[Captain Apollo enters Adama's quarters and is shocked to see him use his psychokinetic powers on a small object]
How did you do that?
It's impolite not to make your presence known.
I think I've finally discovered how Count Iblis has been doing these miracles and then I see you do this.
This was not a miracle. This is a simple test of mind over matter, long a key study of our military institute. I remember I used to drive your mother mad by bending eating utensils until she made me stop the practice.
How come I never knew?
It was before you were born. It was in my early days at the institute, a special program, strictly a military study. Our life expectancy now, Cylons not withstanding, is about two hundred yahrens. We're just beginning to utilize some portion of our brains' incredible potential. Now imagine. Imagine if you will, a race of beings whose life expectancy is thousands of yahrens. A race of that kind would certainly have learned to do what we would consider to be miraculous things.
That's what you think we're dealing with here? With Count Iblis and these strange lights?
No, not lights. The ancient Lords, who first settled on Kobol, spoke of visitations from what they, in their primitive way, referred to as angels.
Angels?
Think of them as custodians of the universe. Advanced beings, very highly advanced, whose mandate it is to make certain that their powers are never abused by anyone of their own kind.
And they're watching him. Meaning he's one of them.
Or was. Now the key, I believe, is to be found in that crashed ship where you discovered Iblis.
That's just what I thought.
Now you couldn't examine your ship because of radion levels.
But with special equipment...
All right. Now...I want you go to back there...alone. You mustn't tell anyone of this. And you must forget this conversation. Iblis will pick out your thoughts easily.
I understand.
I hope so. This could be the most important mission of your life.
If you run into the Count, he'll know where I've gone.
I'll crowd my mind with other thoughts. That, too, was part of the institute's investigation into telepathy.
How is it after all this time I'm still learning things about my own father?
How is it after all this time I'm still learning things about my own son?
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