どうやら、コジンスキーの化けの皮がはがれたようです。この事態を招いたのは、コジンスキーの
アシスタント。だがそのアシスタントは今にも死にそうです。
登場人物
| Jean-Luc Picard: | エンタープライズＤ艦長 |
| William T. Riker: | 副長（「副長」は英語でnumber oneだそうです） |
| Beverly Crusher: | 医療部長（艦で唯一、艦長に命令権限あり） |
| Wesly Crusher: | ドクター・クラッシャーの息子。エンジニアリングに関しては天才か |
| Kosinski: | コジンスキー（エンジンのチューニングをしていると自負している） |
| Argyle: | チーフ・エンジニア |
| Ar: | What is it, Captain? Why are we at general quarters? |
| P: | I have to get everyone's attention. This seems to be the quickest way. This is the Captain. This is not a drill. It seems that in this place, the world of the physical universe and the world of ideas is somehow intermixed. What we think also becomes a reality. We must, therefore, I repeat "must" begin controlling our thoughts. We will give you more on this as our understanding increases. The enterprise will stay at full alert until the crisis is over. What did you do? |
| R: | It wasn't him. It never was. It was his assistant. |
| P: | What are you talking about? |
| R: | Kosinski wasn't the one controlling the warp experiment. |
| K: | It was me. |
| R: | The equations he punched in were nonsense, just as we thought. |
| K: | I honestly thought it was me. I thought, somehow... somehow I was operating on his level. |
| Ar: | It's also my fault, Captain. I should've realized it wasn't Kosinski. |
| P: | How could you? How could any of us? |
| R: | Wesley did. |
| P: | If you knew something, why didn't you say so? |
| R: | He tried twice. I didn't listen. |
| P: | He is unconscious. Why? |
| Cr: | I'm not certain yet. |
| We: | He phased, Sir. |
| P: | What does that mean? |
| We: | Parts of him disappeared and then came back. Nobody else was paying attention to him the first time. |
| R: | When we saw it this time he seemed to be struggling and fighting it. |
| Cr: | He is dying. |
| P: | He mustn't. He is the only one who can get us back. |
| Cr: | Realistically, that doesn't seem possible. |