Observer Effect Line-by-Line

[Kertrats47]

PHLOX: Commander.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

[Decon chamber]

TRIP: I'm just wondering if either one of us will ever wake up again.
(He injects himself.)

 

[sekundant]

PHLOX [OC]: You should lie down right away.

 

[Athena28]

TUCKER: I won't argue with that.

 

[May 20]

[Sickbay]

(After watching Tucker collapse onto the other bed.)
ARCHER: How close are you to stopping this?

 

[sekundant]

PHLOX: T'Pol and I have isolated a specific frequency of radiation that disrupts the silicon matrix of the virus.

 

[May 20]

ARCHER: Sounds promising.

 

[Kertrats47]

PHLOX: Unfortunately, the dosage required would be lethal.

 

[sekundant]

ARCHER: There's got to be some kind of a trade-off. A way to produce enough radiation to slow down the virus without killing the patient.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

PHLOX: That's what I'm working on.

 

[Athena28]

ARCHER: Work faster.

 

[May 20]

[Bridge]

(Travis goes over to Reed's station and whispers in his ear.)
TRAVIS: We can stop what this virus is doing to them.

 

[Kertrats47]

REED: That's not why we're here.

 

[sekundant]

TRAVIS: We came to observe their response to the unexpected, not to watch them suffer.

 

[May 20]

REED: This is not the place to be having this discussion.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

[Dammit, Claymare, can't you just hear Ayelborne out? Crimony!]

TRAVIS: I know where we can talk undisturbed.

 

[sekundant]

[Decon chamber]

(The two unconscious patients sit up to talk.)
TUCKER: The sensations in this host are different from the others. I'm experiencing physical pain.

 

[Athena28]

HOSHI: So am I.

 

[May 20]

TUCKER: Why should any species have to endure this weakness?

 

[sekundant]

HOSHI: Because the desire to overcome it will spur them to move beyond the limitations of the physical world.