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[Grudge purring]

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[electronic whirring]

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[Book] Hey, Michael. I'm
recording this message

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in case I can't tell you in person.

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I was on my way to
the Bajoran Exchange

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when this guy sitting
next to me started talking

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about a "black box" and
I think his "black box"

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is one of the ones
you're looking for.

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He was looking for the thing
that was important for her.

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And the thing that
was important to her

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was to get this black box

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that can help solve the
mystery of the Burn.

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It's on Hunhau,
Emerald Chain territory.

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I'm gonna do
some looking around.

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If things don't go well,

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I'll set the ship to
bring Grudge to you

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if I'm not back on
board in 24 hours.

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Not having been
asked to do that,

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he puts himself
in harm's way

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to go try and help
her with this mission

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that means everything to her.

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It's the thing that she
was pushing for constantly

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over the course of that
year that she was there.

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Here, I got it, the black box.

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Who are these friends of yours?

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Very handy, excellent friends.

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A big thing that
we wanted to show

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was this process of letting go

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that has happened over this year.

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Much influenced by Book.

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What Burnham appreciated
about Cleveland Booker

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is how he is the
master of his own fate.

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And you can make a difference.

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We wanted Burnham
to have some fun

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and some levity in a
relationship with someone,

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and Book is someone
she can do that with.

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What does this
cat-loving friend have

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that made you fall for
him like a two-year-old

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on the edge of a well?

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[Michael] Excuse me?

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They complement each other,

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like a ying and a yang.

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I remember shooting that scene

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and that moment
where Cleveland Booker

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is in the salvage yard and
then Michael Burnham walks in,

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and they clock
eyes for the first time.

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And it was like seeing her
depth of love in that moment

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and the sacrifice that
she's made to be here.

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But then also, her seeing
me as a captured man

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in bondage was really profound.

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It really caught me off guard.

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I love David Ajala.

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He's such a wonderful actor.

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He's such a
wonderful human being.

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And I love that he's a
very different character

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than we've ever seen, and I love

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how he's bringing Book to life.

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You weren't supposed to come.

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Hell I wasn't.

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Cleveland Booker introduces
to Michael Burnham

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a freer way of navigating
one's way through life,

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that can be fun and have levity.

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You don't have to
carry the weight

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of the world on your
shoulders day in, day out.

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As Burnham, I decided,
over time, that perhaps

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the Federation is
not the place for me.

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Perhaps I can pursue a life
that is more fulfilling

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on my own, as my own.
Defining my own standards,

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defining my own desires.

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When she has physically put
her life on the line for him,

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she didn't have to do that.

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She was warned not to
come for him, but yet,

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Michael Burnham finds
herself back in harm's way,

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putting her life on the
line for Cleveland Booker.

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[missiles blasting]

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Whoo!

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So being faced with that, I
think they both are forced

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to acknowledge how they
feel about each other.

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Where it goes from
there? Who knows?