“The Geometry of Shadows” · Season 2
In this episode: Elric (4), Susan Ivanova (3), John Sheridan (1), Londo Mollari (1), Stephen Franklin (1), Vir Cotto (1)
[A Technomage uses an illusion of a massive robotic creature to scare Vir away.]
[to the illusion] My name is Vir Cotto, diplomatic attache to ambassador Londo Mollari of the Centauri Republic! My name is Vir Cotto, diplomatic attache to ambassador Londo Mollari of the Centauri Republic! My name is...
Stop program. [the illusion pauses, then vanishes] You don't frighten easily.
I work for Ambassador Mollari. After a while, nothing bothers you.
There is an old saying: "Do not try the patience of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."
[Dr. Franklin is treating Ivanova's broken foot.]
I can give you something for the pain...
Oh, great. Now you can give me something for the pain.
What?
Where were you when I was going through puberty?
[He chuckles.]
No, it's okay; I'll get used to it. If it gets too bad, I'll just...gnaw it off at the ankle.
We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocation of equations. These are the tools we employ, and we know many things.
Such as?
The true secrets, the important things. Fourteen words to make someone fall in love with you forever. Seven words to make them go without pain. How to say good-bye to a friend who is dying. How to be poor. How to be rich. How to rediscover dreams when the world has stolen them. That is why we are going away--to preserve that knowledge.
From what?
There is a storm coming, a black and terrible storm. We would not have our knowledge lost or used to ill purpose. From this place we will launch ourselves into the stars. With luck, you will never see our kind again in your lifetime. I know you have your orders, Captain. Detain us if you wish. But I cannot tell you where we are going. I can only ask you to trust us.
[Ivanova has been kidnapped by the Green Drazi.]
What does it take to get through to you? You're making a mistake of galactic proportions! Assaulting an Earth Alliance officer, attempting mass murder...!
Green must fight Purple. Purple must fight Green. Is no other way!
Just my luck. I get stuck with a race that speaks only in macros.
[Ivanova accidentally becomes the Green Drazi leader by grabbing the former leader's sash.]
You're saying just because I'm holding this right now, I'm Green leader? But I'm human!
Rules of combat older than contact with other races. Did not mention aliens. Rules change...caught up in committee.
Oh, I'm afraid you have to spend the rest of your life paying for your mistakes. Not this one of course, it's trivial, I have withdrawn the spell, but there will be others.
What are you talking about?
You are touched by darkness, Ambassador. I see it as a blemish that will grow with time. I could warn you of course, but you would not listen. I could kill you, but someone would take your place. So I do the only thing I can–I go. [starts to turn away, then turns back to Londo] Oh, I believe it was an endorsement you wanted. A word or two, a picture, to send to the folks back home, confirming that you have a destiny before you.
Yes, it was just a thought, nothing more.
Well, take this for what little it will profit you. As I look at you, Ambassador Mollari, I see a great hand reaching out of the stars. The hand is your hand. And I hear sounds–the sounds of billions of people calling your name.
My followers?
Your victims.
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