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HI.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU.
I'VE GOT A JOB FOR YOU.
WHY, I'M FINE, MR. GARIBALDI.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING.
UH, SORRY.
HOW YA DOING?
I HAVE HAD A DAY.
I HEARD. DELENN TOLD ME.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I THOUGHT THAT--
DID SHE TELL YOU
I WAS INSIDE HIS MIND WHEN HE DIED?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT DOES TO YOU?
NO, NOT REALLY.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW.
NO ONE IS SUPPOSED TO KNOW
EXCEPT THE PERSON WHO IS DYING.
WHEN IT HAPPENS...
WHEN IT HAPPENS,
YOU SEE IT AS A DOOR OPENING,
BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER WAY
FOR THE HUMAN MIND
TO INTERPRET WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
YOU FEEL THE OTHER PERSON SLIPPING AWAY,
AND FOR A SECOND, IT CATCHES YOU.
IT PULLS YOU IN,
AND A PART OF YOUR SOUL GOES WITH HIM.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN SOULS.
CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT,
BUT INSIDE, IN HERE,
THERE'S A PART OF YOU THAT GOES COLD,
EMPTY.
AND AFTER THAT...
YOU'RE NEVER QUITE WHOLE AGAIN.
I'VE ONLY BEEN THROUGH IT TWICE.
I'VE SEEN OTHER TELEPATHS
WHO'VE BEEN THROUGH IT
4 OR 5 TIMES,
AND YOU LOOK INTO THEIR EYES...
AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE ANYMORE.
THE RUMOR AROUND PSI CORPS
IS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO MR. BESTER.
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
NO.
THEY SAY HE WAS ALWAYS VOLUNTEERING
FOR DEATHBED SCANS.
I GUESS HE WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THEY SAY HE WAS THERE INSIDE SOMEONE'S MIND
WHEN THEY DIED, AND...
HE WENT TOO DEEP.
SAW MORE THAN ANYONE SHOULD EVER SEE.
AND WHEN THE DOOR CLOSED...
THE REST OF HIM...
MAYBE THE BEST OF HIM...
NEVER CAME BACK.
SO, YEAH, I'VE HAD A DAY.
I'VE HAD ONE HELL OF A DAY.
AND WHAT KIND OF A JOB
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO FOR YOU, MR. GARIBALDI?
I'M PUTTING TOGETHER A COVERT INTELLIGENCE UNIT.
I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE A SMALL GROUP OF TELEPATHS.
SINCE WE HAVE A BUNCH OF THEM
LIVING DOWN IN BROWN SECTOR,
I WENT TO SEE THEM.
DID THEY TELL YOU THEY WERE TIRED
OF BEING USED BY MUNDANES?
YES.
DID THEY TELL YOU TO GO TO HELL?
IN SO MANY WORDS.
WELL...
THEN I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM.
NICE TALKING TO YOU, MICHAEL.
LYTA, OK, LOOK, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A TOUGH DAY
AND THAT YOU'RE UPSET,
BUT I NEED YOU TO GET PAST THAT FOR A SECOND.
IF ALL THE OTHER RACES USE TELEPATHS
AS INFORMATION-GATHERING RESOURCES,
WE NEED THE SAME IF WE'RE GONNA COMPETE.
SO YOU WANT ME TO TALK TO THEM, ONE TEEP TO ANOTHER?
WELL, THEY'LL LISTEN TO YOU.
YOU'RE ONE OF THEIR KIND. I'M ASKING YOU
TO DO THIS AS A PERSONAL FAVOR.
IF NOT FOR ME, THEN SHERIDAN, DELENN.
LYTA, THEY BELIEVE
IN THIS NEW ALLIANCE.
THEY THINK THEY CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE, HELP PEOPLE.
ME, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE.
BUT THEY'RE TRYING, LYTA.
THEY'RE TRYING SO HARD, AND THEY'RE GONNA NEED
ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET,
WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT.
NOW, I CAME BACK BECAUSE I FIGURED
THEY DESERVE A FIGHTING CHANCE
TO MAKE THIS WORK,
AND I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO THEM.
YOU DO THIS FOR ME, AND, I SWEAR,
I WILL NEVER ASK YOU FOR ANYTHING EVER AGAIN.
TILL THE NEXT TIME.
ALL RIGHT.