"Time's Arrow" Line-by-Line

[Orac]

Riker: On my way.

 

[BlueStuff]

[Ten Forward]

LAFORGE: So, do you want to talk about it?

 

[Orac]

Data: Are you referring to the foreknowledge of my death?

 

[Leandar]

Geordi: Yeah.

 

[BlueStuff]

DATA: I have no particular desire to discuss the matter. Do you need to talk about it?

 

[Enterprise1981]

LAFORGE: Yeah.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: Hmm. Why?

 

[Orac]

La Forge: Data, this has got to bother you a little.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: On the contrary, I find it rather comforting.

 

[Enterprise1981]

LAFORGE: Comforting?

 

[BlueStuff]

DATA: I have often wondered about my own mortality as I have seen others around me age. Until now it has been theoretically possible that I would live an unlimited period of time. And although some might find this attractive, to me it only reinforces the fact that I am artificial.

 

[Orac]

La Forge: I never knew how tough this must be for you.

 

[BlueStuff]

DATA: Tough? As in difficult?

 

[Orac]

La Forge: Knowing that you would outlive all your friends.

 

[Enterprise1981]

DATA: I expected to make new friends.

 

[Orac]

La Forge: True.

 

[Athena28]

DATA: And then to outlive them as well.

 

[Orac]

La Forge: Now that you know that you might not?

 

[Trekker4747]

DATA: It provides a sense of completion to my future. In a way, I am not that different from anyone else. I can now look forward to death.

 

[LeadHead]

La Forge: I never thought of it that way.