grabbed us out of warp, sir.
Were locked into place.
Some kind of a life-form?
It must need something.
Its trying to send us a message.
Because it wants to be remembered, preserve
its history using
Discovery.
Its final act was to save us.
We have recorded everything
it has seen and experienced.
The Sphere is triggering the Kelpien biological
process known as
Vaharai.
Signals when Kelpiens are
ready for slaughter by the Baul,
the predator species
on my homeworld of Kaminar.
You are the only one who knows me.
You replaced the sister I had on Kaminar.
Your vital signs have returned to normal.
I have never felt this way before.
Fear is gone.
What my people have accepted as the truth is a lie?
We all come from somewhere.
We carry that place with us wherever we go.
That never leaves our hearts.
Not entirely.
Hows it going in here?
Oh, my- well,
without Airiam, we would have spent months
trying to sort through the Spheres data.
But none of us can predict...
Okay, look at this. This is incredible.
...where our voyage will lead.
The data collection of the Sphere isnt random.
Oh, no, its not random at all.
Its actually an impossibly sophisticated repository
of... like, a slice of the galaxys history.
Its like this delicious slice of galaxy pie.
We may suffer losses along the way,
but we can hope to learn and grow from those experiences.
And from those who accompany us
on our journey.
It is almost inconceivable
to have you back with us, Dr. Culber.
Inconceivable, yeah.
There isnt a test or a, a scan Dr. Pollard hasnt run on me.
Well, you appear yourself.
Well, I dont feel like myself.
Enduring something no one thought possible
can be transformative.
Perhaps,
perhaps, in feeling less like you were,
you are more like who you were meant to become.
Commander Saru?
Your results.
The most evident anatomical change from the Kelpien advent
of your
Vahar...
Vaharai.
Thank you.
With the loss of your threat ganglia,
the cartilage that housed it is reorganizing to accommodate
a new type of keratin-based tissue.
It looks like spikes growing in like teeth.
Does that sound right?
I would not know.
Did you discover anything that might affect me psychologically?
These are your neurotransmitter expression patterns,
last year versus today.
With you as my only Kelpien specimen-
forgive the term- its difficult to say
with certainty what these changes mean.
But if I had to guess,
Id say your fear responses are being repressed.
What is a Kelpien without fear?
I am losing the very thing that defines me.
I am stumbling in the dark.
And yet I cannot help but feel
that somewhere within the unknown,
there is purpose.
And that we are being guided toward it.
Its Section 31s position
that if the entity were calling the Red Angel
is in fact generating these signals,
its also capable of time incursions.
And should be considered dangerous.
So far, these signals have led the
Discovery
on two rescue missions.
Or two catastrophic events.
Does the Angel merely appear at these crisis points,
or is it creating them?
We have to consider both options.
So lets consider.
The Red Angel appeared on Earth and transported people
to Terralysium only moments before
they would have died in a nuclear blast.
It also guided Spock to rescue me when I was
a child on Vulcan.
Ive seen the drawings
from Spocks time in the psychiatric unit.
Look, can either of you say for sure
this thing didnt cause his nervous breakdown?
Spock made no mention of the Red Angel
when he asked for leave from the
Enterprise.
But Agent Tylers correct, Captain.
With so few data points, it is impossible
to draw conclusions based on its nature and motivations.
We need more information.
What we need is Spock.
Captain Leland has devoted significant
Section 31 resources to finding him.
But were coming up empty-handed.
As his sister, can you think of anywhere
Spock might have gone?
Someplace we might not have thought to look?
SARU Captain,
you are needed on the bridge.
What is it?
We have detected a new signal.
Where is it this time?
Outside of Federation space.
Ah.
Acquiring coordinates.
On screen.
We have a lock, sir.
The signal is over an M-class planet.
Its listed in the Federation database as...
Kaminar.
Commander Saru, thats...
Yes.
Kaminar is my homeworld.
♪
(original
Star Trek
theme plays)
Kaminar is populated by two sentient species:
my people- the Kelpiens- and the Baul.
The Baul are your predators.
The Baul achieved warp capability 20 years ago.
Archimedes
made first contact with them
after receiving a transmission from Kaminar.
But once communication was established,
the Baul High Council proved hostile.
So why did the Baul send
a transmission in the first place?
They...
did not.
That transmission was from me.
I coopted the Bauls technology
in order to send a message, with the hope
that someone, somewhere, would receive it.
