Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Sacred Ground (1996)

Estelle Harris: Old Woman

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• Captain Kathryn Janeway : I'm just trying to understand how this works. The monks I saw in the sanctuary were young. They couldn't have waited such a long time to go through their rituals.

  Old Woman : [to the old men]  Now, she's right about that, you know.

  Old Man #2 : She's a smart one.

  Old Man #1 : She thinks she is, at any rate.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : This is a test of some kind, isn't it? To prove my determination.

  Old Woman : A test? She thinks we're a test. What is she talking about?

  Old Man #2 : She must like tests. I suppose tests make sense to her.

• Old Woman : We're waiting. Come. Join us.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : What exactly are you waiting for?

  Old Man #2 : Just... waiting.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : How long have you been sitting here?

  Old Man #2 : Uh, how long HAS it been?

  Old Man #1 : Why ya asking me? I've lost track!

  Old Man #2 : It's been a while, I know that.

  Old Woman : Oh, it's been... as long as we can remember.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Are you telling me I have to wait a lifetime before I can go through the ritual?

  Old Man #1 : I didn't hear anyone say that. Did you?

  Old Man #2 : Certainly not. All we said was that we're waiting.