Enterprise<\/em> Chief of Security Lieutenant La\u2019an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) has been struggling with herself this whole season. She punched a dinosaur, impaled Farragut First Officer Commander James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley), and even dumped Enterprise Science Officer Lieutenant Spock (Ethan Peck), but she\u2019s no closer to finding the answers she\u2019s looking for than she was before.<\/p>\n That is, until the Boltzmann Brain cosmic entity that turned the Enterprise<\/em> and her crew into characters from the story Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joseph M\u2019Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) was reading to his daughter, Rukiya (Sage Arrindell), decides to help. The crew once again finds themselves trapped in The Kingdom of Elysian<\/em> in this week\u2019s episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds<\/em>, \u201cOnce La\u2019an a Time.\u201d<\/p>\n Enterprise<\/em> Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Communications Officer Lieutenant Junior Grade Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Pilot Lieutenant Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia), Spock, and\u00a0 La\u2019an are beaming back to the ship after representing Starfleet at a Benzite dignitary\u2019s wedding. Something is clearly off, since everyone is in their dress uniforms except La\u2019an, who decided on a classic standard duty tunic and pants. Not to mention RBF that could drop an elephant at 1,000 yards.<\/span><\/p>\n But La\u2019an is great! So great. At least, that\u2019s what she\u2019s telling everyone, and they\u2019re all too afraid of her to tell her otherwise. Even Spock, whom she dumped a few episodes ago, says she\u2019s struggling. They\u2019ve tried to help, but La\u2019an has blown them all off.<\/p>\n There\u2019s one person on the ship she can\u2019t ignore or dismiss, however: the Captain.<\/p>\n Pike sighs and accepts that this this something he\u2019s going to have to deal with, whether she beats him up for it or not.<\/p>\n Pike finds La\u2019an in the gym, where he\u2019s relieved to see her taking her aggression out on a punching bag and not him. He na\u00efvely asks if she\u2019d like to talk about her feelings and lets her know her friends are worried about her.<\/p>\n Proving that denial is not just a river in Egypt, La\u2019an responds with the classic, \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d After all, Chief of Security isn\u2019t supposed to be a \u201cpopular\u201d job. Being a jerk kind of comes with the territory.<\/p>\n Lately, however, she\u2019s been a little\u2026 extra. She confiscated the experiment Spock was working on with Jim Kirk\u2019s brother, Lieutenant George Samuel \u201cSam\u201d Kirk (Dan Jeannotte) just because they were fighting over it.<\/p>\n And the wedding? Well, the Orion dignitary was a spy, so she\u2019s kind of a hero by exposing him.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, she smashed the groom\u2019s face in the cake and lit the bride\u2019s dress on fire in the process.<\/p>\n Maybe we should check in with a doctor?<\/p>\n Dr. M\u2019Benga waves his magical scanner over La\u2019an and regrets to inform them both that there\u2019s nothing physically wrong with her. Whatever is causing La\u2019an\u2019s grumpiness, it\u2019s not something he can fix.<\/p>\n Great, now can we get back to the episode\u2026 er, I mean work?<\/p>\n Sensors have detected what they can only describe as \u201cUnknown Flat Planet,\u201d which Spock says shouldn\u2019t physically exist, much less have its own gravity, atmosphere, and population.<\/p>\n Get it, Flat-Earthers? It\u2019s round.<\/p>\n Enterprise<\/em>\u2018s Lanthanite Chief Engineer Commander Pelia (Carol Kane) points out that the mysterious planet looks like something that was painted on the side of her ex-boyfriend\u2019s van. She quickly sees that she\u2019s talking to wrong crowd, since none of them has a clue what a van is.<\/p>\n Kids these days. They\u2019ve probably never heard Led Zeppelin\u2019s classic \u201cThe Immigrant Song,\u201d either.<\/p>\n Of course, sensors can\u2019t get clear readings of the surface, so they\u2019ll have to go down there if they want to look into it further. While Pelia is always up for a new adventure, La\u2019an kills the buzz by reminding everyone of the dangers something unknown presents.