And that someone was Captain Georgiou.
She was a lieutenant then,
serving on the
Archimedes.
Were it not for her, I would have been unable
to flee Kaminar or be granted asylum.
I promised never to return.
That was the price of knowledge.
And now, of the billions of planets
in our galaxy, the signal just happens
to show up above the homeworld of my first officer.
What are the odds?
It certainly isnt random.
Discoverys
taken a serious interest in the Red Angel.
Could be its returning the favor.
Thats a leap. Commander Saru,
are there angels of any sort in Kelpien culture?
Kelpiens believe only in the Great Balance,
which, if upset, would devastate
the fragile ecosystem of our planet.
And we are taught that the Baul are the keepers of this balance.
Do the Kelpiens worship the Baul?
It is their superior technology, of which Kelpiens live in awe,
that allows the Baul mastery over my people.
They hide behind it.
No Kelpien has even seen a Baul in living memory.
It is the same technology
they use to keep Starfleet at arms length.
So we shouldnt expect a warm welcome.
The Baul are, by nature, isolationist.
And theyre committed to preserving
the status quo on Kaminar.
Well, they must have seen
the signal, too.
Maybe they wouldnt mind an offer to share information.
Depending on how theyre approached.
Well, lets knock on the front door and see if they answer.
And then what? Just ask nicely?
Well, as unexpected guests, it never hurts to be polite.
Prepare to disengage warp power.
Sir, stopping out of warp above Kaminar.
The signal disappeared
before we arrived.
What else is new?
Mr. Bryce, hail the Baul on all channels.
Commander Burnham, run planetary and full-spectrum scans
on anything resembling our elusive angel.
And any power source capable of generating these signals.
The Baul are not responding, sir.
Thats not entirely true, sir.
Theyre scanning our weapons systems.
Just our weapons systems.
So much for knocking on the front door.
Maybe the Baul just
havent learned the importance of a good first impression.
Burnham?
I see no indication the Red Angel was here.
Or any immediate danger to the planet.
Then why are we here? Anybody?
Youre assuming the signals only appear for a reason.
Yes, Mr. Tyler, thats exactly what Im assuming.
Why wont the Baul respond?
Perhaps,
as I have said, it is because they are oppressors.
And even had the Baul answered our hails,
why would you trust those who have enslaved my people
for centuries with fear and lies?
Your insights are invaluable,
Mr. Saru.
But the signal appeared here.
And maybe the Red Angel, too.
If you have any idea how I could make inquiries without...
There is a Kelpien priest in every village.
Priests not only serve as intermediaries
between us and the Baul, but they also connect
all of our extended communities together.
So if the Red Angel appeared on Kaminar,
then a priest might be able to tell us about it.
Wouldnt that be a violation of General Order 1?
Though the Kelpiens
arent warp capable, theyve seen warp-capable technology
through the Baul,
and they know about spaceflight.
First contact with the Kelpiens by Starfleet
is a judgment call,
but our mission to investigate these signals
would seem to require it.
We can stretch General Order 1,
but lets try not to break it in the process.
Burnham,
as a xenoanthropologist,
I think youre uniquely qualified
to talk to a village priest.
Sir,
I am the logical choice.
I offer my experience.
To disregard it is to disregard the suffering
of generations of Kelpiens.
Given all that suffering,
youre the most complicated choice.
Do you doubt my ability to carry out the mission?
Of course not.
But at present, we lack a full understanding
of the biological...
and behavioral changes youre undergoing.
I can assure you, Captain, I am still very much myself.
I can only imagine the pressure you might feel to share
the truth with your people about
Vaharai.
Are you suggesting that I might be incapable
of following Starfleet regulations?
Or that I would disobey your orders?
Captain.
Kelpiens have no knowledge of Starfleet
or any other inhabited worlds.
Even though General Order 1 allows contact,
my arrival could come as a complete shock to them.
Commander Saru would be invaluable to have by my side.
All right.
But Ill remind you both, were here to gather information
about the signals and the Red Angel,
not start a war between the Kelpiens and the Baul.
Mr. Saru?
My duty, first and foremost, is to
Discoverys
mission, sir.
I never doubt that.
Start in your own village.
Maybe theyll be glad to see you.
So, uh,
what did the scan say?
Read em yourself.
All normal.
Youre you.
Yes and no.
Brain patterns and neural impulses are identical,
but this body
was entirely reconstituted from your DNA.
