JANEWAY:
Good. Let's plan an oh seven hundred departure.
What's this?
CHAKOTAY:
My Medicine Bundle.
I've never showed it to anyone before.
After what you said this morning,
I thought it was important to let you see.
JANEWAY:
Will it help me find my animal guide?
CHAKOTAY:
Eventually you'll have to assemble
your own medicine bundle,
but this will allow me to assist you
in your quest for a guide.
JANEWAY:
Now? Now.
Chakotay goes up the step to the informal area by the window,
puts his bundle on the low table and sits on the floor.
It takes a moment for Janeway to take the hint and join him.
CHAKOTAY:
A Blackbird's Wing.
A Stone from The River.
An akoonah.
JANEWAY:
Akoonah?
CHAKOTAY:
My ancestors used psychoactive herbs
to assist their vision quests.
Now they're no longer necessary.
Our scientists have found
more modern ways to facilitate
The Search for Animal Guides.
Place Your Hand on it
and concentrate on The Stone.
A-koo-chee-moy-a.
We are far from The Sacred Places
of Our Grandfathers.
We are far from The Bones
of Our People.
But perhaps there is
one Powerful Being
who will embrace this woman
and give her The Answers she seeks.
Allow your eyes to close.
Breath to fuel the light in your belly,
and let it expand until the light is everywhere.
Prepare yourself to leave This Room
and This Ship,
and return to a place where you were the most content
and peaceful you have ever been.
You can see all around you and hear the sounds of this place.
{Beach]
(A seabird calls.)
JANEWAY:
I know this place. It's -
CHAKOTAY [OC]:
You must not discuss with me
What You See,
or you will offend
Your Animal Guide.
As you continue to look around,
you will become aware of other life
that shares this place with you.
It will be the first animal you see.
That is the one
You Will Speak To.
Do you see An Animal?
JANEWAY:
Yes….!
CHAKOTAY [OC]:
Speak to it.
JANEWAY:
What do I say?
CHAKOTAY [OC]:
You know what you want to ask.
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