Kirk: "Let me ask you a question. When you got up here, did you notice a sign on the bridge that said Dead Cadet Storage?" Scott: "Jim lad, you know I dinnae see no..." Kirk: "Did you notice a sign on the bridge that said Dead Cadet Storage?" Scott: [pause] "No. I didn't." Kirk: "You know WHY you didn't see that sign?" Scott: "Why?" Kirk: "'Cause it ain't there, 'cause storing dead cadets ain't my fucking business, that's why!"
Kirk: So, he stayed at his post, when the other trainees ran, is that right, Mr. Scott? Scotty: Well, ... not exactly, sir. Kirk: Then what happened? I need to know for my report. Scotty: Well, sir, ... he ran like the rest of us. He ran like the wind. But when he got to the emergency door, by the time he got down to crawl underneath it, it had closed already. Kirk: Hmm... I see... Well, we'll just have to develop some way of running and rolling under the door. Scotty: But do you have any idea how long it could take to develop and teach something like that? It could take until the 24th Century!
Scotty: "It's me own fault ... I never shoulda played the ol' 'pull my finger' joke on the lad near a raw anti-matter pile ..."