"Caretaker" Line-by-Line

CARETAKER: You don't have what I need. They might. No, you'll have to leave them.

 

CHAKOTAY: We won't do that.

 

JANEWAY: We are their commanding officers. We are entrusted with their safety. They are our responsibility. That may be a concept you don't understand.

 

Caretaker: Oh, no, I do understand, but I have no choice. There just is not enough time left.

 

JANEWAY: Left for what?

 

CARETAKER: I must honor a debt that can never be repaid, but my search has not been going well.

 

JANEWAY: Tell us what you're looking for. Maybe we can help you find it.

 

CARETAKER: You? I've searched the galaxy with methods beyond your comprehension. No, there's nothing you can do.

 

JANEWAY: You've taken us seventy thousand light years from our home. We have no way back unless you send us, and we won't leave without the others.

 

CARETAKER: But sending you back is terribly complicated. Don't you understand? I don't have time. Not enough time!
(He waves his arm and the group is sent back to the Bridge.)

 

[Ocampa hospital]

NURSE (telepathically): He's regaining consciousness.

 

OCAMPA DOCTOR: How do you feel?

 

KIM: What am I doing here? Where am I?

 

Nurse: Please don't try to move yet. You are very ill.

 

KIM: Ill? No, no. There's some mistake. I'm not...
(He sees growths on his forearm and chest.)

 

TORRES: No!

 

(She leaps off the bed, pushes the doctor away and tries to force open the door. The nurse summons help as Torres beats up the doctor. Two medics enter and hold her as the doctor gives her a hypo to knock her out again.)

Captain's log, stardate 48315.6. We've traced the energy pulses from the array to the fifth planet of the neighbouring system and believe they may have been used in some fashion to transport Kim and Torres to the planet's surface.

 

[Ready room]

JANEWAY: Come in.

 

TUVOK: Captain, I've observed something peculiar about the pulses. They're getting faster.

 

JANEWAY: Faster?