Illyria and Wesley in “Shells”

You grieve, still, for a single life?

Wesley

Why are you here?

I... I'm uncertain. This place, was part of the shell.

Wesley

Don't call her-- The woman you killed had a name.

This is important to you. Things have names. The shell. Winifred Burkle. She can't return to you.

Wesley

I know.

Yet there are fragments. When her brain collapsed, electrical spasms channeled into my function system. Memories. [sighs and Fred's voice] Please. Wesley, why can I stay?

Wesley

No. Leave.

I have nowhere to go. My kingdom is long dead. Long dead. There's, so much I don't understand. I become, overwhelmed. I'm, unsure of my place.

Wesley

Your place is with the rest of your people, dead and turned to ash.

Perhaps. But I exist here. I must learn to walk in this world. I'll need your help, Wesley.

Wesley

If I were to help you find your way, you have to learn to change. You mustn't kill.

You killed the Qua'ha Xahn in defiance of your leader.

Wesley

He murdered the woman I love.

And that made it just.

Wesley

No. It wasn't just. I'm probably the last man in the world to teach you what's right.

But you will. If I abide, you will help me.

Wesley

Yes.

Because I look like her?

Wesley

Yes.

We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief?

Wesley

There's love. There's hope. For some, there's hope that you'll find something worthy. That your life will lead you to some joy. That after everything, you can still be surprised.

Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?