DIALOGUE
MUSIC

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	Picard: "Captain's log, stardate: 43152.4. We are cautiously entering the Delta Rana star system three days after receiving a distress call from the Federation colony on its fourth planet. The garbled transmission reported the colony under attack from an unidentified spacecraft. Our mission is one of rescue and, if necessary, confrontation with a hostile force."
	Wesley: "Captain, I've got something here. 37 degrees north and 62 degrees east. It's a structure." Picard: "Life?" Worf: "Two life forms, possibly human." Picard: "Put that area on the main viewer and magnify." Data: "The structure is located at the centre of the vegetation." Riker: "An entire planet obliterated except for a few acres of trees and grass and one building?" Dr. Crusher: "It must be some kind of illusion." Data: "Negative. It is as you see it."
	Worf: "There is one individual is located at the south end of the house, the other toward the north. There is a weapon; a low-yield phaser, non-functional, in proximity to the front-room individual."
	Dr. Crusher: "Could I have your names, please, just for the record?" Rishon: "I'm Rishon Uxbridge and this is my husband Kevin." Data: "Botanists. Originally from the aquatic city New Martine Vaz in Earth's Atlantic Ocean. Residents of the Rana IV colony for five years. You, ma'am, are 82 years of age and a composer of Tao classical music. You, sir, are 85 years of age and a specialist in symbiotic plant life. You have been married for fifty three years. I memorized the colony register on the way to Rana IV, in the event that such information would be needed."
	Worf: "Sir, may I say your attempt to hold the away team at bay with a non-functioning weapon was an act of unmitigated gall." Kevin: "Didn't fool you, huh?" Worf: "I admire gall."
	Worf: "Captain, a search of the Ranian system has determined that the hostile force that attacked this planet is no longer present." Picard: "I remember a Starfleet admiral once saying the same thing about some renegade Andorians in the Triangula system. It turns out that they had dismantled their ship and hidden it." Worf: "Those Andorians did not have to contend with someone of my thoroughness. I will stake my reputation."
	Picard: "I was concerned. I came to see if I could be of any help." Troi: "I'm fine. There's nothing wrong. I'm just tired, that's all." Picard: "Now, I may not have your gifts at reading emotions, Counsellor, but I can tell when someone is in pain and hiding it." Troi: "It's so silly. I hear music. In my mind. Music that won't stop." Picard: "Perhaps it's a symptom of fatigue. We've all been inflicted one time or another with that melody that won't go away." Troi: "No, it's deeper than that. The song doesn't stops for an instant. It plays in perfect clarity from beginning to end over and over again. I don't even know what song it is. I never heard it before." Picard: "When did this start?" Troi: "A few hours ago, while the away team was on the surface. I was trying to, I was thinking of Rishon and Kevin." Picard: "Rishon and Kevin? And?" Troi: "I can't explain it, Captain. They're elusive. They're, I'm sorry..." Picard: "Well, try and rest. Take the necessary sleep inducements if you have to."
	Riker: "That's our boy. Approximately five times our mass and carrying enough armament to pulverize a planet." Picard: "Lieutenant?" Worf: "I, uh, cannot explain this, Captain." Riker: "It's heading for the planet." Picard: "Hailing frequencies." Worf: "Open." Picard: "Mr. Data, ask them to identify themselves and match our orbit." Data: "They have received the message, Captain, but are ignoring it." Picard: "Maximum shields, ready all weapon systems." Worf: "Aye, sir." Riker: "It's assuming an attack posture. Don't be surprised if..." (the enemy vessel opens fire) Worf: "The vessel is firing jacketed streams of positrons and antiprotons. Equivalent firepower, forty megawatts. Shields are holding." (the Enterprise is hit) "Again, forty megawatts. No damage." Riker: "If that's the best they can do, this should last about five minutes." Picard: "Mr. Worf, let's raise our voice a little. Fire phasers. Just a warning shot. Mr. Data, invite them to stand to."
	Troi: "STOP!! STOP!! Please, I'll do anything! Make it stop!" (Dr. Crusher enters the darkened room) Dr. Crusher: "Please, I'm here to help." Troi: "It's so loud! It's getting louder! Please, I can't stand it. Make it stop!" Dr. Crusher: "Move her to the bed." (two assistants get Troi out of the chair) Dr. Crusher: "This will help you relax." Troi: "I hear it. It's still there! It's so loud!" Dr. Crusher: "Take her to sickbay." Troi: "No, I want to stay in my quarters!" Dr. Crusher: "I can get you to sleep." Troi: "I don't want to sleep. The music will only follow me." Dr. Crusher: "I can induce delta sleep; block out even your deepest dreams." Troi: "It's not a dream. It's real!"
