"Blood Fever" Line-by-Line

JANEWAY: Tom, I'm sending an away team down to you. We'll get Neelix out of there, then go after B'Elanna. Tuvok, you're with Chakotay.

 

Tuvok: Captain, I'd like to request a short delay. I may have an explanation for Lieutenant Torres' behavior.

 

[Vorik's quarters]

VORIK: Go away. I said, go away! I'm sorry, sir.

 

Tuvok: No. I must apologize for the intrusion, particularly at this time.

 

VORIK: Then, you know?

 

Tuvok: Yes. I regret that I must ask you some uncomfortable questions regarding Lieutenant Torres.

 

VORIK: Yes, sir?

 

Tuvok: It is important for me to know specifically what happened between the two of you. Was there any physical contact?

 

VORIK: Yes.

 

Tuvok: Please describe your actions.

 

VORIK: It's hard to remember. I was acting irrationally. I believe I approached her. I touched her face. I meant to be gentle, but she tried to move away and then I was holding her more tightly, both hands on her face like this. It felt very important not to let go. I’m...I'm not certain why.

 

Tuvok: I believe that you were initiating a telepathic mating bond.

 

VORIK: I didn't know it could happen that way. I wanted to bond with her, that much I remember clearly.

 

Tuvok: Apparently you've succeeded. Lieutenant Torres has been displaying unusual behaviour, very much like the early stages of Pon farr.

 

VORIK: How is that possible? She's not Vulcan.

 

TUVOK: There have been instances of Vulcans mating with members of other races.

 

Vorik: But she rejected me forcefully.

 

TUVOK: Even a brief moment of bonding may have been enough to disrupt her self-control, as the Pon farr does in us. In a half-Klingon, the effects may be even more extreme.

 

Vorik: I have to go to her.

 

Tuvok: You cannot. Lieutenant Torres is out of contact, on the planet.