Ethan Phillips credited as playing...
Neelix
- Neelix: Coffee, anyone? Captain?
- Capt. Kathryn Janeway: No thanks, I've had enough. One more cup and I'll jump to warp.
- Neelix: When my family was killed, I lost everything. I... still have nightmares. It hasn't been easy. I don't want Naomi to go through what I did.
- Capt. Kathryn Janeway: I understand, and you're right, but this situation is different.
- Neelix: How so?
- Capt. Kathryn Janeway: Naomi has you.
- Naomi Wildman: [of Trevis, the tree monster] He turned out to be very nice. His bark was worse than his bite.
- Neelix: [laughs] Where did you learn to make such silly puns?
- Naomi Wildman: You.
- Neelix: Oh.
- Neelix: Do you miss your parents?
- Seven of Nine: I barely remember them.
- Neelix: Maybe that's a blessing.
- Cmdr. Chakotay: [over comm] Rescue Team Alpha to Seven of Nine.
- Seven of Nine: Yes, Commander.
- Cmdr. Chakotay: We need that data.
- Seven of Nine: I will meet you at the transporter site.
- Seven of Nine: [exiting but then turning back to Neelix] I adapted. The child, Naomi, will adapt as well.
- Neelix: Borg wisdom.
- Capt. Kathryn Janeway: I realize you care about Naomi, and you're only trying to protect her, but you've got to tell her the truth.
- Neelix: "Good morning, Naomi. Would you like some papalla juice with your cereal? And, oh, by the way, your mother is buried under thirty kilotons of rock."
- Naomi Wildman: I don't like sickbay.
- Neelix: Why not?
- Naomi Wildman: It's full of creepy things - alien organs and hyposprays...
- Neelix: Well, that's not true.
- Naomi Wildman: The Doctor talks too much.
- Neelix: Well, that's his way.
- Naomi Wildman: Can't you reprogram him or something?
- Naomi Wildman: [on her mother] Has anybody talked to her?
- Neelix: Well... n-not in a day or two, but...
- Naomi Wildman: Starfleet Regulation 476-9: "All away teams must report to the bridge at least once every 24 hours."
- Neelix: You really are gonna make an excellent Captain's assistant.
- Neelix: I... I never told you this before; but, when I was much younger, I lost my mom in a terrible war. My father and my sisters, too. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me - always wondering, how did they die? Were they worried about me? Could they still be alive? I thought if I could just keep you from wondering, you wouldn't have to feel what I did.
- Naomi Wildman: You were pretending that nothing was wrong, that nothing bad happened. Do you ever pretend that nothing bad happened to YOUR family?
- Neelix: Sometimes.
- Naomi Wildman: Does it help?
- Neelix: Not really.