"Children of Time" Line-by-Line

Kira: I guess her dolls are going to have to rough it for a while.

 

DAX: Interesting. I'm getting some unusual readings from a nearby solar system.

 

Worf: What kind of readings?

 

DAX: There's some sort of energy barrier surrounding the fourth planet.

 

Kira: It's hard to tell from the interference, but there could be life forms on the surface.

 

DAX: If there are, I'd be interested to see how they've adapted to the quantum fluctuations in the barrier.

 

O'Brien: Can't we just check it out the next time we come this way?

 

DAX: It'll be too late. At the rate the interference is intensifying, in few weeks we won't even be able to send a probe through it.

 

SISKO: Dax.

 

DAX: I know everyone wants to go home, but if we're going to take a look at this planet, it'll be our only chance.

 

Sisko: Are you sure it's safe to pass through the interference?

 

JADZIA: A few shield modifications and it should be smooth sailing.

 

SISKO: All right, we'll make a quick survey. But if all we detect is some fungus, we're not beaming down.

 

JADZIA: What if it's smart fungus?

 

(At the planet.)
KIRA: We're approaching the barrier.

 

SISKO (to Dax): All right, old man. Take us in

 

DAX: Adjusting shield harmonics to compensate.

 

O'BRIEN: Quantum fluctuations are intensifying.

(Bang! Red Alert. Energy runs over all the consoles and enters Kira. For a moment there are two of her.)

 

DAX: We're through.

 

SISKO (to Kira): Are you all right?