- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: It makes no sense to think the Syrrannites are responsible for this... outrage.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: We have DNA evidence.
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: Recheck everything, Captain, question everything. And don't let them keep you on Enterprise. The answers you need are on Vulcan. And however far you have to take this investigation, you have my support.
- [Archer and T'Pol have found cover from a sehlat up a rocky slope]
- Commander T'Pol: They're very persistent creatures. When I was a child, I had one as a pet.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: You had one of those?
- Commander T'Pol: Domesticated. They're smaller - slightly.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: How slightly?
- Commander T'Pol: You have Porthos.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Porthos doesn't try and eat me when I'm late with his dinner.
- Commander T'Pol: Vulcan children are never late with their sehlats' dinner.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I can believe that.
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: We don't know what to do about Humans. Of all the species we've made contact with, yours is the only one we can't define. You have the arrogance of Andorians, the stubborn pride of Tellarites. One moment, you're as driven by your emotions as Klingons, and the next, you confound us by suddenly embracing logic.
- Admiral Maxwell Forrest: I'm sure those qualities are found in every species.
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: Not in such confusing abundance.
- Admiral Maxwell Forrest: Ambassador... are Vulcans afraid of Humans? Why?
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: Because there is one species you remind us of.
- Admiral Maxwell Forrest: Vulcans.
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: [nods] We had our wars, Admiral, just as Humans did. Our planet was devastated, our civilization nearly destroyed. Logic saved us. But it took almost 1500 years for us to rebuild our world and travel to the stars. You Humans did the same in less than a century. There are those on the High Command who wonder what Humans would achieve in the century to come. And they don't like the answer.
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: [handing Tucker a data module] This shows the gaps in our satellite surveillance, when beam-ins can't be detected.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: I'm thinking we're not exactly cleared to have this.
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: Have what, Commander? All I see is a Starfleet data module.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: [of the sehlat's crying] Sounds like that Klingon opera Hoshi made us listen to.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Captain, what if something goes wrong down there?
- Captain Jonathan Archer: It already has.
- Arev, aka Syrran: You haven't been truthful about your presence here.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Have you?
- Arev, aka Syrran: Vulcans do not lie.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I've dealt with the High Command. Vulcans can lie and cheat with the best of them.
- Arev, aka Syrran: The High Command does not follow Surak's true path. No wonder you Humans are their allies.
- Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: [to Soval] If you really want Humans and Vulcans to work together someday... you might start thinking about trusting us.
- Commander T'Pol: [Archer and T'Pol are overlooking the desert] This site is called Gateway, where Surak supposedly began his journey into the Forge.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: You keep saying 'supposedly'. You don't believe Surak did the things they said he did?
- Commander T'Pol: He brought logic to Vulcan, in an age we call the Time of Awakening. But his writings from that period no longer exist.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: There must be some record of it.
- Commander T'Pol: Over the centuries, his followers made copies of his teachings.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Let me guess: with the originals lost, whatever's left is open to interpretation.
- Commander T'Pol: You find this amusing?
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I find it familiar.
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: [referring to Admiral Forrest] His death is a loss to both our worlds.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: If you're lost, Ambassador, I can direct you to your shuttle.
- Arev, aka Syrran: Some say Surak's katra was found, and now is carried by a Syrrannite. So all those who meld with him may touch Surak's mind.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Syrrannites conduct mind melding?
- Arev, aka Syrran: Surak tells us, it is the heritage of every Vulcan... even those who don't believe in the practice.
- [last lines]
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Don't resist.
- Commander T'Pol: What do you mean?
- [out of nowhere, Syrrannites appear and apprehend them...]
- Arev, aka Syrran: [Archer has claimed to be a student of Surak's teachings] Very well, student of Surak. Who said "Logic is the cement of our civilization, with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide"?
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I'm new at this. You tell me.
- Arev, aka Syrran: Something more basic, then. What is Kiri-kin-tha's First Law of Metaphysics?
- Captain Jonathan Archer: I'm familiar with Newton's first law of motion. I imagine they're pretty much the same.
- Ensign Travis Mayweather: [Mayweather and Reed have detected another bomb in the debris of the bombed embassy] I'm going to attempt to scan it.
- Ensign Travis Mayweather: Attempt?
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Yeah. If I designed that bomb, I'd rig it to go off the instant a sensor beam made contact.
- [Mayweather looks at him scared]
- Lieutenant Malcolm Reed: Look on the bright side. If it detonates, we'll never know.
- [Archer is about to beam down to Vulcan with T'Pol]
- Captain Jonathan Archer: [to Tucker] You've got Enterprise. You and Malcolm keep the investigation going up here. And whatever the Vulcans tell you, believe the opposite - present company excepted.
- Arev, aka Syrran: [referring to T'Pol's amulet] Did your mother tell you the story?
- Commander T'Pol: Of the IDIC?
- Arev, aka Syrran: "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination" - words that are a mere shadow of its true meaning. Surak tells us that the story of the IDIC has no end. But it begins here, at Mount Seleya.