e.</p>
  <p> Riker and Picard exchange a look.</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    (to com)<br>
    Geordi... what's going on?</p>
  <p> INTERCUT:</p>
  <p>64 INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)</p>
  <p> Geordi and his team are standing near the object,<br>
    scanning it with their tricorders. The object is<br>
    beginning to GLOW BRIGHTLY FROM WITHIN. It is now much<br>
    larger than before and clearly resembles the strange<br>
    molecule we've seen before...</p>
  <p> GEORDI<br>
    (off tricorder, to com