Star Trek (TV Series)
The Gamesters of Triskelion (1968)
Angelique Pettyjohn: Shahna
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Quotes
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Captain James T. Kirk : The thralls have no freedom, Shahna. You don't think or do anything but what the Providers tell you.
Shahna : What else would one do?
Captain James T. Kirk : Love, for one thing.
Shahna : What is... love?
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Shahna : You... you risked bringing their anger on yourself. Why did you do it?
Captain James T. Kirk : It's the custom of my people... to help one another when we're in trouble.
[he kisses her passionately]
Shahna : And... And this... is this... also helping?
Captain James T. Kirk : [smiles] You could call it that.
Shahna : Please... help me once again.
[and he does]
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Shahna : Goodbye, Jim Kirk. I will learn... and watch the lights in the sky... and remember.
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Captain James T. Kirk : I didn't realize I was so hungry. Whatever you call this, it was very good.
Shahna : It is nourishment. We call it that.
Captain James T. Kirk : Nourishment. Well, that's very practical.
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Captain James T. Kirk : Shahna, where were you born?
Shahna : Born? I have been here always.
Captain James T. Kirk : Your parents. Where... where are they? Your mother and father.
Shahna : She who bore me was killed in a freestyle match.
Captain James T. Kirk : Freestyle?
Shahna : You will learn all these things.
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Shahna : Oh, we, too, have mates. When it is time to increase the herd, my provider will select one for me.
Captain James T. Kirk : On Earth, we select our own mate, someone we care for. On Earth, men and women live together, help each other, make each other happy.
Shahna : I do not think your words are allowed.
