"I, Borg" Line-bye-Line

La Forge: It's not irrelevant, Hugh. It matters to us.

 

Hugh: No Borg leaves the Collective. If they find I am missing they will come for me.

 

Picard: Well, we'll deal with the repercussions later. We must know what you want.

 

Hugh: You are many, I am one. What I want is not important.

 

La Forge: Don't you understand, Hugh? We're giving you a choice.

 

Hugh: A choice?

 

LAFORGE: Yes, a choice. Do you want to go back with the Borg or stay with us?

 

Hugh: I could stay with you?

 

PICARD: We could grant you asylum, Hugh.

 

Hugh: Choose…what I want. I would choose to stay with Geordi. But it is too dangerous. They will follow. Return me to the crash site. It is the only way.

 

LAFORGE: Hugh, think about this. Are you sure?

 

Hugh: Yes.

 

[Transporter room]

Picard: The Borg ship will enter orbit in one hour. You'll soon be headed home. We'll beam him down and then we'll take up a position in the star's chromosphere. The interference will hide us from their sensors.

 

CRUSHER: Goodbye, Hugh. It was nice getting to know you.

 

Hugh: Goodbye, Beverly. You saved my life.

 

LAFORGE: Hugh, it's not too late to change your mind.

 

Hugh: I must return.

 

La Forge: Captain, I'd like to go down with him.

 

Picard: My experience suggests that they would ignore him. Would you agree?

 

Hugh: The Borg assimilate civilizations, not individuals.