ire on it.<br>
    But that would be a last resort.</p>
  <p> DOCTOR MARR<br>
    Why? Why not just kill it?</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    I'm going to try to talk to it.</p>
  <p> She stares at him as though he had spoken in tongues.</p>
  <p> DOCTOR MARR<br>
    What?</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    We know through our own experience<br>
    that our shields will protect us<br>
    from the Entity. As long as we<br>
    are in no danger, I will make<br>
    every effort to communicate.</p>
  <p> DOCTOR