<\/p>\n Captain Pike beams down to the impossible planet with Spock, Pelia, and La\u2019an to investigate. What they find can only be described as something out of a fairy tale. Fireflies dance among the trees of a lush, green forest with a magnificent castle in the distance. Pike compares it to a real-life slice of Medieval history come to life, while Pelia assures him this one smells a lot better.<\/p>\n The landing party is surprised to find Dr. M\u2019Benga sitting on a log, just as he\u2019s surprised to see\u2026 Princess Thalia? He quickly positions himself between La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia and the rest of the crew.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the Enterprise CMO. This is King Ridley from the book Dr. M\u2019Benga read to his daughter, Rukiya, The Kingdom of Elysian<\/em>, by Benny Russell.<\/p>\n Dr. M\u2019Benga was the only member of the Enterprise<\/em> crew who remembered the events of season one, episode eight, \u201cThe Elysian Kingdom.\u201d He didn\u2019t tell everyone what really happened during that lost time, but now, he has to.<\/p>\n Joseph describes each person\u2019s character. Captain Pike and his science officer don\u2019t like the sound of either Sir Rauth the Coward or Pollux the Wizard. La\u2019an is particularly annoyed at being cast as Princess Thalia, the damsel in distress.<\/p>\n And Pelia\u2026 hadn\u2019t checked on board yet. She\u2019s disappointed to learn that this all happened while Commander Hemmer (Bruce Horak) was Enterprise<\/em> Chief Engineer.<\/p>\n Pike orders Dr. M\u2019Benga to send them the book and some period-appropriate clothes. It\u2019s highly likely they\u2019ll run into others who mistake them for their doppelg\u00e4ngers, so they need to be prepared to act the parts.<\/p>\n La\u2019an pumps the brakes and asks why they\u2019re even bothering to stay and look around. Captain Pike breaks it down pretty simply, \u201cTo find out why a magic planet populated with our doppelg\u00e4ngers is floating through space.\u201d<\/p>\n I mean\u2026 It\u2019s hard to argue with that.<\/p>\n La\u2019an\u2019s next criticism is their sudden acceptance of magic as a thing. Spock reminds her of Arthur C. Clarke\u2019s famous quote: \u201cAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s when Pelia chimes in to tell everyone she consulted on 2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em> with Clarke and Stanley Kubrick.<\/p>\n M\u2019Benga finishes by telling them that this entity knew he had some stuff to work out. Now, it seems to be sensing La\u2019an\u2019s struggle. She can complain all she wants, but they\u2019re committed.<\/p>\n She\u2019s going to have to let it play out.<\/p>\n Unlike in \u201cLevel-Five Transporter Accident,\u201d Pelia actually has a bright side for La\u2019an to look at. La\u2019an has the easiest job of all of them. All she has to do is send guys out on quests and cry when she doesn\u2019t get her way.<\/p>\n That doesn\u2019t sound like La\u2019an.<\/p>\n Before she can argue any further, Queen Neve\u2019s\/Uhura\u2019s Crimson Guard finds them. Just like King Ridley\/Dr. M\u2019Benga, they mistake La\u2019an for Princess Thalia. Since the princess is locked in their dungeon, that can only mean one thing:<\/p>\n Queen Neve\/Uhura is in her castle with Lady Audrey\/Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), and they\u2019re cooking up some trouble in Audrey\u2019s cauldron. Lady Audrey\/Chapel has been teaching Queen Neve about this Prophecy, and according to Audrey\/Chapel, it\u2019s about to come true.<\/p>\n What is this prophecy? Simple: Whoever controls the Iron Dragon rules the world.<\/p>\n And the \u201cIron Dragon?\u201d Oh, that\u2019s the Enterprise<\/em>.<\/p>\n La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia looks at the dress she\u2019s supposed to wear like it\u2019s a throw-away from last year\u2019s Met Gala. There\u2019s no way she\u2019s going to wear this.<\/p>\n Queen Neve\u2019s\/Uhura\u2019s Crimson Guard try to find out how \u201cPrincess Thalia\u201d escaped from the dungeon, not to mention where she got her weird armor. La\u2019an\u2019s already on a short fuse, and she warns the guards that she\u2019s about to go off. Still believing she\u2019s Princess Thalia, the guards laugh it off.<\/p>\n Of course, this isn\u2019t Thalia; this is La\u2019an Noonien-Singh, and she doesn\u2019t take being laughed at very well.<\/p>\n Her ass-kicking is interrupted by a masked\u2026 guy swinging in on a rope. He\u2019s trying to be the hero, but he comes up a little short and doesn\u2019t do anything more than give the guards a chance to run away.