- Saru: I lied to you. And Lieutenant Tyler. I attacked you. I could've killed you.
- Michael Burnham: You weren't yourself.
- Saru: But I was. We... are born afraid, we Kelpiens. It's how we survive. As such, my whole life, I have never known a moment without fear. The freedom of it. Not... one... moment. Until Pahvo.
- Ash Tyler: It's two days until pickup. We're making great time.
- Saru: Perhaps it's a great time for you Humans. I, of course, could make it there in 15 minutes.
- Ash Tyler: Didn't know you were such a sprinter, Mr. Saru.
- Michael Burnham: Kelpiens pursued by apex predators have exceeded speeds of 80 kilometers per hour. They can also sense predators, from a distance of as much as ten kilometers.
- Saru: Yeah, and we particularly enjoy being discussed in the third person while present.
- [Tyler tells Burnham about his plans for after the war]
- Michael Burnham: Our futures look different. You go back to your lake house, and I go back to prison. My sentence was life. This is just temporary.
- Ash Tyler: Well, maybe we just leave that transmitter alone. You can't go back to prison if we're still at war.
- Michael Burnham: The needs of the many...
- Ash Tyler: Are worth fighting for. Are worth dying for. But so are the needs of the few.
- Michael Burnham: Or the one?
- Saru: We were biologically determined for one purpose and one purpose alone - to sense the coming of death. I sense it coming now.