	Rishon: "Well, what do you think, Mr. Worf?" Worf: "Good tea. Nice house."
	Picard: "Before we leave, I ask you one more time to come to the ship...for your own safety." Rishon: "Captain, I am frightened but I can't leave Rana, even if it means my life."
	Worf: "Shields are down. Captain, they hit us with four hundred gigawatts of particle energy!" Picard: "Damage?" Worf: "Superficial, but I'm having trouble reassembling the shields." (Enterprise is hit) "Shields down. There is thermal damage to the hull!" Data: "The warship is capable of striking us with far more powerful bursts." Wesley: "They're manoeuvring to come between the Enterprise and Rana IV." Picard: "Number One, we have been exemplary in our patience." Riker: "Lieutenant Worf, fire phasers on full with a simultaneous spread of torpedoes." (Enterprise opens fire) Data: "The vessel appears undamaged, sir. Its defences are apparently able to absorb incoming matter and energy." Riker: "Commence rapid fire with all weapons on full." (Enterprise fires again as does the enemy ship; a crewman is injured) Worf: "Shields down. Internal damage. Weapon systems control has been lost." Riker: "Riker to sickbay, medical assistance to the bridge!" Sickbay: "On our way, Commander." Picard: "Mr. Crusher, move the Enterprise out of range of the attacking vessel." Wesley: "Aye, sir." (the Enterprise moves away) Picard: "Mr. Worf?" Worf: "The vessel has terminated its pursuit. It is assuming an orbit around Rana IV." Riker: "Kevin and Rishon?" Picard: "We can't help them. But it's my guess they're in no danger."
	Picard: "I promise you that when I leave this house I will never set foot in it again, but the Enterprise will remain in orbit over the planet." Rishon: "Why?" Picard: "To protect you." Kevin: "That's not necessary. I thought you understood." Picard: "It is necessary. You're in great danger. The warship has returned." Rishon: "Kevin!" Kevin: "He's lying, Rishon." Picard: "We have fought a pitched battle with it, and lost. Many of my crew have been injured including a woman who's mind is slowly being destroyed by telepathic manipulation." Rishon: "No. Please no!" Kevin: "This is a form of intimidation. I have my rights." Picard: "Your rights? What about Rishon? Is she in favour of being left here? Come to the Enterprise. Let me take you where you'll be safe." Rishon: "No. I can't leave Kevin." Kevin: "I'm staying. She's safe here with me in this house." Picard: "Why are you safe?. Why is this house a sanctuary? Does it have to do with you? With your refusal to fight? Tell me this, if Rishon were in danger, would you kill to save her life?" Kevin: "No, not for her. Not for anyone. I will not kill." Rishon: "Please stop hurting him. Captain, leave our house." Picard: "It is my sworn duty to protect you. The Enterprise will remain in orbit around Rana IV as long as the two of you are alive."
	Data: "The warship is approaching from high orbit. It is very close;  three hundred thousand kilometres distant." Riker: "How is that possible? Is something wrong with the sensors?" Picard: "That's no concern, Number One. It's here and it's precisely on schedule." Data: "The vessel has altered its course to a direct intercept with the Enterprise." Riker: "Worf, arm phasers and photon torpedoes. Prepare to fire." Picard: "Belay those orders, Mr. Worf." Data: "The vessel is now within twenty thousand kilometres of the Enterprise and closing." Picard: "Let it come, let it come. Activate the main viewer." (the enemy vessel faces the Enterprise) Worf: "Evasive action, sir?" Picard: "The Enterprise will hold its position, Mr. Worf." Worf: "Weapons, sir?" Picard: "On my orders, not before." (the enemy vessel moves towards the planet) Data: "The vessel is entering a low orbit around Rana IV. It appears it is preparing to fire at the planet, Captain." Picard: "Understood." Data: "My calculations indicate that its target is the house of Kevin and Rishon Uxbridge." Picard: "There will be no interference from us, Mr. Data." (the enemy ship fires at the planet) Worf: "The house has been obliterated!" Picard: "Scan for survivors." Worf: "There are no survivors." Picard: "Mr. Worf, prepare a photon torpedo. Fire at the enemy vessel when ready." Worf: "Aye, sir." (Enterprise opens fire, the enemy vessel explodes)  Picard: "Number One, what reason does the Enterprise have for remaining at Rana?" Riker: "The unknown vessel has been destroyed. The Uxbridges have been destroyed. There's no reason for the Enterprise to remain." Picard: "Good. Helm, move us into a higher orbit so that we may keep the surface of the planet under surveillance." Wesley: "Aye, sir. But, Captain, what are we watching for?" Picard: "Anything. Everything. I'll be in my ready room if I'm needed. That will be all for now."
