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Metron : You surprise me, Captain.
Captain James T. Kirk : How?
Metron : By sparing your helpless enemy, who surely would have destroyed you, you demonstrated the advanced trait of mercy. Something we hardly expected. We feel that there may be hope for your kind. Therefore, you will not be destroyed. It would not be... civilized.
Captain James T. Kirk : What happened to the Gorn?
Metron : I sent him back to his ship. If you like, I shall destroy him for you.
Captain James T. Kirk : No. That won't be necessary. We can talk. Maybe... reach an agreement.
Metron : Very good, Captain. There *is* hope for you. Perhaps, in several thousand years, your people and mine shall meet to reach an agreement. You're still half savage. But there is hope. We will contact you when we're ready.
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Captain James T. Kirk : We're a most promising species, Mister Spock, as predators go. Did you know that?
Mr. Spock : I've frequently had my doubts.
Captain James T. Kirk : I don't. Not anymore. And, maybe in a thousand years or so, we'll be able to prove it.
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[last lines]
Mr. Spock : A thousand years, Captain?
Captain James T. Kirk : Well, that gives us a little time.
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[first lines]
Captain James T. Kirk : You'll enjoy Commodore Travers. He sets a good table.
Dr. McCoy : I wonder if he brought his personal chef along with him to Cestus III.
Captain James T. Kirk : Probably. Rank hath its privileges.
Dr. McCoy : [they both chuckle] How well we both know that!
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Captain James T. Kirk : [narrating] The Enterprise is dead in space, stopped cold during her pursuit of an alien raider by mysterious forces. And I have been somehow whisked off the bridge and placed on the surface of an asteroid, facing the captain of the alien ship. Weaponless, I face the creature the Metrons called a 'Gorn'. Large, reptilian... Like most Humans, I seem to have an instinctive revulsion to reptiles. I must fight to remember that this is an intelligent, highly advanced individual, the captain of a starship like myself. Undoubtedly, a dangerously clever opponent.
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Captain James T. Kirk : [to the defeated Gorn] No. No, I won't kill you. Maybe you thought you were... protecting yourself. When you attacked the outpost.
[he throws the Gorn's dagger away]
Captain James T. Kirk : [to the Metrons] No, I won't kill him! Do you hear? You'll have to get your entertainment someplace else!
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Mr. Spock : You mean to destroy the alien ship, Captain?
Captain James T. Kirk : Of course.
Mr. Spock : I thought perhaps the hot pursuit alone might be sufficient. Destruction may be unnecessary.
Captain James T. Kirk : Colony Cestus III has been obliterated, Mr. Spock.
Mr. Spock : The destruction of the alien vessel will not help that colony, Jim.
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Mr. Spock : A sustained warp 7 speed will be dangerous, Captain.
Captain James T. Kirk : Thank you, Mr. Spock. I mean to catch them.
Scott : We'll either catch them or we'll blow up, Captain. They may be faster than we are.
Captain James T. Kirk : They'll have to prove it.
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Mr. Spock : We're being held in place, Captain, apparently from that solar system.
Captain James T. Kirk : This far out? That's impossible.
Mr. Spock : We are being held.
