- Me?
Well, who else?
After all, you always say you feel safe with me.
- I'm not the type for this sort of thing, Avon.
- Why not?
This Egrorian, you said
he was some kind of genius.
They said he was supposed to be some time back.
That's what I mean. Living alone all these years,
you don't know what he's like now.
- These super brains often go pop, don't they?
- That's true.
- He could be dangerous, Avon.
- There is a chance, I suppose.
So he's gonna need careful handling.
You want someone with tact.
- I mean, you know me.
- Oh, yes, I think so.
Blunt, always speaking my mind,
I'm just the sort to upset him.
Well, you'll just have to try not to, won't you?
You should take one of the girls, Avon.
Hey, why not?
A girl might, you know, interest him.
He's probably forgotten what they look like.
Vila, if I didn't know you better
I would think you were trying to get out of this.
VILA: I'm only thinking of what's best.
Besides, if I stayed on Scorpio
I could keep an eye on Tarrant.
You need someone you can trust. What's that?
That's Tarrant following orders.
Egrorian wants the ship
to stand off in deep space.
He didn't waste much time ditching us, did he?
Anyway, I don't see the point of it.
Well, presumably Egrorian wants the ship
out of teleport range.
- He does not trust us.
- That's mutual.
Yes, of course.
But I have brought a little insurance.
Get rid of that thing.
You heard him say he's got a weapons scan!
In the biodome, not in here.
AVON: Just in case we need it.
You really think things through, don't you, Avon?
If we do need it, we won't have time to get it.
Well, then, let's hope we don't need it.
Far enough, I think. Slave, shut down the drive
and stabilise on these vectors.
It will be my humble pleasure.
I exist only to serve you, illustrious sir.
Thank you.
It doesn't exist, it just functions.
Still holding the shuttle, Soolin?
Yes. Not too easy at this range.
Yeah, well, don't lose it.
We need to get a precise fix on Egrorian's base.
Why? You think we might have to drop in on him?
Heavily.
I did a course at the Space Institute
not long after Egrorian disappeared.
The rumour was
that he'd been helped in his getaway
by someone at the very highest level.
Servalan?
But why should she want to help Egrorian?
Why should Egrorian want to see Avon?
You think there could be a connection?
When Servalan does anyone a favour,
she wants repaying with interest.
I'm just wondering if Avon's the interest.
Shuttle's landed, Tarrant. I've got the coordinates.
Good.
EGRORIAN: Stand in the cylinders, please.
Well?
- It's green.
- Good.
- I've forgotten.
- No, you haven't forgotten, Pinder.
Red is dead.
- Green is?
- Clean?
There you are, you see, you haven't forgotten.
Come in, please.
This is a great honour for us.
Don't we feel honoured, Pinder?
You see? Pinder is quite overwhelmed.
I fear he's not adept at the social graces.
Merely a gauche adolescent when
I took him under my wing, weren't you, Pinder?
Adolescent?
Just a callow youth,
but with a mind of great promise.
Truly original mathematicians,
unhappily, soon burn themselves out
on the anvil of creation.
I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, ma'am.
I think he's talking to you.
Thank you, Pinder, go back to your place.
I fear language doesn't come easily to him.
He thinks mainly in symbols.
- Doesn't he have symbols for men and women?
- Apparently not.
Can I offer you some refreshment?
Everything here is reconstituted, of course,
but it remains palatable.
We came here to talk, Egrorian.
And so we shall. Do sit down.
We'll have to clear a place, I'm afraid.
There, now. Which one of you is Avon?
I am. That is Vila.
Surprisingly, you don't look like
the ruthless desperados of legend.
But you have, of course,
killed a great many people.
Only in the pursuit of liberty.
"O Liberty! O Liberty!
"What crimes are committed in your name!"
- Do you know the source?
- No.