Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Warlord (1996)

Jennifer Lien: Kes

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• [last lines] 

  Kes : Everything seems so different now. My thoughts and perceptions... Even my relationships with my closest friends... You, the Doctor, Neelix... How can I go back to my normal life as if nothing ever happened?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : You cannot. This experience will force you to adapt. You are no longer the same person, and the course of your life will change as a result. Where that new course leads is up to you.

• Kes : You're already deteriorating, and it's only going to get worse. I'll find every little crack in your defenses. You'll feel yourself crumbling from within, your sanity slipping away. I won't stop until you're broken and helpless. There's nowhere you can go to get away from me. I'll be relentless and merciless, just like you.

• [Kes has defeated Tieran, but at a price] 

  Kes : How can I worry about my own well-being when... so many people have suffered and died?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : You were not responsible for Tieran's actions.

  Kes : I can't help wondering whether I could've fought harder.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : It was your absolute refusal to surrender which defeated him. You cannot ask more of yourself than that.

• Tieran : I suffered pain all my life. It's going to take more than headaches to stop me.

  Kes : I know all about your life, I know about your suffering. It doesn't justify what you've become. You're a monster, Tieran, and I have no compassion for you.

  Tieran : And I don't ask for any. What I need from you I already have: your body and your mind.

  Kes : You may have my body, but you'll never have my mind. I won't surrender it.

• Kes-Tieran : Do you really think a child like this poses any threat to me? I've been fighting worse battles since the day I was born. When the doctors said I wouldn't live past my first year, I proved them wrong. Even when my parents thought I was too sickly to be worth caring for, I survived on the streets. Even when my own ungrateful subjects forced me into exile, I refused to accept defeat. I certainly won't surrender to this little girl!

• Kes-Tieran : This momentary lapse will pass, and I'll be stronger than ever. Stronger than ever! Stronger than ever! Stronger than...

• Kes-Tieran : I want the people to know that I have their welfare at heart. Tomorrow we'll send out an edict. Every citizen must have a garden.

  Nori : Garden?

  Kes-Tieran : I love plants, flowers, anything that grows. Some of the times I felt most content were those spent watching the seedlings grow in the airponics...

• Kes-Tieran : I'm really not a monster.

• Resh : This is insane. We've spent years planning this, every move, every detail, and now suddenly our leader's been reduced to a little girl?

  Kes-Tieran : I've been exploring the mind of this little girl and I've discovered some rather interesting abilities.

  [Resh begins to go into seizures] 

  Kes-Tieran : She had barely begun to tap into them. It's a good thing I came along, so all that wasted potential could be turned to a greater purpose. Now, should I continue the demonstration, or do I have your loyalty?

• Adin : Now that we've got the transfer mechanism in place, I suggest you use it to move into a more compatible body.

  Kes-Tieran : No. I like this one, particularly the unique mental abilities that come with it.

• Lieutenant Tuvok : You know that I won't provide you with any information.

  Kes-Tieran : You'd be surprised how often I've heard that.