<\/p>\n To La\u2019an, he\u2019s just another face to punch, so she lands one right on his nose. As she winds up for another one, the masked stranger reveals himself to be\u2026 James T. Kirk.<\/p>\n This doesn\u2019t make sense for a ton of reasons, not the least of which is that his character, Princess Thalia\u2019s true love, Prince Dashing, isn\u2019t anywhere in M\u2019Benga\u2019s book.<\/p>\n La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia brushes off her momentary confusion by telling Dashing\/Kirk that Queen Neve\/Uhura stole her memories. She has no idea who he is.<\/p>\n Not to worry. He remembers her, and he would do anything for her, including trying to break her out of the queen\u2019s dungeon for months.<\/p>\n Really? And how hard did he try?<\/p>\n Hard enough to read about a key that would free her. Unfortunately, it was in the middle of a deadly forest, and he was having a little trouble getting it. But now, he doesn\u2019t have to, because she broke herself out.<\/p>\n La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia disagrees. She may be free of the dungeon, but Queen Neve\/Uhura still has her memories trapped in a necklace, and she needs to get them back.<\/p>\n In order to convince Prince Dashing\/Kirk to help her, La\u2019an\/Thalia tries really hard to fake some crocodile tears, but that\u2019s not happening. She gives up and just tells him to come on.<\/p>\n Having been mistaken for Sir Rauth and Pollux the Wizard, Captain Pike and Lieutenant Spock have been hauled off to the dungeon themselves. Ever the optimist, Captain Pike assures his Vulcan science officer that things could be worse.<\/p>\n Yeah. Could be raining.<\/p>\n No sooner did Pike finish his sentence than they heard a deep growl come from the shadows.<\/p>\n Apparently, it was worse.<\/p>\n False alarm. It\u2019s just the most adorable Cavapoo wearing a tutu they\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n Also emerging from the shadows is her master, Princess Thalia herself, who yells at them to get their hands off of her beloved dog, Runa (Runa Ewok).<\/p>\n Wow, everyone really<\/strong><\/em> hates them, a fact Spock is quick to point out.<\/p>\n Pike agrees and adds another wrinkle: If they\u2019re there, what are their doubles (Rauth and Pollux) doing now?<\/p>\n The \u201creal\u201d Sir Rauth and Pollux the Wizard were also wandering the forest and found the landing party\u2019s uniforms and equipment they left behind. They\u2019ve seen the landing party, too, and Rauth has his own ideas about fulfilling the prophecy.<\/p>\n One of the communicators starts beeping, so Rauth decides to open the \u201cmagic clam\u201d and see what it wants. It\u2019s the Transporter Chief, Ensign Salazar (Ernie Baez), wanting to know if everything is all right, and if he wants to return to the Enterprise<\/em>.<\/p>\n Initially startled by the voice coming from the magic clam, Rauth answers yes, he would like to \u201creturn the prize.\u201d<\/p>\n He and Pollux are quickly grabbed in a transporter beam and rematerialize on the ship, which Pollux believes is some kind of sorcery even greater than his.<\/p>\n Ensign Salazar asks Rauth\/Pike and Pollux\/Spock if they\u2019re OK. Pollux uses his own magic to make the ensign explain who he thinks they are and what their doubles do on the ship, not to mention forget their whole conversation.<\/p>\n First, they need to look the part. Pollux uses his magic again to quick-change them into the uniforms they found, but something doesn\u2019t feel right. He\u2019s wearing gold while Rauth is wearing blue.<\/p>\n Another quick-change puts the right tunic on the right person, but it drains Pollux\/Spock more than he expected. His magic isn\u2019t being replenished, so he only has a limited amount he can use. They need to be mindful.<\/p>\n Rauth\/Pike can work with that. He and Pollux\/Spock came to the same conclusion Queen Neve did: the Enterprise<\/em> is the Iron Dragon. All Sir Rauth has to do is play the part of Captain Pike, and he can take over everything.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s not enough to look the part; they need to learn about their counterparts in order to fool the Enterprise<\/em> crew.<\/p>\n Queen Neve has the prisoners brought to her, where they try to keep pretending to be their Elysian counterparts. It doesn\u2019t matter; the queen has the book, and she knows who they really are.<\/p>\n They\u2019re doppelg\u00e4ngers from the Shadow Realm, clearly.