At the moment of death there is a passing of energy, an explosion of consciousness. It permeates everything in close proximity... your clothes, jewelry... anything. We can still feel him - what he was, what he did, his hopes, and fears, and expectations. It's still there for a minutes, then it will disappear... joining him in silence.
S5A View from the Gallery
Londo Mollari What, are you afraid I won't come back G'Kar?
G'Kar No, afraid you will.
(to Bo) So... how long you figure they been married?
Hey, did you see that smile? I mean it was like the sun coming out from behind a cloud.
I did indeed. Suddenly, I think I understand Sheridan a lot better.
How do you mean?
Well, dead or alive, I'd climb my way out of hell and through ten miles of solid rock to see that smile again.
[after their last encounter with Delenn]
Bo?
Yeah?
She remembered my name.
Our names.
I think I'm in love.
She's married.
Eh. We can work something out.
S5Learning Curve
[after a Ranger trainee has been attacked, his teacher declares Mora'dum–the application of terror]
Captain, this is not about revenge.
[sarcastically] Oh? Then what is this about?
Terror.
. . .
So, what kind of terror are we talking about here, Delenn?
The kind that cripples...the kind that destroys. Not from without, but from within. As soon as he can stand, whether he is fully healed or not, Tennier will prepare to face his terror. Those who harmed him now have power over him. He must take back that power or he will never be whole again. We will go with him, and bring him to the point of his terror. And then, he will face it.
But if he isn't fully healed, he could die in the effort.
As Anla'shok, we choose to do that which frightens us, knowing that there are no guarantees. He may lose; we cannot help him.
Then he will stand alone.
At the end, Captain, we all stand alone.
[Sech Durhan asks fellow Ranger trainer Sech Turval to join him on a trip to Babylon 5.]
DDurhan
[good-natured] You are a source of constant annoyance to me, Turval, but only because you're right more often than you're wrong. And why should I keep this joy to myself? I choose to share you with the universe! [deadpan] Valen help them all.
[Sech Turval comforts Ranger trainee Rastenn, who abandoned his fellow trainee to fight an enemy alone in a moment off uncharacteristic fear.]
TTurval
We create the meaning in our lives. It does not exist independently. Being Anla-shok [Ranger] does not mean worrying about what others will think about us. It does not mean deciding what to do based upon whether or not it serves our sense of ego or destiny. It means living each moment as if it were your last one. It means doing each right thing because it is the right thing. The scale doesn't matter. The where, the when, the how, or in what cause… none of those things matter. In my life, I've discovered very few truths. Here is the greatest truth I know: Your death, Rastenn, will have a meaning if it comes while you're in fullest pursuit of your heart.
[The Ranger trainees encircle Tannier and the human who attacked him, watching the Mora'dum play out, but not interfering.]
STSech Turval
Attend, students, this is a classic archetype in action. The strong man—or 'bully', as the humans call it—essentially a coward whose only skill is convincing others to do what he's afraid to do himself.
SDSech Durhan
Notice the lack of technique, no follow through. Another flaw in this particular personality type…all muscle, no brain.
S5Strange Relations
I'm caught in a web of my own good intentions.
Well, the road to hell is paved with them, sir.
I know. But why does it have to go through this office?
[Lyta demonstrates her telekinesis by "slapping" two of Bester's Psi Cops]
Not bad. Tell me, is that really telekinesis, or are you just pushing the nerve endings, making them feel as if they've been slapped? Either way, it's taken a lot out of you, Lyta. You're sweating, flushed. How many times can you do that, Lyta? Can you do just one at a time? Maybe two? How about three? How about a half dozen of us?
I don't know. Like you said, I'm new at this. I could even make a mistake. Maybe even pop a blood vessel in someone's head by accident by pushing too hard. Feel like playing the odds, Mr. Bester?
What the hell is your problem?
For starters, I don't know you, therefore I don't trust you.
The world's full of people you don't know.
I worry about that all the time.
Tough. Get over it.
[after realizing Garibaldi has accessed her personnel file, Lochley storms out of her office]
Where you going?
To pound someone, Mr. Allan. You win. I just decided if you can't join 'em, beat 'em.
[G'Kar and Delenn are discussing how he can best help the Alliance. They turn to the topic of Londo's return to Centauri Prime.]
He should have a bodyguard assigned to him at all times while he is there. Someone we can rely on, someone, uh… someone we can trust. Someone strong… strong enough to…
[He looks down to see Delenn eyeing him, excitedly.]
Oh, no…
...
The Alliance is about learning to overcome our distrust and form a new community. Can you think of a better symbol?
No, and I'm trying. Believe me.
...
You would naturally have to accompany him on all state business and be there to guard him. In the palace. In the Royal Court.
[brightens] A Narn in the Centauri Royal Court? [laughs] It is a curiously satisfying image, Delenn!
...
[Later, Delenn meets with Londo Mollari just before he and G'Kar leave.]
[worried] G'Kar? You've assigned G'Kar as my bodyguard?
Yes. I think your generosity in working with him will be an excellent symbol of unity for all the other races who could join the Alliance.
A symbol…
Yes.
And you tried this line on G'Kar?
I did.
And did it work?
Completely.
[swears] Great Maker!
S5Secrets of the Soul
Byron, the Vorlons changed me. More than you could possibly know. I don't know what it'll do once you get past my barriers and I get past yours. It could burn you.
Then let it burn.
Byron, the Vorlons changed me. More than you could possibly know. I don't know what it'll do once you get past my barriers and I get past yours. It could burn you.
Then let it burn.
[After they make love, Lyta's barriers go down, and they both witness the full measure of what the Vorlons did: not only to her, but to all telepaths. They meet with the rest of Byron's people.]
It was the Vorlons.
Yes.
They created telepaths on a hundred worlds. Interfered with their genetic development. Took people from their homeworlds and adjusted them over the course of the centuries.
Yes.
Because they needed telepaths in their war against the Shadows. Needed us as cannon fodder.
Yes.
We would be normal. We would have lives. We would be able to walk and live and work among normals without fear of persecution if the Vorlons had not interfered with our normal development. We were made for their benefit, to save them. We were told that our abilities were our gift and our curse, and that we were somehow responsible for it. But we're not. We're not.
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