Its brand-new down to the last molecule. You are,
for lack of a better word, pristine.
My scar, its gone.
It is?
I hadnt noticed that.
What scar?
Oh, the scar he chose to keep.
You never told her the story?
He was hiking the cliffs of Cabo Rojo, alone.
I was 16...
And apparently indestructible.
The path he was on gave way,
and he fell 30 meters.
15, actually.
Well, enough to puncture your shoulder.
He wouldve bled out, too,
if it werent for a certain Dr. Kashkooli,
who was half a kilometer behind him.
She risked her own life to climb down and help him.
She stitched his wound up with a fishing line.
Gave him a very
sexy scar
and inspired him to go to medical school
and become the man he is today.
It is weird not seeing it on you.
So, um...
...i-if my senses feel a little off, its...
Its because your new nervous system is still adjusting.
Id like to continue monitoring you, but I believe
youre ready to resume your normal life soon.
That pylon.
It isnt Kelpien, is it?
No.
The Baul have erected one in each village to observe us.
It has earned them a fitting name among my people:
the Watchful Eye.
This pylon is connected to an incredibly vast network.
Must have taken the Baul generations
to integrate their technology and ideology
into Kelpien society.
Our two species have become so intertwined that,
outside their technology,
it is difficult to discern what is purely us
and what is distinctly them.
Where is everyone?
The days work is done.
It will soon be nightfall.
Kelpiens rarely venture out in the dark.
I led this life once.
If I didnt know your people were oppressed,
Id think Kaminar was a paradise.
Well, in many ways, it is.
We live in harmony with each other,
in a world without hunger or poverty.
The only violence we know is the culling,
which Kelpiens have been misled to accept
as a mercy by the Baul.
And our priests sustain that belief.
Didnt you say your father was a priest?
Yes, he was a collaborator,
albeit an unwitting one,
enforcing the grip the Baul had on my people.
Saru...
For 18 years,
I dreamt of returning to my village.
It has not changed at all.
But I see it...
quite differently now.
These are the same flowers from your quarters.
Fredalia, yes.
They do not grow quite so well on a starship.
Brother?
Siranna!
Saru!
Youre alive.
Oh, but how?
We thought you were dead.
Taken by the Watchful Eye for questions
you should not have asked.
Oh...
Where have you been all this time?
Siranna, 18 years ago,
I thought I could find my future in the stars,
and I did. Uh...
I was welcomed
by an interstellar service called Starfleet,
committed to peace and the exploration of our galaxy.
An organization far more powerful than the Baul.
I found a new life.
What are you?
Im human. My name is Michael.
I come from a planet called Earth,
and I work with your brother on the starship
Discovery.
How is it that we can understand one another?
This device.
Its able to translate over a thousand languages.
You mean to say there are a thousand life-forms out there?
Oh, not just a thousand- hundreds of thousands.
So different and yet...
The galaxy?
Space travel?
Do humans from Earth drink tea?
Oh, how I have missed the fredalia tea of home.
We were blessed with a bountiful harvest this year.
Oh, you sound just like Father.
Where is he?
Father reached his
Vaharai and joined the Great Balance
not long after you... left us.
How could you?
And never even let us know that you were still alive?
I thought it would be safer for you to believe I was dead.
Safer?
We believed you had outraged the Watchful Eye.
We spent years in agony, fearing retribution.
I dreamed of our reunion, brother.
I could not be more sorry, Siranna.
This is a longer conversation.
But I sense that is not the reason you are here.
I...
Were looking for an entity
that we call the Red Angel.
We have reason to believe that it appeared here on Kaminar.
Is it another life-form?
We do not yet know what it is, only that it appears
in conjunction with a red burst of light in the sky
and in places of crisis.
The fiery sign... I saw it.
Have you seen or heard anything that might be this Red Angel?
Maybe from the priests
in the other villages?
This is why you have returned?
I should have known you did not come back for me.
Siranna, I ask you to...
You ran away because you were
not brave enough to face the Balance as the rest of us do.
Whats happening?
The Baul.
They must have observed your return.
Once again you disturb the Great Balance
and put our village in danger.
You must leave now!
We wont be safe until youre gone.
Siranna, this might be the last time we ever see each other.
Return to the stars, Saru. There is no place for you here.
Theyre coming.
Discovery,
beam us back.
Yellow alert.
Commander Saru, Commander Burnham,
please report to the bridge.
Whatever you did, the Baul are hailing us now.
