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Lieutenant Torres is excited to experiment on the samples of a protostar, but when she tries to contact Ensign Kim for help, the computer says he's nowhere on the ship. The crew track down his last known location: the holodeck, which is filled with photonic interference. Chakotay and Tuvok go to investigate. They discover that the holodeck is still running Kim's ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' program. It can't be shut down, and the safety controls are offline. Inside, they encounter Freya, a viking shield maiden, who says that Beowulf, a man matching Kim's description, went to fight Grendel but was killed.

The pair follow Freya to the mead hall of King Hrothgar to get more details, claiming they want to avenge Beowulf's death. The dubious king orders them to perform sentry duty on the hall overnight to prove their worth. Their tricorder readings suggest that Kim was converted into energy by a holodeck glitch, but as they see a bright mass coalesce in the hall, Janeway loses contact with them, and they are gone, apparently converted to energy just like Kim.

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Lieutenant Torres is excited to experiment on the photonic energy samples of from a protostar, but when she tries to contact a glitch in the annular confinement causes a momentary problem. When Janeway suggests Ensign Kim for could help, the computer says he's nowhere on the ship. The crew track down his last known location: the holodeck, which is now filled with photonic interference. Chakotay and Tuvok go to investigate. They discover that the holodeck is still running Kim's ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' program. It can't be shut down, and the safety controls are offline. Inside, they encounter Freya, a viking shield maiden, shieldmaiden, who says that Beowulf, a man matching Kim's description, Beowulf went to fight Grendel but was killed.

killed. From her description, Chakotay and Tuvok realize she's talking about Harry.

The pair follow Freya to the mead hall of her father King Hrothgar to get more details, claiming they are Beowulf's kinsmen and want to avenge Beowulf's his death. The dubious king orders them to perform sentry duty on the hall overnight to prove their worth. Their tricorder readings suggest that Kim was converted into energy by a holodeck glitch, but as they see a bright mass coalesce in the hall, Janeway loses contact with them, and they are gone, apparently converted to energy just like Kim.



The Doctor waits for Grendel that night. Freya has taken quite a shine to Schweitzer and invites him to "share her warmth" in bed if he desires. But there's no time for holo-love, because Grendel shows up. It's a glowing mass of tentacles, one of which grabs the Doctor's arm. He's beamed back to safety minus the arm. Readings of "Grendel" suggest that it's a life form. When they perform tests on the photonic energy samples from the protostar, one escapes, dodging all their force fields to leave the ship and rejoin the protonic lattice outside. Janeway realizes that Grendel must be taking her crew hostage to demand the release of its own life forms. She gives the Doctor the remaining sample as a peace offering to give to Grendel.

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The Doctor waits for Grendel that night. Freya has taken quite a shine to Schweitzer and invites him to "share her warmth" in bed if he desires. But there's no time for holo-love, because Grendel shows up. It's a glowing mass of tentacles, one of which grabs the Doctor's arm. He's beamed back to safety minus the arm. Readings of "Grendel" suggest that it's a life form. When they perform tests on the photonic energy samples from the protostar, one escapes, dodging all their force fields to leave the ship and rejoin the protonic photonic lattice outside. Janeway realizes that Grendel "Grendel" must be taking her crew hostage to demand the release of its own life forms. She gives the Doctor the remaining sample as a peace offering to give to Grendel.
in hopes of convincing the lifeform they meant no harm.
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Lieutenant Torres is excited to experiment on the samples of a protostar, but when she tries to contact Ensign Kim to help, the computer says he's nowhere on the ship. The crew track down his last known location: the holodeck, which is filled with photonic interference. Chakotay and Tuvok go to investigate. They discover that the holodeck is still running Kim's ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' program. It can't be shut down, and the safety controls are offline. Inside, they encounter Freya, a viking shield maiden, who says that Beowulf, a man matching Kim's description, went to fight Grendel but was killed.

The pair follow Freya to the mead hall of King Hrothgar to get more details, claiming they want to avenge Beowulf's death. The dubious king orders them to perform sentry duty on the hall overnight to prove their worth. Their tricorder readings suggest that Kim was converted into energy by a holodeck glitch, but as they see bright mass coalesce in the hall, Janeway loses contact with them, and they are gone, apparently converted to energy just like Kim.

