New in vault: Mestral

MESTRAL: One of those creatures could sustain us for some time.
STRON: Are you suggesting we eat it?
MESTRAL: It's logical to take extreme measures to survive.
STRON: Even resorting to savagery?

T'MIR: It's too dangerous.
MESTRAL: I'm willing to take the risk.
(Mestral walks off)

T'MIR: It'll be safer to go after dark. You can't risk being followed.
MESTRAL: I need to go now. I Love Lucy is on tonight.

T'MIR: You were engaging in intimate activity.
MESTRAL: I didn't initiate it.
T'MIR: You're to have no further contact with that woman.
MESTRAL: You can't make that decision.
T'MIR: I'm still in command.
MESTRAL: Command of what? Our mission is over. It's time to accept the fact that we may never leave this world.

MESTRAL: There's been an accident in the mine. At least twenty men are trapped. It could take the humans days to free them.
T'MIR: We can't interfere.
MESTRAL: They'll die. You'd let them suffocate. even if we could prevent it.
STRON: What if they see the weapon?
MESTRAL: We'll be certain they don't.
T'MIR: At best, these humans only live to be sixty or seventy. Is it worth the risk just to extend their lives a few more years?
STRON: We can't contaminate their culture.
MESTRAL: This has nothing to do with contamination. It has to do with compassion.
T'MIR: Compassion is an emotion.
MESTRAL: They're my friends, and I'm going to help them. Don't try to stop me.

STRON: That's what you've done, much closer than we anticipated. Your duty is to return to Vulcan and report your findings.
MESTRAL: There's still more to learn about these people.
T'MIR: All of them or just one?
MESTRAL: This has nothing to do with Maggie. She has helped me appreciate their culture, but I don't intend to remain in Carbon Creek.
T'MIR: Where would you go?
MESTRAL: To one of their larger cities at first. After that, I'm not certain. There's so much to see.
STRON: The High Command will never allow it. Tell him it's not possible. T'Mir?
T'MIR: Perhaps I can arrange for you to be on the next survey ship.
MESTRAL: In another twenty years, running more statistical scans from high orbit? That's not enough.

MESTRAL: We'll need to disguise ourselves.
(So they steal clothes off a line. T'Mir changes behind a sheet.)

BILLY: Anybody up for a game? Quarter a ball?
JACK: (a student carrying books) I'll play.
BILLY: You better ask your mother, Jackie.
JACK: Come on, Mom, we could use the money.
MAGGIE: Go on upstairs and do your homework. I'll bring you up some dinner.
MESTRAL: I'm up for a game.
T'MIR: What are you doing? I told you not to speak to anyone.
MESTRAL: I can defeat him.
T'MIR: You don't even know the rules.
MESTRAL: It's simple.
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BILLY: Wait a minute. We might be able to work something out. If you win, I'll pay up. If I win, your business associate has a drink with me.
MESTRAL: We accept your terms.
T'MIR: We do not.
MESTRAL: The game is based on simple geometry. It wouldn't challenge a Vulcan child.
T'MIR: No.
MESTRAL: We need their currency.

T'MIR: If we remain here, we'll die. This world's on the brink of self-annihilation.
MESTRAL: I don't believe that.
T'MIR: Because your fascination with this species is blinding you. You sit for hours each day in front of this idiotic device.
MESTRAL: I'm doing research. Perhaps if you spent more time observing human behavior you might not have such a pessimistic view of them.
T'MIR: Open your eyes. They revel in violence. They devote what little technology they have to devising ways of killing each other.
MESTRAL: So did we centuries ago. They just haven't realised their potential yet.
T'MIR: What potential?
MESTRAL: They have great empathy and compassion. Look how we've been made to feel welcome.

MESTRAL: It's unfortunate that you'll be leaving these people without experiencing one thing they have to offer.
STRON: Such as alcohol, frozen fish sticks, the constant threat of nuclear annihilation?
MESTRAL: There's much more to them. You just refuse to see it.
STRON: I've seen enough.
MESTRAL: I haven't. I plan to stay here.
STRON: If this is your attempt at humour
MESTRAL: They're on the verge of countless social and technological advancements. I have the unique opportunity to study an emerging species.
STRON: That's what you've done, much closer than we anticipated. Your duty is to return to Vulcan and report your findings.
MESTRAL: There's still more to learn about these people.