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<v ->Computer,</v>

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(computer processing sounds)

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load program Crusher One.

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<v ->Program complete. Enter when ready.</v>

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(mysterious music)

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<v ->Hello, Wesley.</v>

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As I make this recording, you are about ten weeks old.

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I wanted you to know who I am today.

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You see, this Jack Crusher

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won't exist by the time you're all grown up.

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I'll be older,

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more experienced,

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and hopefully a little wiser.

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But this person will be gone,

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and I want you to know who your father was

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when you came into the world.

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When I see you lying there in your crib,

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I realize I don't know the first thing about being a father.

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So let me just apologize

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for all the mistakes I'm about to make as you grow up.

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I hope you don't grow up

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resenting the fact that I was gone so much.

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That comes with this uniform.

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I don't know if I can explain

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why Starfleet means so much to me.

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Maybe you'll understand when you get this recording.

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Maybe you'll even want to try one of these on.

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But you'll probably be a doctor,

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like your mother.

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You're only a baby, but it's remarkable.

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I can see in your face

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all the people I've loved in my lifetime.

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Your mother, my father and mother,

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our family.

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I can see me in you, too.

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And I can feel that you're my son.

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I don't know how to describe it,

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but there's this connection,

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this bond.

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I'll always be a part of you, Wesley.

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Well,

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I hope this makes some sense to you.

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I'm not sure that it does to me,

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but maybe I'll do better next time.

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I love you, Wesley.

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(music resumes)

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Goodbye, Dad.