Im going to guess its not to invite us to a welcome party.
Communication channel established.
Its audio-only.
Mr. Saru, I think it would be best
if you stay out of this conversation.
This is Captain Christopher Pike of the USS
Discovery...
You have taken what belongs to us.
What have we taken, exactly?
A Kelpien.
Starfleet promised
that it would not meddle in the internal affairs of our planet.
Were investigating the signal that appeared over your planet,
which Im sure you noticed.
These signals are typically followed by the arrival
of an entity we call the Red Angel.
Are you familiar with it?
The Red Angel may pose a threat to Kaminars Great Balance.
Our mutual interest lies only
in keeping the peace, which we all...
No one is safer than under the Watchful Eye.
Return the Kelpien to us,
and we will allow you to leave without harm.
I am not yours to be returned!
Mr. Saru.
I am brother
to Siranna, who lives a life of oppression.
I am son of Aradar,
who died needlessly at your hands.
The Kelpien speaks.
I am Commander Saru,
the first and only Kelpien to join Starfleet,
and I know the truth about
Vaharai.
The Great Balance is the only truth,
and it must not be disturbed.
Your lies no longer work on me.
I survived myVaharai
and I know that it means not death
but evolution, an evolution you murder my people to suppress.
Commander...
You think you know everything, Kelpien,
but you do not even know what you are.
Captain, I detect
ten Baul sentry ships on an intercept course.
Shields up. Red alert. Show me what were dealing with.
♪
Baul ships are powering up their weapons.
Warm up the phasers. Aye, Captain.
Whoever is listening to my voice,
I advise that you consider
your next move very carefully.
Give us the Kelpien.
Commander Saru is a political asylum seeker
and a Starfleet officer,
protected by the Federation.
You would risk the lives of your own people
for one Kelpien?
This Kelpien
is
our people.
And to defend him, I will do whatever I deem necessary.
As will we.
The Baul are activating the pylon
in Commander Sarus village.
You have interfered
in the affairs of this village.
If you do not return the Kelpien,
therell be blood on your hands.
The pylons are weaponized.
They mean to destroy my village.
We have to...
Mr. Saru!
You will remove yourself from the bridge.
But, Captain...
Thats an order.
Red alert.
All crew to their assigned stations.
♪
You are relieved from duty.
Sir? Get out.
Saru, I know what youre doing.
Move off the transporter pad now.
Or what, Michael?
I dont want to use this.
But youre not thinking clearly, Saru.
I have never felt more clarity than in this moment.
This is the only way.
Would you not do the same for your own brother?
Sir, someone is beaming down to planet surface.
What? Who is it?
Burnham to the bridge. Its Commander Saru.
Hes surrendering himself.
Damn it.
Captain, the sentry ships are powering down their weapons.
Ops, track Sarus signal.
A Baul ship has taken him.
Theyre traveling toward... Ive lost the signal, sir.
Hes gone.
Well, with 100,000 years worth of data,
there has to be some information about Kaminar
in the Spheres archive.
Well, what precisely are we looking for?
When the Baul learned that Saru
had survived his
Vaharai,
their determination to capture him increased.
It was as if his continued existence threatened them.
You think the Baul are hiding something?
I think they know more about the changes
brought on by
Vaharai than the Kelpiens do.
And I think theyre willing to do
almost anything to keep that secret.
Will they kill Saru?
Not if we can find out what theyre hiding in time.
And there has to be something in the Spheres archive.
There has to be.
Well, thats what Airiam and I are here for.
We will find it.
There it is.
When I said "we," I just meant Airiam.
The Sphere did collect readings from Kaminar.
Thousands of years worth of statistical measurements.
Transfer it over to this station, please.
And when Saru challenged the Baul, they said,
"You do not even know what you are."
So, what is Saru?
Siranna?!
Brother?
Oh, why did the Watchful Eye take me?
It is not yet my time.
My sister has nothing to do with this!
I am the one you wanted.
Why did you have to return?
Everyone else thought you were dead.
But the night you disappeared,
I saw the light rising into the sky.
I became a priest to seek that light.
To seek you.
Your face is beautiful to me,
but part of me hoped I would never see it again.
Because it might mean you were free.
No! No.
Stop!
♪
Fascinating.
Airiam, can you identify
historical biological records from Kaminars surface?
Searching...
Yes, bio-signs were archived by the Sphere.
Um, actually, I can use those current readings of the Baul
to distinguish their bio-signs from the Kelpiens.
