- Dr. Dianne Bates: And now that you're back, you can help us if you like.
- Neri: Yes, Mother. I may still call you Mother?
- Dr. Dianne Bates: Of course.
- [hugs Neri]
- Dr. Dianne Bates: Always.
- H.E.L.E.N.: Material submitted consists of two distinct writing systems. The first, a simple pictogram similar to early heiroglyphics. The second is a form of script unrecorded in my memory banks.
- Jake 'Froggy' Reilly: Can you read it?
- H.E.L.E.N.: Negative. I am programmed for all known dialects spoken on Earth. This does not equate with any of them.
- Vanessa Lane: That's impossible. It has to.
- Jason Bates: Not if the person who wrote it didn't come from Earth.