"That's something," says Lua'al-rei. "The only humans we're much familiar with in my moiety are the French ambassador and the English one, and the English one no longer has a body."

Tsybenko exclaims sharply and sits up straight at that. Lua'al-rei slants one eye at him. "Something wrong?"

"The Englishman- does he stammer when he speaks?"

Again, Lua'al-rei dips his chin, then lifts his head. "All the time. It makes him hard to follow, but the trade-off is worth it."

"Bozhe moi. I know that man-"

As the discussion ensues, Kirk can see that the displays are somewhat fuzzier than a typical sonar display; they give the impression of being more of a visual display of an entire region's energy fields than a true sonar reading. Although there are at least two different field readouts, each on a different monitor. While the images coincide to some degree, not everything present on one shows up on the other.

At the top-most edge of one of the displays, something is moving in a long, slow curve.