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I have been many things in my life, Mollari. I have been silly. I have been quiet when I should have spoken. I have been foolish. And I have wasted far too much time. But I am still Centauri, and I am not afraid.
[the Drakh keeper leaves his body, and he dies in Londo's arms]
Isn't it strange, G'Kar? When we first met I had no power and all the choices I could ever want. And now I have all the power I could ever want and no choices at all. No choice at all.
Mollari. Understand that I can never forgive your people for what they did to my world. My people can never forgive your people. But I can forgive you.
They say: the Shadows were our masters. We served them, believed in them, loved them. Then they went away and left us behind to escape on our own. But without our masters… who are we? In the end… what are we but…
A shadow… of a shadow. An echo… of what was. Our home, Z'ha'dum, destroyed. We… wandered. Then we remembered… this place. We remembered… you.
Can God make a rock so big, that even he can't lift it?
Yes, I've heard it, but ...
What if that is the wrong question? I wonder if the right question is, can God create a puzzle so difficult, a riddle so complex, that even he can't solve it? What if that's us? Maybe a problem like this is God's way of doing to us a little of what we do to him?
I tell ya, the next person who acts irrationally, I swear I'm gonna shoot myself in the head.
[Delenn bursts into the room in a rage]
BASTARDS!
Did she just...?
She did.
I'll get the gun.
What could make her [Lyta] turn like this?
Well, let's see. She was..."adjusted" by the Vorlons, dumped by the Vorlons, used as a weapon. Quit the Corps. Lost the only man she ever loved and dedicated herself to finishing his work. Pick one or all of the above. Let's face it, she's pissed.
Massively.
[Lochley and Zack go to the Zocalo to arrest Lyta on suspicion of terrorism. She displays how she has the entire Zocalo under her mental control.]
I'm tired of being pushed around, Captain. I do not choose to be arrested. I've done a lot for this place…and just once I think a little gratitude would be in order, don't you?
Lyta, don't force us to-
To what?
[gestures to Zack] Zack…
[He doesn't move. He, the deputies, and the rest of the crowd appear to be catatonic.]
Zack!
You cannot harm me. You cannot stop someone who's been touched by Vorlons.
[A PPG appears and lines up with the side of Lyta's head. Sheridan steps out of the crowd.]
You're not the only one that's been touched by the Vorlons. [gestures to the crowd] Let them go.
[Lyta stands resolute. Sheridan presses the gun into the side of her head.]
Let 'em go or I'll blow the back of your skull off!
[Lyta relaxes her mental control, and the crowd begins moving again.]
[Garibaldi confronts Lyta in her cell.]
I need to know, Lyta. Something's happened to your abilities. You're not a P-5 anymore, hell, you're not even a P-12. You're the strongest telepath I've ever seen. What did the Vorlons do to you, Lyta? Who…what are you?
I've only recently begun to understand it myself. You know the Vorlons used telepaths as weapons during the Shadow War, but what no one stopped to consider was that in a war, you have a certain number of small weapons, a certain number of medium-size weapons, and one or two big ones. The kind of weapons you drop when you're out of small weapons and the medium weapons and you've got nothing left to use.
Someone like that would be the telepathic equivalent of a thermonuclear device. A doomsday weapon.
[Lyta turns to face him, smiling, and her eyes start glowing white.]
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Garibaldi.
We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there. Too much, the best of us is washed away.
So it really couldn't–
No, you're right. It couldn't–
So there we are.
There you go, yeah.
You know, I do have about an hour before my next shift starts, in case you wanted to...celebrate your new job.
More than an hour or less than an hour?
About an hour and ten minutes.
You go on ahead. You know how I like the lights.
I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in the station when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying.
It occurs to me I have never walked the length of this place, end to end.
Well, Delenn, it's 5 miles long.
I know. Coming?
Now?
Now is all we have.
[G'Kar comes face to face with one of his more-devout "followers".]
We put you in this position, G'Kar. Our reverence is our gift to you, and you are responsible to us. You owe us. Without us… you are nothing.
Then I am nothing. Goodbye.
[G'Kar gives a "pep talk" to his successor, Ta'Lon.]
I believe there is a time for enlightenment and a time for things to get done. I have become a distraction for our people. They require patience, direction, determination, and strength. I have provided a little of the first two. Now, you must provide the rest. You have always been sensible and level-headed. A rock that will never shift or break beneath the demands of our people. And you have been my friend. In my absence, we will need someone to focus on helping our world rebuild and strengthening ties with the Alliance. In order to serve our people here and at home, one must be both priest and warrior in equal measure. In recent months, I have become more priest than warrior. Perhaps, now it is time for someone who is more warrior than priest. You may believe you are not ready, but you are as ready as I was when I first came to Babylon 5. Check the records, I think you'll be amused. When this message has finished, a copy will automatically be sent to Sheridan and the others. They will receive you as they would receive me. Good luck, Ta'Lon. Serve our people–reasonably, fairly, and with honor. The rest will attend to itself.
It's good to know that at least one of the old gang will be sticking around for a while.
Who, me? Absolutely. Hell, I'll probably still be here when they turn off the lights.[N]
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