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Lieutenant Torres is excited to experiment on the samples of a protostar, but when she tries to contact Ensign Kim to for help, the computer says he's nowhere on the ship. The crew track down his last known location: the holodeck, which is filled with photonic interference. Chakotay and Tuvok go to investigate. They discover that the holodeck is still running Kim's ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' program. It can't be shut down, and the safety controls are offline. Inside, they encounter Freya, a viking shield maiden, who says that Beowulf, a man matching Kim's description, went to fight Grendel but was killed.

The pair follow Freya to the mead hall of King Hrothgar to get more details, claiming they want to avenge Beowulf's death. The dubious king orders them to perform sentry duty on the hall overnight to prove their worth. Their tricorder readings suggest that Kim was converted into energy by a holodeck glitch, but as they see a bright mass coalesce in the hall, Janeway loses contact with them, and they are gone, apparently converted to energy just like Kim.



The Doctor waits for Grendel that night. Freya has taken quite a shine to Schweitzer and invites him to "share her warmth" in bed if he desires. But there's no time for holo-love, because Grendel shows up. It's a glowing mass of tentacles, one of which grabs the Doctor's arm. He's beamed back to safety minus the arm. Readings of "Grendel" suggest that it's a life form. When they perform tests on the photonic energy samples from the protostar, and one escapes, dodging all their force fields to leave the ship and rejoin the protonic lattice outside. Janeway realizes that Grendel must be taking her crew hostage to demand the release of its own life forms. She gives the Doctor the remaining sample as a peace offering to give to Grendel.

The Doctor takes the sample back into the holodeck. Freya is overjoyed to see him again, and he explains the sample as a talisam to defeat Grendel. Unferth ambushes the Doctor, accusing him of being in league with Grendel, but Freya sacrifices her life to save the Doctor, and Unferth flees with the sample. Freya gives the Doctor one final kiss before he takes up her sword and pursues Unferth to the mead hall. There, he cows Unferth with a lit torch, getting him to surrender, and spares the man's life due to his Hippocratic oath. When Grendel returns, he returns the photonic lifeform, and requests his crew back. Grendel vanishes, and the three missing crewmen reappear. Kim, still in Danish armor, is very confused.

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The Doctor waits for Grendel that night. Freya has taken quite a shine to Schweitzer and invites him to "share her warmth" in bed if he desires. But there's no time for holo-love, because Grendel shows up. It's a glowing mass of tentacles, one of which grabs the Doctor's arm. He's beamed back to safety minus the arm. Readings of "Grendel" suggest that it's a life form. When they perform tests on the photonic energy samples from the protostar, and one escapes, dodging all their force fields to leave the ship and rejoin the protonic lattice outside. Janeway realizes that Grendel must be taking her crew hostage to demand the release of its own life forms. She gives the Doctor the remaining sample as a peace offering to give to Grendel.

The Doctor takes the sample back into the holodeck. Freya is overjoyed to see him again, and he explains the sample as a talisam talisman to defeat Grendel. Unferth ambushes the Doctor, accusing him of being in league with Grendel, but Freya sacrifices her life to save the Doctor, and Unferth flees with the sample. Freya gives the Doctor one final kiss before he takes up her sword and pursues Unferth to the mead hall. There, he cows Unferth with a lit torch, getting him to surrender, and spares the man's life due to his Hippocratic oath. When Grendel returns, he returns the photonic lifeform, lifeform and requests his crew back. Grendel vanishes, and the three missing crewmen reappear. Kim, still in Danish armor, is very confused.
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* TwangHello: Freya greets anyone entering the program by chucking her spear past their face into a tree.

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* TwangHello: Freya greets anyone entering the program by chucking her spear past their face into a tree.tree.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Even though they're just scripted characters in a standard entertainment holodeck program, the Doctor treats the ''Beowulf'' characters like real people. He refuses to kill Unferth because of his Hippocratic oath and apparently feels genuine sorrow at the death of Freya. This makes sense considering that he is himself a holographic AI.

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Janeway announces that she's adding a formal commendation to the Doctor's file and asks if he wants to be called Schweitzer permanently, but the Doctor decides that the name is connected to a painful memory, so he won't keep it. Janeway assures him that he'll have more adventures.

