Manu Intiraymi credited as playing...
Icheb
- Icheb: [over comm] Icheb to The Doctor. Report to cargo bay 2 immediately.
- Seven of Nine: He's persistent.
- The Doctor: Not to worry. I'll make it clear to him that 'persistence is futile.'
- [last lines]
- [Icheb notices another tear trickling down Seven's cheek]
- Icheb: Seven...
- Seven of Nine: Yes.
- Icheb: Your ocular implant - it's malfunctioning again.
- [the Doctor scans Seven]
- The Doctor: [smiling] Actually, it's functioning perfectly.
- Icheb: I'm trying to save your life.
- Seven of Nine: Only because you've grown too dependent on me.
- Icheb: So you think I need to learn to rely on other people?
- Seven of Nine: Yes.
- Icheb: What about you? You've refused to rely on a single member of this crew. You hid your condition from the rest of us, you deactivated The Doctor, and now you're rejecting my help. You're the one who needs to rely on others.
- Icheb: [to Janeway] Isn't that what people on this ship do? They help each other?
- Icheb: [to Seven] If the Captain were dying, you'd risk your life to save her, wouldn't you?
- Icheb: [to Janeway] And when you respond to a distress call, you're risking the life of everyone on this ship, to respond to the aid of strangers!
- Captain Janeway: He's right.
- Seven of Nine: Captain, he's just a child!
- Captain Janeway: I don't think he is. Not anymore.
- Seven of Nine: Doctor!
- The Doctor: Don't look at me.
- Icheb: Please - just let us help you.
- Seven of Nine: This debate is pointless. I won't accept the node.
- Icheb: And I won't keep it.
- The Doctor: Someone had better use the damn thing. If it stays disconnected much longer, it won't do either of you any good!