- [last lines]
- Lwaxana Troi: [looking at picture of Ian, Kestra, and Deanna; sadly] I remember the day I took this.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Mr. Homn said he saved it, in case someday you wanted to remember her.
- Lwaxana Troi: [sighs; referring to Kestra] I wish you could have known her, Deanna. I wish you two could've grown up together.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Tell me about her. I want to know everything.
- [they hug]
- Cmdr. Ian Andrew Troi: Deanna?
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Daddy?
- Cmdr. Ian Andrew Troi: Look at you. You've become a beautiful woman.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: [to her mother] Don't do this.
- [first lines]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Captain's log, stardate 47254.1 - A delegation of the Cairn have just come on board. This telepathic species has no concept of spoken language and is being instructed in its use by... an old friend.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: [about her mother] I've gone through all her belongings, I've read her journal for the last five years. And other than the fact that I'm not married yet, nothing bad seems to have happened to her.
- [Lwaxana Troi explains to Picard the Cairn's form of telepathy, who transmit images rather than words]
- Lwaxana Troi: Actually, it's a very efficient way of communicating. If two Cairn were having this conversation, it would have been over minutes ago!
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [feigning interest] Really?
- Lwaxana Troi: Aren't you going to mingle, Mr. Woof?
- Lieutenant Worf: I do not care for telepaths; they make me... uneasy.
- Lwaxana Troi: Oh, don't worry. The Cairn couldn't read your thoughts even if they wanted to. Your brain isn't sophisticated enough.
- [Riker smirks gleefully]
- Lwaxana Troi: Neither is yours, dear. They can only communicate with other telepaths.
- Kestra Troi: Mommy.
- Lwaxana Troi: Kestra. Oh, Kestra. My precious one. I'm so sorry.
- [they hug; Lwaxana sobs]
- Kestra Troi: I have to go now.
- Lwaxana Troi: [crying] I know. I know.
- [Kestra fades away; Lwaxana takes Deanna's hand]
- Maques: Your mother... told me... of your need.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Need?
- Maques: Erm... A moment, erm... Husband. You need a husband. I... need a wife.
- [toothy smile]
- Lwaxana Troi: [crying] Every morning, she woke up with a smile.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Isn't it better to remember her like that? I just found out I had a sister I never knew. I'd like to learn what was good and joyous about her - to celebrate her life, not mourn it.
- Lwaxana Troi: [crying] How? How can I do that?
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Kestra was here a few moments ago. Talk to her.
- Lwaxana Troi: [scared] No. No.
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: [to Hedril] It's called a visor. It enables me to see.
- Hedril: Like my vocal enhancer. It helps me make sounds.
- Lwaxana Troi: I see you've already met my star pupil. Hedril's picked up spoken language much faster than the others.
- Lt. Commander Data: It is often the case that children learn languages more easily than adults.
- Lwaxana Troi: Deanna was quite good at languages when she was little. Uh, where is Deanna?
- Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Well, she must be here somewhere.
- Lwaxana Troi: Hedril, darling...?
- [Makes strange face]
- Hedril: What?
- Lwaxana Troi: Um, go find your father, dear. I want to talk to him.
- [Puts hand to head]
- Lt. Commander Data: Mrs. Troi?
- Lwaxana Troi: Oh, I'm just a little tired. Heh. This constant telepathy with the Cairn... um... no, I'm... I'm fine, really.
- [Leaves]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Milton was speculating that in heaven, roses wouldn't have thorns.
- Hedril: Heaven?
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Oh. Oh, uh, heaven is, well, it's um... how can I put it?
- Maques: [after Lwaxana explains telepathically] Yes, I see. Thank you. "Heaven."
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Mother, you're supposed to be avoiding telepathy.
- Lwaxana Troi: I'm only trying to help, dear.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: You don't look well.
- Lwaxana Troi: I'm just tired. Maybe I'll sit down.
- [Sits and watches Hedril play]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Mother, don't start.
