- [last lines]
- Seven of Nine: I've spent the last three years struggling to regain my humanity. I'm afraid I may have lost it again in that arena.
- Tuvok: You're experiencing difficult emotions.
- Seven of Nine: Guilt... shame, remorse.
- Tuvok: Then you haven't lost your humanity. You have reaffirmed it.
- Seven of Nine: Two hours, thirty-seven minutes, thirteen seconds. That's how long we've gone without verbal communication.
- Tuvok: Why is that remarkable?
- Seven of Nine: The Doctor encourages me to engage in conversation during awkward silences.
- Tuvok: Did you find the silence awkward?
- Seven of Nine: No.
- Tuvok: Nor did I.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: And don't forget to keep tabs on Neelix' little project in the mess hall.
- Chakotay: He's still trying to enhance the plasma burners in his stove?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: With some of Seven's Borg technology. I don't want him accidentally turning the galley into an assimilation chamber.
- [a big bowl with yellow fluid stands in the kitchen]
- B'Elanna Torres: Tell me that's not lunch.
- Neelix: It's leola ointment for my skin.
- Chakotay: What happened?
- Neelix: I... I was so excited to visit one of those beautiful Norcadian beaches, uh, that I forgot to take my dermaline hypospray. I fell asleep - under... two suns.
- B'Elanna Torres: Ouch.
- Neelix: It's a... a little more color than I was hoping for, but it'll be a beautiful amber before you know it.
- [Paris observes Seven preparing several containers for an away mission]
- Tom Paris: How long are you planning on being gone?
- Seven of Nine: Approximately 48 hours.
- Tom Paris: [laughs] Just like B'Elanna.
- Seven of Nine: Clarify.
- Tom Paris: Well, she overpacks, too.
- Seven of Nine: I haven't overpacked. I simply wish to be prepared for any contingency.
- Tom Paris: [holds up a piece of equipment] And... what contingency is this for?
- Seven of Nine: That's an isomodulator, enhanced to correct hull ablation in the event we encounter a meteoroid stream.
- Tom Paris: Well, couldn't you just replicate an isomodulator?
- Seven of Nine: I prefer this one.
- Tom Paris: Oh, I get it. You like to have your own things with you. B'Elanna's the same way. You know, she'd never admit it, but she still takes a stuffed animal with her whenever she's gonna be away for more than a day. 'Toby the Targ.'
- Seven of Nine: Can Toby the Targ correct hull ablation? Your comparison is flawed.
- The Champion: You're no bigger than a Tarkanian field mouse. Penk's insulting me by putting you in the Pit to face me.
- Seven of Nine: I must warn you: I possess superior strength.
- The Champion: I'm trembling.
- [Harry considers challenging Chakotay to a boxing match]
- Harry Kim: I can take a punch.
- B'Elanna Torres: Careful, Harry. Legend has it that the Tattooed Terror has put more men in sickbay than the Ankaran flu.
- Tom Paris: Yeah, you wouldn't want to bruise your clarinet fingers.
- [the Doctor invites Neelix to join him in visiting a museum of entomology rather than attend a Tsunkatse match]
- Neelix: Hmm, alien bugs or alien fisticuffs? Oh, that's a tough one.
- B'Elanna Torres: There's another match scheduled at 1500.
- Chakotay: I've got a systems diagnostic.
- B'Elanna Torres: Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're in command until the Captain gets back.
- Chakotay: What's your point?
- B'Elanna Torres: Delegate. I happen to know that Harry's free this afternoon.
- Chakotay: Lieutenant, you're not suggesting I abuse my power?
- [she chuckles]
- Chakotay: I rearranged the duty schedules this morning. You've got the bridge starting at 1400 hours.
- B'Elanna Torres: You're sticking me with that shift so that you can go to the fight?
- Chakotay: I'm delegating.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: [joining the battle against Penk's ship] Nothing like getting back to work after a long vacation.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Thanks again for minding the store.
- Chakotay: Even the Captain deserves a vacation once in a while.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: And her First Officer?
- Chakotay: He's looking forward to putting his feet up on your desk.
- The Doctor: I was wondering if you'd care to join me on a tour of Norcadia's cultural hotspots. I hear their museums are among the finest in this sector.
- Seven of Nine: I'm busy.
