- Jonah: ARK II Log, Entry 41. We have stopped for repairs in Area 14, Sector 8. When they are completed, we will continue on our mission to investigate a report of pollution in the area.
- Malcolm: [a group of elderly people approach Ruth and Adam] Don't be afraid. We only meant to warn you. It's too late. Look!
- Ruth: [Ruth looks at her hands, which are suddenly wrinkled] Wha-what is it?
- Malcolm: We don't know. We are wanderers. last night we came here seeking shelter and water. When we woke, we'd aged over 20 years.
- Ruth: [Sitting on the ARK's couch beside the aged, gray-haired Adam] Adam, I'm so happy. We're gonna be all right. On second thought, you do make a very distinguished senior citizen.
- Orkus: [Speaking of the citizens of his elite community] Ever since this planet was devastated some 500 years ago, I have always provided for their wants and needs.
- Jonah: Five hundred - ! Are you trying to tell me that you and these people are...
- Orkus: Immortal? Yes. We shall live forever. You see, I have achieved the perfect world.
- Jonah: Perfect for you! But the pollution from this, eh, this system that's lengthening your lives is shortening the lives of the people outside it. They're dying.
- Orkus: [Indifferently] That is regrettable.
- Jonah: ARK II Log, Entry 42. Orkus' people can look forward to a normal life span and the chance to rebuild the world they helped destroy. They know now that they could never live in a society that poisons the air and the soil, for such a society eventually poisons itself.