"Face of the Enemy" Line-by-Line

DeSeve: I understand.

 

RIKER: After Doctor Crusher declares you medically fit, you will be confined to your quarters until a court martial can be convened. Find some civilian clothes. I don't want to see you in that uniform.

 

Deseve: Yes, sir. Commander, I must speak with Captain Picard.

 

Riker: He's a busy man.

 

Deseve: Please, it's important... urgent.

 

Riker: I'll tell him.

 

(Later, Deseve is in his quarters under guard when Picard enters, at that, Deseve snaps to attention)

Deseve: Commander!

 

Picard: At ease. It's Captain, Actually.

Good job at forgetting that since you talked to Riker btw.

 

Deseve: Of course. I'm sorry, sir.

(I'm sure it was habit by this point)

 

Picard: You said it was important that I see you.

Yeah, I'm just saying, he comes off a bit dumb since in the previous scene he knew it without being reminded.

 

Deseve: Yes, Captain. I have a message from Ambassador Spock. He said it involves further... cowboy diplomacy, he said you would understand. There's a Corvallen freighter arriving in the Kaleb sector in the next twelve hours. Spock wants you to rendezvous...? with that ship, bring its cargo back to Federation space.

 

PICARD: What kind of cargo?

 

Deseve: He said it was important to the future of the Romulans and the Federation.

 

Picard: You have returned in order to give me this message?

 

Deseve: ...Partly...

 

Picard: In order to know whether Ambassador Spock's message is being delivered accurately, I need to now something about the messenger.

 

Deseve: I was ready to come back. Romulus had lost its appeal.

 

Whoops. repeat. sorry.

 

Picard: Yet at one time, you found something very appealing about it.

 

DeSeve: The Romulans are very moral, Captain. They have an absolute certainty about what is right and what is wrong, who is a friend and who is an enemy, a strict moral compass which provides them with a clarity of purpose. At one time I found their sense of purpose, their passion and commitment, to be very compelling.