- The Doctor: With what?
- Seven of Nine: Commander Tuvok and I are leaving to study a collapsing micro-nebula.
- The Doctor: During shore leave? I thought we discussed this.
- [he takes her luggage from her and puts it down]
- The Doctor: Shore leave is a perfect opportunity for you to spend time with other members of the crew to develop your social skills.
- Seven of Nine: Then I suppose I'll have to develop them with Commander Tuvok.
- The Doctor: Vulcans aren't exactly known for their winning personalities.
- Seven of Nine: You'd prefer I spent my time with more sociable individuals, such as yourself?
- The Doctor: You could do worse.
- Seven of Nine: In that case...
- [she picks up her luggage again and dumps it into the Doctor's arms]
- Seven of Nine: ...perhaps you'd care to join us?
- The Doctor: To study the micro-nebula?
- Seven of Nine: You can assist us with our analysis of veridium oxide particulates.
- The Doctor: On second thought, you and Tuvok have a good time.
- [hands Seven back her luggage]
- Seven of Nine: I'll give the Commander your regrets.
- [moves on]
- The Doctor: [shouts after her] Eh, do that. And if the nebula isn't as riveting as you'd hoped, try to remember lesson 36: Pleasant Parlor Games to Pass the Time!
- The Doctor: [under his breath] You'll need it.
- [Seven has to fight against the Pendari Champion]
- Seven of Nine: I assure you, resistance is futile.
- The Champion: So is all your talk.
- [Penk has entered Seven for a fight to the death]
- Penk: If three billion people paid to see you hurt, imagine how many will pay to see you die.
- Seven of Nine: The idea of killing someone for the entertainment of others is detestable.
- Tuvok: Is the idea of losing your own life for the entertainment of others more palatable? As a drone, you took many lives.
- Seven of Nine: I was acting as part of the Collective.
- Tuvok: You're worried you won't have the strength to accomplish the task on your own?
- Seven of Nine: I'm worried that I will.
- Hirogen Hunter: With the proper training, you could become a champion.
- Seven of Nine: Until our ship comes to rescue us, my only goal is to survive.
- Hirogen Hunter: Do you know the difference between a survivor and a champion here? There isn't one.
- [the Hirogen fighter bests Seven in a sparring fight]
- Seven of Nine: That was not one of the thirty-three sanctioned maneuvers.
- Hirogen Hunter: There must be thirty-four.
- Seven of Nine: I was unprepared for your attack.
- Hirogen Hunter: Is that what you're going to say to your opponent? Stop thinking like a drone! "Sanctioned maneuvers, perfecting defenses." You cannot assimilate Tsunkatse from a book! You must live it, feel it...
- [he thrusts his hand toward her chest]
- Hirogen Hunter: ...in here.
- Hirogen Hunter: You must never sympathize with your prey. Unless you accept that, you... will... die.
- Penk: [assessing Seven] Borg-enhanced physiology. You should have superior strength, agility, stamina, visual acuity. Welcome to Tsunkatse. Since the game's inception, our audience has never had the pleasure of seeing a drone compete. YOU are going to be a very popular attraction.
- [the Hirogen has completed Seven's training]
- Hirogen Hunter: When your opponent enters the arena, what do you see?
- Seven of Nine: My prey.
- Hirogen Hunter: And what do you do to your prey?
- Seven of Nine: Hunt it down and kill it.
- Harry Kim: [on playing parrises squares] Three-time Academy champion. Now, that's a tough sport.
- Chakotay: I boxed a few parrises players in my day.
- B'Elanna Torres: And?
- Chakotay: Let's just say they went back to playing parrises squares after that.
- [Seven and the Hirogen Hunter are being treated in sickbay after being rescued from Penk's ship]
- Seven of Nine: Would you excuse us?
- The Doctor: [with a wary glance at the Hirogen] Very well, but if you should need anything - an analgesic, a phaser rifle - don't hesitate to ask.
- Hirogen Hunter: I've been wondering. Would you have killed me?
- Seven of Nine: [after a pause] I don't know.
- Hirogen Hunter: [smiles, knowingly] Ehh... Fortunately, you were right. There was another way out.
- Chakotay: I thought you'd be pleased that I took your advice.
- B'Elanna Torres: [sarcastically] Words fail me.