<\/p>\n Except for Pelia, who Neve doesn\u2019t recognize. Pike introduces her as the book\u2019s author, Benny Russell.<\/p>\n And by the way, Pelia adds, she\u2019s a duchess.<\/p>\n In that case, according to Queen Neve, \u201cDuchess Benny Russell\u201d is going to write her chapter, the chapter where she controls the Iron Dragon.<\/p>\n Pelia\u2019s no Benny Russell, so she tries to claim a vicious case of writer\u2019s block. Queen Neve doesn\u2019t mind; with a snap of her fingers, she traps Spock and Pike in their own paintings.<\/p>\n That\u2019ll get the duchess\u2019s creative juices flowing.<\/p>\n La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia and Prince Dashing\/Kirk set off on their quest. On their way, La\u2019an\/Thalia asks Dashing\/Kirk what makes him love her so much.<\/p>\n Simple, Dashing\/Kirk replies. She\u2019s seen the \u201creal\u201d him and accepted him. All of him. And he\u2019s done the same for her.<\/p>\n If only she could see and love both sides of herself, like Dashing\/Kirk has.<\/p>\n Before La\u2019an has time to think about that, she and Dashing are met by Sir Adya\/Ortegas. Adya\/Ortegas greets La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia but refers to Prince Dashing\/Kirk as \u201cRuna,\u201d the princess\u2019s dog.<\/p>\n Well, the joke\u2019s on you, Adya. Dashing is allergic to dogs.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll bet that\u2019s going to mean something later on.<\/p>\n Dashing\/Kirk explains to Adya\/Ortegas that they are on a quest to find the Key of Consequence to rescue La\u2019an\u2019s\/Princess Thalia\u2019s memories Queen Neve has trapped in a necklace.<\/p>\n Say less. Adya\/Ortegas joins their quest, especially when she sees La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia dismiss her beloved Runa as another dog. This is serious.<\/p>\n The bad news: Sir Adya\/Ortegas doesn\u2019t have the Key of Consequence anymore. The good news: She knows where it is.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the really<\/em> bad news. It\u2019s in the Swamp of Infinite Death guarded by a monster.<\/p>\n Good talk. Let\u2019s go get it.<\/p>\n As Sir Rauth\/Captain Pike and Pollux the Wizard\/Mr. Spock wander the ship, Rauth\/Pike accesses his inner Queer Eye for the Straight Guy<\/em> and tosses around some ideas for redecorating the Enterprise<\/em>.<\/p>\n Lieutenant Ortegas appears from around the corner and notices something still looks a little off. Their uniforms may be correct, but they forgot about everything else. She chuckles at how ridiculous they still look and asks if they enjoyed their trip to Fantasy Land.<\/p>\n Cowardly Sir Rauth\/Pike can\u2019t answer. He\u2019s frozen in fear, distracted by his encounter with who he thinks is Sir Adya.<\/p>\n Pollux\/Spock jumps in and covers for him, making some lame excuses and smiling way too much in the process. Ortegas\/Adya shrugs it off and goes about her day. It\u2019s the Enterprise<\/em>; weird comes with the assignment.<\/p>\n Both Elysians agree they need to be more careful. They\u2019re going to encounter their \u201cshadow selves,\u201d and they need to be prepared.<\/p>\n They barely finish their thought when Dr. M\u2019Benga\/King Ridley and Lieutenant Uhura\/Queen Neve emerge from Sickbay. Pollux\/Spock instinctively uses his magic to freeze them, which drains his powers a little more.<\/p>\n Rauth\/Pike and Pollux\/Spock realize they need to do more homework to really get into character. Pollux\/Spock casts one more spell to make the frozen M\u2019Benga\/Ridley and Uhura\/Neve forget they saw the Elysians and tell them how to get to the Captain\u2019s Quarters, where they can study up.<\/p>\n La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia, Prince Dashing\/Jim Kirk, and Sir Adya\/Ortegas get ready to head into the Swamp of Infinite Death.<\/p>\n Kind of like Club Slit Throat from Star Trek: Lower Decks<\/em> (\u201cSomething Borrowed, Something Green). No subtext whatsoever.<\/p>\n Since memories are tied to emotions, La\u2019an\/Thalia must have some strong emotions tied to the necklace. Dashing\/Kirk asks La\u2019an\/Thalia just what this necklace means to her.<\/p>\n It was\u2026 an heirloom.<\/p>\n Sir Adya\/Ortegas gives her a \u201cCool story\u201d and asks her to elaborate a little for the rest of the class.<\/p>\n The necklace was a gift from her father after her very first dance recital. When he gave it to her, he told her she \u201cdanced like a princess,\u201d and she never forgot that.<\/p>\n Dashing\u2019s\/Kirk\u2019s heart melts; she\u2019s never told him that story before.