sir.
What else interests you besides
gravity phenomena, Rayna?
Everything. Less than that
is betrayal of the intellect.
The totality of the universe?
All knowledge?
Rayna possesses
the equivalent...
of 1 7 university degrees
in the sciences and arts.
She is aware that
the intellect is not all.
But its cultivation must come first
or the individual makes errors,
wastes time
in unprofitable pursuits.
At her age, I rather enjoyed errors
with no noticeable damage,
but I must admit you're the farthest
thing from a bookworm I've ever seen.
Flint is my teacher.
You are the only
other men I've ever seen.
The misfortune of men everywhere
and our privilege.
If you would accompany my robot
to the laboratory, Doctor,
you can rest assured that
the ryetalyn is being processed.
Thank you, sir.
Your pleasure, gentlemen.
Chess, billiards,
conversation?
Why not all three?
- Did you teach her that?
- We play often.
May I show you, Captain?
You said something
about savagery, Mr. Flint.
When was the last time
you visited earth?
[Flint] You would tell me
that it is no longer cruel.
But it is, Captain. Look at your
starship, bristling with weapons.
Its mission to colonize,
exploit,
destroy, if necessary,
to advance Federation causes.
Yeah. Thank you.
Our missions are peaceful,
our weapons defensive.
If we were barbarians, we would
not have asked for ryetalyn.
Indeed, your greeting, not ours,
lacked a certain benevolence.
The result of pressures
which are...
not your concern.
Yes. Well, those pressures
are everywhere in everyone,
urging him to what
you call savagery:
the private hells,
the inner needs and mysteries,
the beast of instinct.
As human beings,
that is the way it is.
To be human is to be complex.
You can't avoid a little ugliness...
from within
and from without.
"[Piano]
Why don't you play
the waltz, Mr. Spock?
To be human is also to seek pleasure,
to laugh, to dance.
Rayna is
a most accomplished dancer.
Oh.
May I have the pleasure?
Thank you.
- Is something wrong?
- Yes, there's something wrong.
The ryetalyn is no good. It contains
irillium, nearly one part per thousand.
Irillium will render
the antitoxin inert and useless.
Most unfortunate that
it was not detected.
I shall go with M-4
to gather more ryetalyn...
and screen it myself.
- You're welcome to join me, Doctor.
- Thank you.
- Time factor, Bones? Epidemic.
- Nearly two and a half hours.
I guess we got time
to get in under the wire.
[McCoy]I’ve never seen anything
like the speed of that robot.
It'd take us twice as long
to process that stuff.
[Kirk]
Would we have made the error?
Jim, what if all the ryetalyn
on this planet contains irillium?
Go with Flint.
Keep an eye on procedures.
- Like a hawk.
- Captain.
Something else which is
rather extraordinary.
This waltz I just played
is by Johannes Brahms.
- Later, Spock.
- Captain, it is written in manuscript--
In original manuscript,
in Brahms' own hand, which I recognize.
It is totally unknown,
definitely the work
of Brahms,
and yet unknown.
I think I will go to the laboratory.
There may be a way of reversing...
the irillium's effect and
saving the existing antitoxin.
Stay here.
Let me know when Flint
and McCoy return.
Captain 's log :
star date 5843. 75.
Have I committed a grave error
in accepting Flint's word...
that he would deliver
the antidote to us?
The precious time
I have let pass...
may result in disaster for
the Enterprise and her crew.
You left us.
The room became lonely.
It is a thirst, a flower
dying in the desert.
What?
- What's in there?
- I do not know.
Flint told me never to enter.
He denies me nothing else.
Then why are you here?
I do not know.
I come here
when I am troubled,
when I would
search myself.
Are you troubled now?
Yes.
By what?
Are you...
happy here with Flint?
He is the greatest, kindest,
wisest man in the galaxy.
Then why are you afraid?
Rayna.