	Picard: "Your Captain is acting on an assumption, Will, and I'm not sure what the result will be, or even that my assumption is correct. We found two people alive in a house on a devastated planet...but, there was only one survivor of the war on Rana IV..."
	Picard: "My apologies if I interrupted a waltz." Rishon: "Why have you brought us here against our will?" Picard: "I want to end the suffering of one of my crewmembers." Rishon: "I don't understand." Picard: "Kevin does. He's the cause. At first I couldn't understand why your house survived the holocaust when the others hadn't. Then it occurred to me, it had been destroyed. That dwelling, where you served me tea, where you danced your waltzes, is a reproduction. Real to the touch but capable of being created, destroyed, and created. All on a whim." Rishon: "You're joking with us, Captain. Can't you see this is hurting my husband?" Kevin: "Rishon, hear what he has to say." Picard: "More than anything else, you wanted the Enterprise away from Rana, because the house, the plot of land, your very existence, were incongruities that you were not prepared to explain. The warship, another recreation, tried to chase us away twice, and failed. But, when I came to your house the second time, I provided you with the only condition that would make the Enterprise leave: your deaths. You did your best to satisfy that condition." Kevin: "I'm deeply sorry about the woman. I will help her. But, I must know what you intend to do with me afterwards." Picard: "You'll be taken to the nearest starbase and held responsible for the attack on the Enterprise, and possibly the deaths of eleven thousand people." Rishon: "No. He never killed anyone." Kevin: "The destruction of the planet happened just as I told you." Picard: "But, you haven't told us the whole story. How it ended. The part about Rishon." Rishon: "What is he saying?" Picard: "Rishon, I can touch you. I can hear your voice, I can smell your perfume. In every respect you are a real person with your own mind and beliefs, but, you do not exist. You died along with the others defending the colony. He recreated you, just as he recreated the house." (Rishon vanishes) Picard: "You are the only living thing that really exists on Rana and though you look human, you're not." (Kevin transforms into his true form and disappears) Geordi: "He's in the turbolift." Picard: "Let him go." Worf: "Captain, he is dangerous!" Picard: "So dangerous, Mr. Worf, that he could have destroyed us in an instant had he wished. Track him. Alert the crew to keep clear of him. I want him to understand we mean him no harm." Riker: "Will he return to the planet?" Picard: "If he is the creature of conscience I believe him to be, he has someone to help first."
	Picard: "What happened on Rana IV? The truth, this time all of it." Kevin: "Very well, for what it's worth. I am a Douwd. An immortal being of disguises and false surroundings. I have lived in this galaxy for many thousands of years although until today, no one has known my true identity. Once, while travelling in human form, I chanced to fall in love with an Earth woman. I put aside my powers and became her husband. Our life was happy and rich. Eventually we came to this planet to live our final years. Now she is dead. She never knew what I really was." Picard: "Your colony was attacked by a warship..." Kevin: "Belonging to the Husnock, a species of hideous intelligence who knew only aggression and destruction. I could have destroyed them with a mere thought, but, I did not do so." Dr. Crusher: "You had the power to stop them but you didn't?" Kevin: "I refused to for the same reason I refused to stop the Enterprise. I will not kill." Picard: "So you let the colonists fight a hopeless battle." Kevin: "I tried to fool the Husnock as I tried to fool you. It only made them angrier. More cruel." Picard: "And then what you most feared, happened. Rishon went to fight with the colonists...and died with them." Kevin: "How I wish I could have died with her!" Picard: "But you couldn't. You were left alone." Kevin: "Yes. I saw her broken body. I went insane. My hatred exploded, and in an instant of grief, I destroyed the Husnock." Dr. Crusher: "Why did you try to hide this from all of us? Was it out of guilt for not helping Rishon and the others when they were alive?" Kevin: "No, no, no no, no, no. You don't understand the scope of my crime. I didn't kill just one Husnock, or a hundred, or a thousand. I killed them all. All Husnock...everywhere. Are eleven thousand people worth fifty billion? Is the love of a woman worth the destruction of an entire species? This is the sin I tried so hard to keep you from learning now, why I wanted to chase you from Rana." Picard: "We're not qualified to be your judges. We have no law to fit your crime. You're free to return to the planet and to make Rishon live again."
	Picard: "Captain's log, stardate: 43153.7. We are departing the Rana system for Starbase 133. We leave behind a being of extraordinary power and conscience. I am not certain if he should be praised or condemned, only that he should be left alone."

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