Right, and we can cross-reference
Sarus medical records
to isolate the
post-Vaharai
Kelpiens
historic bio-signs from the rest of their species.
The Baul could only know about
the evolutionary consequences of
Vaharai
if, at one time, they experienced them.
Otherwise, why does it threaten them?
Well, if we, uh, go back 2,300 years, uh,
theres a significant portion of the Kelpiens were like Saru.
They survived
Vaharai?
The blue represents evolved Kelpiens,
green unevolved, red Baul.
Sorry, that...
that doesnt look right.
The Baul narrowly escaped extinction.
Then they turned around
and wiped out the evolved Kelpiens.
Leaving only unevolved Kelpiens, but...
Wait, so all this would mean that...
The Baul were originally the prey species.
So they would think of Saru as a...
Predator.
♪
The first Kelpien
to pass its
Vaharai
in over 2,000 years,
and your primal, feral responses
are the same as centuries ago.
Your kind can never govern itself.
The Federation has no idea
what they have welcomed into their ranks.
They gave me the chance stolen by the Baul.
Your species does not deserve a second chance.
The Great Balance is the only way to ensure
you do not destroy everything in your path.
The Great Balance is a lie
you created to defend yourselves from us,
and to absolve yourselves of murder.
In truth, you are frail.
You would be helpless without your technology.
We will never allow the past to be repeated.
No threat to the Great Balance will go unanswered.
You cannot maintain what you think of as peace
by continuing to cull us.
Kelpiens are more than our instincts.
You are the only two Kelpiens to know the truth.
You will undergo analysis and be neutralized.
The truth will be contained.
Wait!
No, please, stop!
Siranna!
It is true, then.
You have survived
Vaharai?
Yes.
I am what we used to become.
The form we were meant to take.
The Great Balance...
our sacrifice to the Watchful Eye...
It was all a lie.
Forced upon us by the Baul.
That stole our mother and father from us.
And generations of Kelpiens, beyond reckoning.
And it must end.
The Baul used their technological advantage
to lock the Kelpiens into subservience,
allowing them to live
while eliminating the threat they posed.
And thats why the Baul are afraid.
Well, if we can help them understand
that Saru is not a threat,
that his people need not be a threat...
Sir, were receiving a hail...
from the Baul.
We should accept it.
Discovery, this is Commander Saru.
Its good to hear your voice, Commander.
I am with Siranna, inside a Baul structure.
But we have no other indicators
of our position.
We cant seem to get a lock on your coordinates either.
Your location must be shielded from our sensors.
Have you come in contact with the Baul?
Yes. It was...
enlightening.
Commander Saru,
we used the Spheres archives
to analyze your planets history,
and its far more complex than we thought.
All evidence indicates that
Kelpiens, in
post-Vaharai
form,
were once the Bauls predators.
That confirms my suspicions.
And the Bauls belief that,
after passing
Vaharai,
my people can only be predators.
They will do anything to continue the culling.
And to keep more Kelpiens from learning the truth.
It will not be easy to convince my people
the Great Balance is a deception,
but we must find a way to save them.
Thousands of years of conditioning
will take time to undo.
But Siranna is right.
We must demonstrate to Kelpiens
and Baul alike what we could become.
The same way I was shown.
The Sphere.
The Sphere triggered your
Vaharai.
Yes, but we need to accelerate the process.
We cannot allow the Baul
to take action before
Vaharai is complete for all Kelpiens.
If we isolate the active frequencies
in the Spheres transmission, the corresponding sound wave
should speed up the biological response, right?
I got it.
And the Baul will have no choice
but to face our evolved race.
What if history repeats itself?
We cant be responsible for the extinction of the Baul species.
But the Baul are still vastly technologically superior.
It would take the Kelpiens generations
to become a serious threat.
Generations during which the Baul could face
the thing they fear most about us.
Not our so-called baser instincts.
Our rage.
But we will prove to them that we can move beyond it.
We will not perpetuate the cycle.
We will create
a new balance.
Captain, I cannot prove it,
but I believe this is what the signal brought us here to do.
Very well, Commander.
Discovery
will help you amplify the signal.
How will we broadcast the Spheres transmission
to all the Kelpiens at once?
The same way I made first contact
with Captain Georgiou.
By using the Bauls own technology against them.
That should do the trick.
Commander Saru, Im sending you the modified
Sphere transmissions now.
