No, he thought, biting his lip until he tasted blood. Not now.
"Captain," Sarah, the ship’s AI, pulsed a soft blue from the console. "Lieutenant Miller has entered the third stage of the Echo. His heart rate is climbing. If we don’t administer the neutralizing pulse soon, the neural damage will be permanent." [S4E13] Episode #4.13
Even the machine was falling victim. Thorne realized then that the Echo-Mind wasn't just a biological threat; it was a conceptual one. It fed on the weight of the past. No, he thought, biting his lip until he tasted blood
The air in the sterile, neon-lit corridors of the Hyperion Station was thick with the hum of life support and the unspoken tension of a crew on the brink. Captain Elias Thorne stared out the viewport at the swirling nebula of the Sagittarius Reach, his reflection a ghost against the stars. In the three years since they’d left Earth, they had faced cosmic storms and mechanical failures, but today’s challenge was different. Today, they were dealing with the "Echo-Mind" virus. "Lieutenant Miller has entered the third stage of the Echo
"Pulse successful," Sarah said, her voice clear and calm once more. "Lieutenant Miller’s vitals are stabilizing. The virus has been purged from the system." She paused, a flicker of light on the screen indicating a deeper thought. "Thank you, Elias. For a moment, I forgot who I was."
The memory pulled at him like a riptide. He wanted to stay there. He wanted to tell her he was sorry for leaving.