(powerful music begins)
-: Name and rank!
-: Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge.
Beverly: Naturally, I've heard of your case,
the VISOR implant you wear is...
Geordi: Is a remarkable piece of
bio electronic engineering, by which I quote
"see much of the EM spectrum," et cetera, et cetera.
And forgive me if I've said
and listened to this a thousand times before.
-: And you don't resent it?
-: The VISOR or being blind?
-: Either.
-: No, since they're both a part of me
and I really like who I am,
there's no reason for me to resent either one.
-: It was a wish of our founders
that no one had to suffer a life with disabilities.
-: Who gave them the right to decide whether
or not I might have something to contribute?
-: Chief engineer. Still has a nice ring to it.
-: I never knew what a friend was until I met Geordi.
He spoke to me as though I were human.
Geordi: I was joking. Data: Yes.
Data: I see how that could be considered quite amusing
-: (laughing) I missed you, Data.
Data: He treated me no differently from anyone else.
He accepted me for what I am.
And that, I have learned, is friendship.
Hugh: Are you ever lonely?
-: Sometimes.
But that's why we have friends.
-: Like Geordi.
-: He's got feelings. He's homesick.
Picard: Identify yourself.
-: Every time you talk about yourself, you use the word "we."
"We want this. We want that."
We are all separate individuals.
I am Geordi.
I choose what I want to do with my life.
I make decisions for myself.
-: You are Borg!
-: No.
-: What did you say?
-: I am Hugh.
(powerful music continues)
Scotty: You've got a fine ship, Mr. La Forge.
A real beauty here.
But I've always found that a ship is only
as good as the engineer who takes care of her.
And from what I can see,
the Enterprise is in good hands.
(powerful music ends)