Enterprise2001

[Tucker and Sato have contracted a deadly virus]

Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather:
I studied your report on how the Klingons reacted to the infection.

Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed:
Their response was typical for a species at their level of development.

Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather:
The Klingon commander didn't let his landing party back on his ship.

Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed:
Your point?

Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather:
Captain Archer did.

Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed:
Captain Archer's done nothing different from the Klingons. The launch bay and decon chamber are completely isolated from the rest of the ship.

Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather:
So it doesn't matter if an infected landing party comes aboard.

Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed:
Precisely. Humans don't want to interact with dying crewmates any more than Klingons did. If it was left to me, I'd stop our observations immediately. We have nothing more to learn from Humans.

Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather:
Oh, I don't know. They're showing concern for each other. The Cardassians did that when they were here, didn't they?

Alien inhabiting Lt. Reed:
Ah, but in the end they killed their infected crew, just as the Klingons did. The only difference is the time it took to reach that decision.

Alien inhabiting Ens. Mayweather:
Maybe the Humans will surprise us.