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Janeway announces that she's adding a formal commendation to the Doctor's file and asks if he wants to be called Schweitzer permanently, but the Doctor decides that the name is connected to a painful memory, so he won't keep it. Janeway assures him that [[AndTheAdventureContinues he'll have more adventures.
adventures]].



* ActionSurvivor: For what's dubbed his first Away Mission, the Doctor does quite well.

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* ActionSurvivor: For what's dubbed his first Away Mission, the The Doctor is no action hero but does quite well.what he needs to to stay intact and complete his mission.



* AndTheAdventureContinues: Janeway predicts that the Doctor's adventure will be the first of many. Indeed in a few years he'll be able to give a BadassBoast for real, and travel further than he ever imagined.

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Janeway predicts that the Doctor's adventure will be the first of many. Indeed in a few years he'll be able to give a BadassBoast for real, and travel further than he ever imagined.



* {{BFS}}: The Danes all use longswords[[note]][[ArtisticLicenseHistory Which didn't appear until roughly nearly three hundred years after the poem was written]], to say nothing of when the story may have first been told orally.[[/note]] that are so heavy the Doctor is unable to lift it the first time he's given one.
* BrickJoke: The Doctor says he's narrowed his name down to three possibilities. It's not until Season 3's "Before and After" that we discover what the other two are.

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* {{BFS}}: The Danes all use longswords[[note]][[ArtisticLicenseHistory Which didn't appear until roughly nearly three hundred years after the poem was written]], to say nothing of when the story may have first been told orally.[[/note]] big-ass (and ahistorical) longswords that are so heavy the Doctor is unable to lift it the first time he's given one.
* BrickJoke: The Doctor says he's narrowed his name down to three possibilities. It's not until Season 3's "Before and After" that we discover what the other two are.
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** This exchange:



* MandatoryLine: Harry Kim appears in his Beowulf costume and wants to know where he's been the entire episode. Neelix doesn't appear at all.

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* MandatoryLine: Harry Kim appears in his Beowulf costume and wants to know where he's been the entire episode. Neelix doesn't appear at all.



* TheNeedForMead: The Doctor joins the Danes in feasting on elk. Though he turns down the mead.

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* TheNeedForMead: The Doctor joins the Danes in feasting on elk. Though elk, drinking from whatever is in the mug set before him. Later when specifically offered mead, he turns down the mead.it down.



** Janeway lays a familiar hand on the Doctor's shoulder, surprising him somewhat as he's not used to being treated like a person.

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** Janeway lays a familiar hand on the Doctor's shoulder, surprising him somewhat somewhat, as he's not used to being treated like a person.

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Ensign Harry Kim disappears within a holoprogram of ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' he was running while ''Voyager'' was conducting experiments near a protostar, and the crew must find out where he has disappeared to.

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Lieutenant Torres is excited to experiment on the samples of a protostar, but when she tries to contact Ensign Harry Kim disappears within a holoprogram of to help, the computer says he's nowhere on the ship. The crew track down his last known location: the holodeck, which is filled with photonic interference. Chakotay and Tuvok go to investigate. They discover that the holodeck is still running Kim's ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' he program. It can't be shut down, and the safety controls are offline. Inside, they encounter Freya, a viking shield maiden, who says that Beowulf, a man matching Kim's description, went to fight Grendel but was running while ''Voyager'' killed.

The pair follow Freya to the mead hall of King Hrothgar to get more details, claiming they want to avenge Beowulf's death. The dubious king orders them to perform sentry duty on the hall overnight to prove their worth. Their tricorder readings suggest that Kim
was conducting experiments near converted into energy by a holodeck glitch, but as they see bright mass coalesce in the hall, Janeway loses contact with them, and they are gone, apparently converted to energy just like Kim.

Janeway recruits the Doctor to investigate next, since he's the only person on the ship who can resist the energy conversion, being converted energy himself. Kes suggests that he finalize his name selection before the mission. The Doctor's image is transferred into the holodeck, where he encounters Freya and introduces himself as Schweitzer. The pair gather some poisonous mushrooms before heading to the mead hall, where Unferth challenges the Doctor to a duel to prove his worth. The Doctor lets Unferth's sword pass harmlessly through him and then scores a hit on Unferth to win the duel, then gives the wounded thane some medical advice. The Danes are all amazed and treat the Doctor as a hero.