<\/p>\n Of course not; she\u2019s never told anyone that story before.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a story Sir Adya\/Ortegas can get behind. She draws her sword, ready to head into the swamp, guided by the light of the full moon.<\/p>\n Except for Prince Dashing\/Kirk, who hears a noise in the distance. A werewolf has been seen around the swamp, and he\u2019s going to make sure it doesn\u2019t get them.<\/p>\n Not only is there a monster guarding the Key of Consequence, they need to watch out for a werewolf, too.<\/p>\n Queen Neve\/Uhura is getting impatient and wants to know how Duchess Benny Russell\/Pelia is coming with her chapter. Not much has been done, however; she\u2019s been stuffing herself with the delicious scones baked by the queen\u2019s master chef, Max. Pelia sends her compliments and calls him a miracle-worker.<\/p>\n Miracle? Max? I\u2019ve heard that somewhere before\u2026<\/p>\n Lady Audrey\/Nurse Chapel has almost finished her brew that is true. She\u2019s just missing one key ingredient. In order to complete her potion, she needs both the light and the shadow together.<\/p>\n They already have Princess Thalia\/La\u2019an in their dungeon, but they still need to find La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia, who Duchess Benny Russell\/Pelia unwittingly confirmed is already there on the planet.<\/p>\n Queen Neve\/Uhura just needs to find her.<\/p>\n La\u2019an\u2019s\/Princess Thalia\u2019s quest leads them to a cabin that looks like it\u2019s straight out of the Evil Dead<\/em> franchise. Sir Adya\/Ortegas La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia it\u2019s safe to go inside, \u201cShe\u2019s never home at night.\u201d<\/p>\n She?<\/p>\n Adya isn\u2019t taking any chances. She locks the front door and barricades it with a beautifully rustic hutch.<\/p>\n With the shades drawn, they only have lots of growling and silhouettes to go on, but it looks and sounds like someone shot the werewolf with arrows, driving it off.<\/p>\n The \u201cmonster\u201d has returned, but it\u2019s not what La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia expected.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a very pregnant Huntress\/Number One \/ Commander Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn), and there\u2019s clearly some tension between the two former partners. Huntress is upset that Adya\/Ortegas bailed on her the moment they found out she was pregnant with Adya\u2019s\/Ortegas\u2019s child.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a pretty valid reason to be upset.<\/p>\n Sir Adya\/Ortegas begs for forgiveness, claiming, \u201cThe forest beckoned.\u201d<\/p>\n Sure it did.<\/p>\n They don\u2019t have time to argue about it. Prince Dashing\/Jim Kirk staggers into the cabin, warning them that Queen Neve\u2019s\/Uhura\u2019s Crimson Guard is right behind him.<\/p>\n Huntress\/Una tells La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia and Prince Dashing\/Jim Kirk to go; she and Sir Adya\/Ortegas will hold them off\u2026 together.<\/p>\n The parents-to-be seal their reconciliation with a passionate kiss before going into battle.<\/p>\n Sir Rauth\/Captain Pike and Pollux the Wizard\/Lieutenant Spock are finishing their cram session. Their hair and faces finally match their clothes; however, Pollux\/Spock consulted the \u201coracle from the shiny machine\u201d to learn their speech patterns and mannerisms.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n \u201cHit it?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFasc<\/em><\/strong>-in-a-ting.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHit<\/em> <\/strong>it!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFasc-in-a<\/em><\/strong>-ting.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHit iiiiiit<\/em><\/strong>!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFasc-in<\/em><\/strong>-a-ting.\u201d<\/p>\n Nailed it.<\/p>\n They set off to find Sir Rauth\u2019s\/Captain Pike\u2019s throne, a.k.a., the Captain\u2019s Chair. On their way, they do everything but act like Captain Pike and Mr. Spock. The finger guns alone should\u2019ve tipped off the crew.<\/p>\n The forest may beckon Sir Adya\/Ortegas, but it\u2019s a good tavern that beckons Sir Rauth\/Captain Pike when they reach the Port Galley. Pollux\/Spock can\u2019t turn his back for two seconds before Rauth\/Pike is in the bar, throwing one back.<\/p>\n Pollux\/Spock takes a moment to regret his life choices, then joins Rauth\/Pike in the bar.