Star Trek: Discovery (TV Series)

Into the Forest I Go (2017)

Sonequa Martin-Green: Michael Burnham

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• Michael Burnham : I need to know something. You put on a facade. Like everything that's happened to you just washes off. I actually envied that about you. But when you saw that Klingon... Who is she to you?

  Ash Tyler : I think you already know.

  Michael Burnham : You were her prisoner.

  Ash Tyler : Yeah. Her name was L'Rell. She's the reason I've had nightmares, every night since the day Captain Lorca and I fled her ship. She's also the only reason I'm still alive. 227 days. But it only took one of them to realize I wasn't gonna make it out alive - not unless I made a choice.

  Michael Burnham : What did you do?

  Ash Tyler : I survived. That... that Klingon... was more than just my captor. She was my torturer. One who took a... particular... interest in me. And I saw a way out. A way to live past day one, day ten, day 20, day 97... I encouraged it. Her sick affections, her obsession with me, because if I hadn't, I'd be dead, like all the others. And I got out. I get to keep living my life. But the thing is... if none of that had happened, I wouldn't be here, on this ship, with you. And that almost makes it... worth it. Is that weird?

  Michael Burnham : No.