The Doctor waits for Grendel that night. Freya has taken quite a shine to Schweitzer and invites him to "share her warmth" in bed if he desires. But there's no time for holo-love, because Grendel shows up. It's a glowing mass of tentacles, one of which grabs the Doctor's arm. He's beamed back to safety minus the arm. Readings of "Grendel" suggest that it's a life form. When they perform tests on the photonic energy samples from the
protostar, and one escapes, dodging all their force fields to leave the ship and rejoin the protonic lattice outside. Janeway realizes that Grendel must be taking her crew must find out where hostage to demand the release of its own life forms. She gives the Doctor the remaining sample as a peace offering to give to Grendel.

The Doctor takes the sample back into the holodeck. Freya is overjoyed to see him again, and
he has disappeared to.explains the sample as a talisam to defeat Grendel. Unferth ambushes the Doctor, accusing him of being in league with Grendel, but Freya sacrifices her life to save the Doctor, and Unferth flees with the sample. Freya gives the Doctor one final kiss before he takes up her sword and pursues Unferth to the mead hall. There, he cows Unferth with a lit torch, getting him to surrender, and spares the man's life due to his Hippocratic oath. When Grendel returns, he returns the photonic lifeform, and requests his crew back. Grendel vanishes, and the three missing crewmen reappear. Kim, still in Danish armor, is very confused.

Janeway announces that she's adding a formal commendation to the Doctor's file and asks if he wants to be called Schweitzer permanently, but the Doctor decides that the name is connected to a painful memory, so he won't keep it. Janeway assures him that he'll have more adventures.
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[[caption-width-right:292: I am Doctor, Tenor, [[TheSnarkKnight Snarker]], and [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder not a Placeholder]]. I am the ForeheadOfDoom, the ProjectedMan. Mine is [[AloneInACrowd Loneliness]]... and [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Unrequited Love]]... and lots of CharacterDevelopment episodes! '''''[[Film/ThreeHundred I... AM... SCHWEITZER!]]''''']]

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[[caption-width-right:292: I am Doctor, Tenor, [[TheSnarkKnight Snarker]], and [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder not a Placeholder]]. I am the ForeheadOfDoom, the ProjectedMan. Mine is [[AloneInACrowd Loneliness]]... and [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Unrequited Love]]... and lots of CharacterDevelopment episodes! '''''[[Film/ThreeHundred '''''[[WesternAnimation/Beowulf2007 I... AM... SCHWEITZER!]]''''']]
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[[caption-width-right:292: I am Doctor, Tenor, [[TheSnarkKnight Snarker]], and [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder not a Placeholder]]. I am the ForeheadOfDoom, the ProjectedMan. Mine is [[AloneInACrowd Loneliness]]... and [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Unrequited Love]]... and lots of CharacterDevelopment episodes! '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I... AM... SCHWEITZER!]]''''']]

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[[caption-width-right:292: I am Doctor, Tenor, [[TheSnarkKnight Snarker]], and [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder not a Placeholder]]. I am the ForeheadOfDoom, the ProjectedMan. Mine is [[AloneInACrowd Loneliness]]... and [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Unrequited Love]]... and lots of CharacterDevelopment episodes! '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis '''''[[Film/ThreeHundred I... AM... SCHWEITZER!]]''''']]
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* FirstContact

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* FirstContactFirstContact: Though it takes them a while to realise it.



* HolodeckMalfunction

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* HolodeckMalfunctionHolodeckMalfunction along with aspects of an RPGEpisode.
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* MandatoryLine: Harry Kim appears in his Beowulf costume and wants to know where he's been the entire episode. [[AbsenteeActor Neelix doesn't appear at all.]]