Once I do this,
all Kelpiens, including you, will begin
Vaharai.
Everything will change.
Im afraid itll be much more painful,
like being torn apart from within.
Just promise me, brother,
that this will not be the end of our people.
No. It will be a new beginning.
Then let it begin.
Bio-sign readings indicate that
Vaharai
has initiated in 63% of Kelpiens and rising.
Im sorry. It will be over soon.
Sir, Im detecting massive activity
beneath the surface of the lake.
On screen.
Theres a structure rising above the water.
At least 50 kilometers in diameter.
A Baul stronghold.
Protected by a powerful force field.
That might be where theyre holding
Commander Saru and Siranna captive.
Red alert. Rhys, target that structures shields.
If we destroy them, maybe we can get a lock on Saru
and his sisters location.
You have survived.
We have angered the Baul.
Owosekun, tell me what Im looking at.
That Baul structure is activating pylons
across the planet,
with an energy buildup capable of destroying
every Kelpien village.
Rather than let them evolve,
the Baul are committing genocide?
Bryce, hail these bastards.
Rhys, forget the stronghold. Get a target lock
on those pylons.
Theyre not responding, sir.
Open a channel.
This is Captain Pike. I will not allow you
to wipe out an entire race.
Your fear of the Kelpiens has blinded you
to a peaceful solution.
Starfleet can help you negotiate a new balance
between your two species,
protecting everyone on your world.
However, if you choose
to murder the entire Kelpien population...
...you will become our enemies.
Choose wisely.
Sir, theyve activated all 4,056 pylons
in every Kelpien village.
Lieutenant Rhys?
There are too many pylons to target at once, sir.
Lets get started.
Arm photon torpedoes.
On my order.
The Baul mean to kill us all!
Discovery
will stop them.
No, no!
Sir, sensor readings indicate
a massive spike in electromagnetic radiation
in the Baul structure.
The pulse has deactivated all the pylons across Kaminar.
Rhys, hold your fire.
What the hell is happening?
The Baul weapons and shields have all been disabled,
but I cant get a reading on what caused it.
The technology required to generate
electric and magnetic fields that wide...
This should be impossible.
That is what you came to find.
A savior.
Siranna, what has happened?
How have we survived
Vaharai?
The truth has survived.
It is time for a true balance to be restored.
You do not have to be afraid anymore.
MAN Attention, all personnel...
Whats this?
Commander Sarus report,
shared in the spirit of cooperation.
Thanks to Commander Sarus enhanced eyesight,
he was able to get a better look at the Red Angel.
"The entity appears to be a humanoid
"wearing a mechanized suit,
"exhibiting technology far beyond
present Federation capabilities."
So, its
someone.
And whether human or alien,
it has extremely advanced technology.
Someone who is manipulating the fates of entire species.
Control,
which models Section 31s threat assessments,
is probably rightfully alarmed by...
what is it? A...
a time-traveling being pursuing its own agenda?
When we forced the Baul to decentralize their power
across the entire planet,
the Red Angel took advantage of their temporary exposure
and used its advanced technology
to save the Kelpiens from genocide.
And what happens when that technology
is turned against us?
Section 31...
and Controls threat-assessment models...
seem a bit paranoid.
Youre aware were no longer at war?
And we dont want to end up in one again.
This last war, sir, took a toll
on those who fought it.
Some of us are still torn apart.
I felt the same way
the first time I saw it,
looking down on our planet, our home.
Well, you took home with you.
Well, seeds of it, yes.
This little garden was all I had for so many years.
But I realized
there was so much more out there.
You could come with me, Siranna,
if you wanted to see it.
Just for a while.
No.
I must stay for my people.
There is a long road ahead,
Our minds must truly be free
before Kelpien and Baul accept each other.
But I am happy, brother.
I know you did not leave Kaminar in fear,
but in hope.
And you brought that hope back with you.
You and your Red Angel.
You are welcome to return home
whenever you would like, brother.
I will, sister.
Thank you, Michael.
Im reminded. Do you know Aeschylus?
An ancient Greek tragedian,
born circa 525 BC.
"He who learns must suffer.
And even in our sleep..."
"Pain that cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart."
Knowing that my sister has a chance to evolve,
to live a full life,
it makes me feel I can endure anything.
I am sure, given the opportunity,
you would do the same for your own brother.
If I could find him.
But seeing you with Siranna
has made one thing very clear to me.
And that is?
I need to go home as well.
To Vulcan.