Soji has a dream of her childhood but can't tell Narek whether it is a memory or something her mind makes up. Narek casts further doubt on her story by mentioning that each call with her mother lasts exactly 70 seconds. Soji scans photos and other memorabilia, to find that none of them is older than 37 months. On La Sirena, Jurati has covered up her murder of Maddox as a consequence of his severe injuries. The ship proceeds to the Borg Artifact. But in order not to breach the contract, Picard needs diplomatic credentials. Raffi calls a friend in Starfleet, who denies to authorize the mission. Only when Raffi mentions that the ship is already underway, Picard gets approved as a special envoy to the Borg Reclamation Project. Picard is the only one allowed to beam over to the Borg cube. He meets Hugh, the man who was once freed from the Collective by the Enterprise-D crew and who now leads the Borg Reclamation Project. Hugh confirms that Soji Asha is working in the project, but he can't locate her on the cube. In the meantime, Narek has taken Soji to a Romulan meditation room where he and Narissa plan to access her unconscious, in order to learn about Soji's origin. She recalls two red moons and electrical storms in her dreams, which for Narissa is enough information to search for her planet of origin. Narek ends the session by locking up Soji in the room and releasing poisonous gas. She "activates", and breaks through the floor. Hugh receives an alert, and he and Picard proceed to Soji's location, while Romulan soldiers too are going after her. Hugh activates a Sikarian trajector in the Queen's cell. Against Picard's explicit orders, Elnor has beamed over to the cube and fends off the Romulans, while Picard and Soji enter the trajector, their destination being a place named Nepenthe.

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