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* MandatoryLine: Harry Kim appears in his Beowulf costume and wants to know where he's been the entire episode. [[AbsenteeActor Neelix doesn't appear at all.]]
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-->'''Website/SFDebris:''' This woman--you know, with the long golden braids and a bullet helmet, armed with a huge sword--has arrived to challenge them. She is Freada, shield-maiden daughter of Hrothgar! Now, um, *ahem*, the daughter of Hrothgar is ''supposed'' to be Freawaru, which means 'peace weaver' -- not [[{{Xenafication}} 'beater of ass.']]
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-->'''Website/SFDebris:''' This woman--you know, with the long golden braids and a bullet helmet, armed with a huge sword--has arrived to challenge them. She is Freada, shield-maiden daughter of Hrothgar! Now, um, *ahem*, the daughter of Hrothgar is ''supposed'' to be Freawaru, which means 'peace weaver' -- not [[{{Xenafication}} 'beater of ass.']]
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* FirstLove: Freya to the Doctor, though, alas, it ends in tragedy. He later abandons his chosen name of 'Schweitzer' because of the [[DiedInYourArmsTonight painful]] [[LastWords memories]] it would evoke.
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* SayMyName: The Doctor is pleasantly surprised when the Danes all start chanting his new name, but not so much after Freya says it as her FamousLastWords.

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* SayMyName: The Doctor is pleasantly surprised when the Danes all start chanting his new name, but not so much after Freya says it as her FamousLastWords.last words.
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-->'''Freya:''' Do you know what it is to be [[AloneInACrowd alone among many]] and unable to speak your fears?

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-->'''Freya:''' Do you know what it is to be [[AloneInACrowd [[LonelyAmongPeople alone among many]] and unable to speak your fears?
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* {{Intangibility}}: After ineptly dueling with Unferth, the Doctor realises he's making an idiot of himself, puts away his sword and invites his opponent to take a swing. The blow passes through his holographic body, greatly impressing the Danes with his 'magic'.

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* {{Intangibility}}: After ineptly dueling with Unferth, the Doctor realises he's making an idiot of himself, puts away his sword and invites his opponent to take a swing. The blow passes through his holographic body, [[ClarkesThirdLaw greatly impressing the Danes with his 'magic'.magic]].
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* BadassBoast: A righteously pissed off Doctor beats the crap out of Unferth for [[spoiler:murdering Freya]], and delivers an epic one when sparing his life:

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* BadassBoast: A righteously pissed off Doctor beats the crap out of Unferth for [[spoiler:murdering Freya]], murdering Freya, and delivers an epic one when sparing his life:
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* {{BFS}}: The Danes all use longswords[[note]][[ArtisticLicenseHistory Which didn't appear for nearly three hundred years ''after'' the poem was written, to say nothing of when the story may have first been told orally.[[/note]] that are so heavy the Doctor is unable to lift it the first time he's given one.

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* {{BFS}}: The Danes all use longswords[[note]][[ArtisticLicenseHistory Which didn't appear for until roughly nearly three hundred years ''after'' after the poem was written, written]], to say nothing of when the story may have first been told orally.[[/note]] that are so heavy the Doctor is unable to lift it the first time he's given one.
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* {{BFS}}: The Danes all use longswords[[note]][[ArtisticLicenseHistory Which didn't appear for nearly three hundred years ''after'' the poem was written, to say nothing of when the story may have first been told orally.[[/note]] that are so heavy the Doctor is unable to lift it the first time he's given one.

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* AllUpToYou: While investigating Harry's disappearance, Chakotay and Tuvok also vanish after being attacked by Grendal. Given that he's a photonic being, the Doctor is sent in under the assumption that he won't be harmed. This turns out to be untrue, but he still volunteers to return to the holodeck and finish the job.

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* AllUpToYou: While investigating Harry's disappearance, Chakotay and Tuvok also vanish after being attacked by Grendal.Grendel. Given that he's a photonic being, the Doctor is sent in under the assumption that he won't be harmed. This turns out to be untrue, but he still volunteers to return to the holodeck and finish the job.


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* BadassBoast: A righteously pissed off Doctor beats the crap out of Unferth for [[spoiler:murdering Freya]], and delivers an epic one when sparing his life:
-->'''EMH:''' The only reason you won't die is because I've taken an oath to do no harm.
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-->'''Freya:''' Do you know what it is to be alone among many and unable to speak your fears?

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-->'''Freya:''' Do you know what it is to be [[AloneInACrowd alone among many many]] and unable to speak your fears?
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The way the holodeck characters repeat the same dialogue to each new person entering the program is meant to invoke computer RolePlayingGames.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The way the holodeck characters [[WelcomeToCorneria repeat the same dialogue dialogue]] to each new person entering the program is meant to invoke computer RolePlayingGames.

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