Cellular peptides. That's what
the creatures are extracting.
Will someone answer
that damn ringing?
Captain,
the ringing is getting worse.
What could the ringing symbolise?
A bell. A sound.
An old-fashioned way
of communicating?
Do you want some? It's delicious.
Will someone please get that?
Yes?
It's for you.
Picard.
Kill them.
- Kill who?
- Kill them, before it's too late.
- Who is this?
- I am Dr Sigmund Freud.
How does he fit into all this?
If I were to interpret
my own appearance in this dream,
I would say
I am the symbolic representation
of Data's unconscious mind
trying to warn him about the dangers
he perceives around him.
The interphasic organisms?
- Of course.
- Tell me, how do we kill them?
Answer it.
Nein.
Do not be so literal.
When I say answer it,
I mean respond to it, to them.
Be quiet.
- What do they represent?
- I don't know.
But I do recognise
that junction they're working on.
It's the plasma conduit we installed
with the new warp core.
Respond? Respond to them?
What does that mean?
- What is it that you're doing?
- Go away. Leave us alone.
Who are you?
We are...
...your enemies.
Stop. You must not hurt my friends.
Be quiet.
Data, the shrieking noise you made
causes them pain.
Be quiet.
I believe I understand.
- Geordi.
- Yes, Data?
Adjust my positronic subprocessor
to emit an interphasic pulse.
Data, what's going on?
The workmen represent the organisms
trying to demolish this ship.
The incessant ringing of the
telephone, Dr Freud's cautions,
were warnings of the dangers.
What about the shrieking noises?
My subprocessor detected interphasic
signatures from the organisms,
which were symbolically represented
by a high shriek.
When you made those noises,
the workmen reacted in pain.
That is why I asked Geordi
to adjust my subprocessor.
If I can produce an interphasic
pulse, it may affect the creatures.
- We're ready.
- Picard to sickbay.
Beverly, we're going to sweep
the ship with an IP pulse.
- Will you monitor the creatures?
- Understood.
It's working.
Captain's log, supplemental.
The creatures infesting the
Enterprise have been eliminated.
We believe the infestation
originated within the warp core
we obtained on Starbase 84.
This conduit
was made on Thanatos Vll
using an interphasic fusion process.
That process attracted
the organisms to the conduit,
where they lay dormant
in the warp core.
The core wouldn't go on line because
they disrupted the plasma flow.
How long before warp power?
We have to manufacture a
new conduit. That's six hours' work.
Six hours?
The banquet will be over by then.
Very unfortunate.
- I can speed things up a bit.
- No.
I wouldn't want to sacrifice
the safety of the ship.
Understood, sir.
Enter.
Counsellor.
I did not have a chance to apologise.
Data, don't worry about it.
Geordi explained everything to me.
It wasn't your fault.
But somehow, I thought turnabout
would be fair play,
so I made us a little something
to snack on.
I wonder...
What would Dr Freud say about
the symbolism of devouring oneself?
Data, sometimes a cake
is just a cake.Captain's log, stardate 47254.1.
A delegation of the Cairn
have come on board.
This telepathic species
has no concept of spoken language.
And is being instructed in its use
by an old friend.
I don't know
what they'd have done!
First I had to learn how they
communicate. An exhausting process.
- It must be.
- Different from Betazed telepathy.
We transmit words.
With the Cairn, it's images,
a flood of them all at the same time.
It's overwhelming!
I can imagine.
Actually, it's very efficient.
If two Cairn had this conversation,
it would have been over minutes ago.
Really?
They know they'll need to communicate
verbally if they join the Federation.
Do me a favour.
Introduce yourself to one of them.
Have a conversation.
They need the practice.
I'd be happy to.
It's called a visor.
It enables me to see.
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