:34:01
Retinal scans are an exact match.
It really is Quinn.
:34:05
How can that be?
He picked me up like a rag doll.
:34:08
I'll have to do
a complete internal scan.
:34:11
Keep me posted.
I'll be on the bridge.
:34:26
What is that?!
:34:38
What do you know of conspiracies?
:34:41
- Not nearly enough.
- That's their charm.
:34:45
When a machination is real,
no one knows about it.
:34:48
And when it's suspected,
it's almost never real.
:34:52
Except in paranoid delusions
for those who believe.
:34:57
Sorry to interrupt. Dinner is served.
:35:00
Wonderful. This banter
has given me an appetite.
:35:04
I need to contact my ship to let
Riker know we're about to sit down.
:35:08
Of course.
We'll wait for you at the table.
:35:22
- Picard to Riker.
- Dr Crusher here.
:35:25
May I speak freely?
:35:30
I have little choice. Where's Riker?
:35:32
He was attacked by Quinn,
or what we thought was Quinn.
:35:37
Specify, Doctor.
:35:38
A parasitic being
has invaded Quinn's body.
:35:42
It has complete control
over all brain functions.
:35:45
It seems to breathe
through a small gill
:35:48
protruding from Quinn's neck.
:35:50
Look for this, Captain.
:35:52
I believe it will be visible
on anyone who has been compromised.
:35:56
Any idea what it is
or where it came from?
:35:59
Negative. I've never seen
anything like it.