- Lwaxana Troi: I just think it's time for you to settle down, and if your father were still alive, I'm sure he'd say the same thing.
- [They enter a turbolift; a crewman is there]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Deck eight.
- Lwaxana Troi: [Telepathically] But, you 'll do exactly what you want... just like always.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: [Speaking] Mother, stop it.
- [They get a look from the crewman; Mrs. Troi puts her head in her hand as Deanna exits the turbolift]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Are you coming?
- [Gets here mother]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: What's wrong?
- Lwaxana Troi: [sighs] You are so precious to me. You're all I've got.
- [Hugs Deanna]
- Lwaxana Troi: If something were to happen to you, I don't know what I'd do.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Nothing's going to happen to me.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: [about Lwaxana] I was all set for another round of arguing when all of a sudden, she just fell apart.
- Commander William T. Riker: She's under a lot of stress. She's preparing the Cairn to meet with the Federation Council.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: It's more than that. I'm sensing some very erratic emotions from her. Even the clothes she's wearing are unusual. They're so subdued.
- Commander William T. Riker: [takes Deanna's wrist] Maybe you just need sit and talk with her for a minute.
- Lwaxana Troi: Commander! Take your hands off her!
- [Takes his hand off Deanna]
- Commander William T. Riker: [Surprised] Mrs. Troi...
- Lwaxana Troi: Don't you "Mrs. Troi" me!
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Mother!
- Lwaxana Troi: Why don't you leave her alone? If it weren't for you, she'd be married by now!
- Counselor Deanna Troi: That's enough!
- Lwaxana Troi: Now, I am warning you - stay away from my daughter!
- Counselor Deanna Troi: You're coming with me.
- Lwaxana Troi: Oh, I don't know what got into me. Ohh... please, tell Will how sorry I am.
- Dr. Beverly Crusher: You're fine, but you're psilosynine levels are a little low.
- Lwaxana Troi: Psilo... wha - hmm?
- Counselor Deanna Troi: It's a neurotransmitter involved in telepathy.
- Lwaxana Troi: [begging] Go.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Mother?
- Lwaxana Troi: [begging] Go away.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: No. I want to help you. Why did you delete parts of your journal? Did something happen to you you don't want me to know about?
- Lwaxana Troi: [begging] Leave me alone, please.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Who's Hedril, Mother? Why is she here? Is Hedril me, when I was a little girl?
- Lwaxana Troi: [miserably] No. Oh, no. I'd never let anything happen to you. Never.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Did you let something happen to someone?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Counselor, can you hear me?
- Counselor Deanna Troi: [looking around] Captain?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Deanna, Dr. Crusher has become concerned that your paracortical readings have become erratic.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Are you talking to me from Sick Bay?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Yes. I want you to sever your connection to your mother.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Why don't you ask Maques to do it?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I'm asking you. That is an order, Counselor.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: You're not Captain Picard.
- Lwaxana Troi: [through Picard; begging] Leave me alone, please.
- [Deanna leaves]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: What happened, Mother? What happened next?
- Lwaxana Troi: [crying] I don't remember.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: You have to. You can't hold it back. It's killing you.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: [Telepathically] Mother? Can you hear me? Please come back to me. Please.
- Lwaxana Troi: [Weakly] Help me...
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Mother?
- Lwaxana Troi: Help... me.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: How? How can I help you?
- [Speaking]
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Tell me, Mother. Please.
- Maques: [about Lwaxana] Always, there is a part of her that is... um, a part of her that is... dark.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Dark?
- Maques: A part of her that... cannot be seen.
- Hedril: [as Kestra trying to put a leash on a dog] Help me. Help me, Papa.
- Cmdr. Ian Andrew Troi: Here.
- Lwaxana Troi: [in background; begging] Please, don't make me go through this again.
- Cmdr. Ian Andrew Troi: Now hold on to him. Don't let him run off.
- Hedril: I will. Mommy, can we go play by the water?
- Lwaxana Troi: [from background] No, Kestra, stay here with us.
- Hedril: Please.