<\/p>\n La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia and Prince Dashing\/Jim Kirk have reached the palace. Now, they have to figure out a way to get her necklace with her stolen memories back.<\/p>\n They\u2019re in luck! The queen is hosting her weekly Masquerade Ball, complete with dining, dancing, and some light torture of the local peasantry.<\/p>\n Dashing\/Kirk and La\u2019an\/Thalia find a room to change into something more appropriate. When La\u2019an\/Thalia emerges from behind the privacy screen, Dashing\/Kirk can hardly believe his eyes. He\u2019s awe struck by her beauty.<\/p>\n Still not getting it, La\u2019an\/Thalia feels ridiculous and can\u2019t understand why Dashing\/Kirk has such strong feelings for her. Dashing\/Kirk replies by quoting her own words back to her, \u201cI accept you for who you are. All that you are.\u201d<\/p>\n La\u2019an\/Thalia begins to realize that Dashing\/Kirk has seen Princess Thalia at her best and at her worst and still loves her. Just like alternate timeline (not Kelvin) Jim Kirk saw all of La\u2019an Noonien-Singh and accepted her for who she was (\u201cTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow\u201d).<\/p>\n La\u2019an\/Princess Thalia and Prince Dashing\/Jim Kirk glide gracefully across the queen\u2019s elaborate dance floor. Their romantic moment is short-lived, however; the full moon begins to peek out from behind a cloud.<\/p>\n With an evil laugh, Queen Neve\/Uhura takes credit for the ploy; she wants to lure the werewolf out into the open.<\/p>\n The werewolf who also happens to be Prince Dashing\/Jim Kirk.<\/p>\n As Dashing\/Kirk begins to change, La\u2019an finally realizes what he meant by seeing both sides of him. Princess Thalia knew all along that he was the werewolf, but it didn\u2019t matter to her.<\/p>\n She loved him. All of him.<\/p>\n With a snap of her fingers, Queen Neve\/Uhura traps the werewolf\/Prince Dashing\/Jim Kirk in his own painting, and it doesn\u2019t look like he\u2019ll be riding any rainbows to get out of it.<\/p>\n Seeing what\u2019s become of her love, Princess Thalia rushes in. That\u2019s all Queen Neve\/Uhura needed. Now, with La\u2019an and Princess Thalia together, Lady Audrey\/Nurse Chapel has all she needs for her brew that is true. Drawing the light and the dark from the princess and the security officer, the potion is now ready.<\/p>\n Queen Neve\/Uhura takes a chalice from the palace and drinks the brew that is true. She sees that in order to defeat a dragon, she needs to become one.<\/p>\n Things aren\u2019t looking good for the home team, folks.<\/p>\n After the queen\u2019s guests scatter in a panic, Princess Thalia and La\u2019an are left alone in the ballroom. Loyal Runa sees both women unconscious and wakes up La\u2019an first.<\/p>\n Princess Thalia wakes up soon after and sees La\u2019an holding Runa. Since no one touches her precious Runa but her, she\u2019s not happy about this. Instead of crying about it, however, she picks up a sword and attacks La\u2019an.<\/p>\n La\u2019an defends herself, but she\u2019s not doing anything to fight back. Princess Thalia is the clear aggressor between the two.<\/p>\n Umm\u2026 Excuse me, Commander, but is that a\u2026 dragon on the viewscreen?<\/p>\n This is weird, even for the Enterprise<\/em> Bridge crew.<\/p>\n What\u2019s even weirder is La\u2019an appearing to be locked in mortal combat with herself. Except this time, the side of her that\u2019s usually emotional is just\u2026 angry. Like, really<\/em> angry. And the side of her that\u2019s usually cold and distant is suddenly\u2026 well, sad.<\/p>\n Something La\u2019an hasn\u2019t allowed herself to be in a long time.<\/p>\n She realizes she can\u2019t keep fighting herself. One of them has to stop fighting.<\/p>\nStardate 2355.6<\/h2>\n
Feelings<\/h2>\n
Nothing More Than Feelings<\/h2>\n
Round vs Flat<\/h2>\n
Medieval Times<\/h2>\n
Joseph, You Got Some \u2018Splaining to Do<\/h2>\n
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Here I Come\u2026<\/h2>\n
In the Dog House<\/h2>\n
Try the Magic Clam<\/h2>\n
I\u2019m the Captain Now<\/h2>\n
Author, Author<\/h2>\n
The Key of Consequence<\/h2>\n
Fantasy Land<\/h2>\n
Cool Story<\/h2>\n
Have Fun Storming the Castle<\/h2>\n
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Paper Faces on Parade<\/h2>\n
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Stop Dragon My Heart Around<\/h2>\n
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Dragon Books<\/h2>\n
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