What is this?
The history of the Borg. Well, the only history that matters ... the ending. How it always ends for you. A lone Borgslayer, a united Federation, they come for you-- for your top-shelf, overreaching, Icarus-worthy arrogance.
If prattling on is your choice of weapon, I can wait. You can't be sad forever.
Do the math. In this or any other universe, you always lose. That's why you fight so hard. You live with the death knell of your species across infinite timelines. You fear loss, just like we do. You long for what we all long for. Connection... longevity, discovery. Only you offer it without choice. I'm saying... what if we ask for it? You and I.
Finally, the semblance of a point.
The galaxy is filled with lives that need saving. One of them is lying at your feet right now.
You'd have a cohort pulled from the dying? Recruit from derelict ships? Flotsam of space? You'd have us collect scraps?
And offer second chances. What if we take this ship and build a better Borg? A real collective based not on assimilation but salvation. Think about it: a Borg collective that embraces the uniqueness of its members.
You ask us to embrace weakness.
I'm positing that what you've written off as weakness is actually strength. Cooperation.
Your proposal is absurd. But not entirely un-intriguing.
Imagine, members who would fight harder for what they chose. Who would lose no battles because they made no enemies. Who would not be discarded and replaced. Attachments could grow and deepen. Like Seven. Didn't you love her once, too? And wasn't she the best of what we could be? Somebody who used her Borg half to serve the best of her humanity. Let's build a universe of Sevens. Let's start with this one.
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