Admiral Picard is lying on the floor. He is severely injured and unconscious. 34 minutes earlier: Jurati manages to disable the security personnel and upload the crew's fake credentials into the database, upon which they are admitted to the party. At the event, Picard and Tallinn observe how nervous Renée Picard is. They intercept a message to her psychiatrist Q, in which the astronaut says she would tell Musa, the mission commander, that she quits. Picard tries to call Jurati so she can distract Musa, but she is troubled by the Borg Queen in her mind. He decides to talk to his ancestor nonetheless but runs into Adam Soong, whose mission is to keep Renée from going on the Europa Mission and who reports the admiral to the security personnel. Jurati uses a nanoelectric pulse to disable the power supply of the building. She goes to the stage to sing, which provides the diversion that the admiral needs to follow Renée Picard and speak to her. The endorphin rush in Jurati's body, however, allows the Borg Queen to take control of her. As the two Picards are taking a walk outside, Adam Soong drives by in his car and tries to run over Renée. But the admiral shoves her aside and ends up lying on the floor. As neither the biobed on La Sirena nor a real hospital that would ask for an ID is an option, Rios takes Picard to Teresa's clinic. Teresa manages to stabilize him after a cardiac arrest. Despite his bodily functions and his brain activity being normal, Picard remains unresponsive, however. Soong returns home to his daughter Kore, trying to justify his actions without being specific about what he did. Kore discovers files on her dad's computer with childhood photos she doesn't remember. She eventually runs into video diary files, in which Soong speaks about failed attempts to procreate. She herself appears to be his latest and the so far only successful creation. Against Raffi's objections that Picard needs time to cope with whatever is troubling him, Tallinn prepares to enter his mind with a neuro-optic interceptor. In the meantime, Jurati is strolling around the streets...

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