Captain TILLY :
Any sign of Osyraa?
Nothing.
Captain TILLY :
How did she even find us?
BOOK :
If she wants your spore drive,
she’s probably been tracking it.
DETMER:
You mean scanning for our jump signature?
BOOK:
She’d have gotten a read on it back at Kwejian.
Captain TILLY :
Why didn’t she fire on us?
BOOK:
It’s not like her.
Whatever she’s got planned, I’m guessing
she’ll need us whole to make it work.
Captain TILLY :
Engineering, what’s the status on shields?
STAMETS:
30 more minutes before we can jump.
BRYCE:
Uh, we’re being hailed.
It’s Osyraa.
Captain TILLY :
Tell Stamets we need shields in ten.
Put her through.
BRYCE:
On screen.
Osyraa :
Where’s The Captain?
Captain TILLY :
I’m acting Captain.
Osyraa :
(laughs)
The Kelpien left you in charge?
Captain TILLY :
Damn straight.
I’m kind of busy right now,
so could you get to The Point?
Osyraa :
You are not really captain material.
Captain TILLY :
Oh, nice try.
You don’t know anything about me.
Osyraa :
Oh, sure I do.
Everybody’s Friend, right?
Good with people, team player.
But deep down in that
pretty little heart of yours,
you know that you’re just a fraud.
How am I doing?
Captain TILLY :
Mm, a certain 19th-century Earth neurologist
would say that you’ve just proven
the idea of Projection :
You tell me I’m a fraud
because deep down inside,
You kind of feel like a fraud.
It’s interesting.
It’s not just a human
defence mechanism — It’s Galactic.
Osyraa :
Don’t test me, Red.
Captain TILLY :
Okay, we’ll skip Freud.
What do you want?
Osyraa :
Your ship, Your Spore Drive
and Your Crew as Leverage.
Captain TILLY :
Oh, no. Not gonna happen.
You will not take this ship
or anyone on it.
Not now. Not ever. No.
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