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								Synopsis by Katrina Glerum (kat@midwinter.com)


								   Londo is outraged that Babylon 5 has accepted the sole surviving Narn

								   heavy cruiser, the G'Tok, into the station's mutual protection

								   alliance. Garibaldi is unimpressed.


								   A visibly upset Lyta Alexander visits Medlab searching for answers

								   about the death of Kosh but none are available.


								   [INLINE] Garibaldi steps into C & C just as a red Vorlon personal

								   transport jumps in. He enigmatically warns Ivanova against paging the

								   Captain immediately. When Ivanova bites, he mentions that Sheridan has

								   taken a walk...outside. As Ivanova peers aghast out the window, the

								   Vorlon ship pauses to write a greeting on its hull to the spacewalking

								   captain.


								   G'Kar treats a very appreciative Na'Kal to dinner in his quarters. The

								   conversation quickly sobers when Na'Kal reports that aside from the

								   G'Tok only about ten Narn vessels survived the war. He is further

								   disappointed when G'Kar says they cannot retaliate against the

								   Centauri, but must defend Babylon 5 instead.


								   [INLINE] Waiting for the new ambassador to arrive, Ivanova tells

								   Sheridan that Garibaldi has gone to find Dr. Franklin, who has avoided

								   his quarters for several days. Sheridan is still astonished by

								   Franklin's revelation about his stim addiction. It is a day for

								   surprises. The new ambassador is considerably darker than the old

								   Kosh. They agree to refer to him as Kosh in public in order not to

								   endanger the fragile new alliance. But when Sheridan asks what he

								   should call him in private the Vorlon says, "Kosh."


								   "We are all Kosh," he adds without elaboration.


								   Garibaldi tracks Stephen down in the Zocalo. When Michael questions

								   him about his recent wanderings, Stephen explains that he is engaged

								   in a "walkabout." It is the Australian aborigine rite of soul

								   searching, and he hopes to find himself somewhere if he walks far

								   enough.


								   [INLINE] The new Kosh examines his predecessor's quarters, Staring at

								   a wall, he perceives an afterimage, apparently of some Shadows and a

								   human.


								   Lyta isn't sure what she is looking for, but upon nearing the new

								   ambassador's quarters she finds a very angry Vorlon. He tries to

								   throttle a piece of the old Kosh out of her but she insists that Kosh

								   wasn't with her at all when she left the last time. Her profuse

								   apologies seem to satisfy him marginally and she is permitted to stay.


								   Later in Sheridan's office she almost admits that the new Kosh is

								   blaming her for the old ambassador's death. She drifts into her own

								   regrets as Sheridan muses about the Vorlons. "Is there a problem?"

								   Kosh's old voice asks. Lyta jolts alert.


								   "I said, 'Is there a problem?'" Sheridan repeats.


								   Lyta quickly replies, "No." Before she can leave the Captain has a

								   request for her.


								   [INLINE] Franklin finds a nightclub where a beautiful woman is singing

								   a love song. "I understand you completely, it's over for you," she

								   croons as he stares at her smitten and begins to unwind.


								   Sheridan explains his proposition to engage a Shadow vessel with a

								   telepath aboard the White Star in order to test the theory that they

								   are vulnerable to telepathic jamming. When he asks for volunteers the

								   aliens present are remarkably quiet with the exception of G'Kar, who

								   offers the G'Tok, and Delenn. Sheridan refuses to take Minbari

								   telepaths along as backup, but the council overrules him unanimously.


								   To Stephen's delight, the singer, Cailyn, joins him while the club

								   closes up around them.


								   Na'Kal refuses G'Kar's request to support the White Star, claiming

								   that Sheridan is on a fool's mission. The White Star leaves anyway

								   with only a single Minbari war cruiser as escort. They will jump out

								   of hyperspace as soon as a Shadow attack is reported and attempt to

								   engage the enemy alone.


								   Holding her cut glass tumbler at eye level Cailyn peers at Franklin.

								   She believes that if she catches the refracted image just right she

								   can see someone's soul. But all she sees of him is pieces.


								   G'Kar is awakened by a furious Garibaldi hurling back the book of

								   G'Quon. When the Narn protests his impotence in the face of Na'Kal's

								   refusal, Garibaldi reminds him that human pilots protected the G'Tok

								   during the last days of the war not because they wanted to and not

								   because they weren't afraid of dying, but because their commander had

								   the moral authority to order them to do it. As the leader of the Narn

								   in exile it is G'Kar's responsibility to lead, not Na'Kal's, Garibaldi

								   hisses, and then storms out.


								   Franklin strokes Cailyn's shoulder in bed and tries to offer his

								   assistance. When she asks for a prescription painkiller Metazine to

								   help her sleep, he grows very upset and tells her she should drink

								   less instead. She is annoyed at his rebuke and reminds him that he

								   offered to help. He just refuses crossly and turns away.


								   Waiting on the White Star, Sheridan tries to comfort Lyta. She asks

								   him about Kosh's death, and is intrigued when he tells her how Kosh

								   had touched his mind on that and another occasion. Just then a Shadow

								   attack is located. They jump in leaving the Minbari ship poised in

								   hyperspace behind them.


								   Lyta prods the Shadow and collapses when it retaliates. As the Shadow

								   ship homes in on the White Star Sheridan shakes Lyta. In a flash the

								   telepath sees Kosh's death. Her fury steadies her and she halts the

								   Shadow ship in space. While it's paralyzed, Sheridan orders Lennier to

								   pour all power into the forward batteries, even to the extent of

								   taking the jump engines off line. The Shadow is destroyed.


								   Cailyn filches Stephen's identicard while he lies sleeping and leaves

								   the room.


								   [INLINE] Lyta announces that the Shadow got off a distress call before

								   they destroyed it. The jump engines still need ten minutes to

								   recuperate when four more Shadow ships arrive. The White Star flees as

								   the Minbari cruiser jumps in, but there are only three telepaths on

								   board and Lyta is exhausted. Evasive action isn't enough and soon the

								   Shadow locks on. In the instant before they are destroyed a jump point

								   opens for the G'Tok and other alien ships coming to the rescue. They

								   destroy the attacking Shadow and the remaining three enemies flee.


								   Sheridan cackles with glee and rushes to the window. "And so it

								   begins," the old Kosh says to Lyta.


								   Franklin wakes up and finds Cailyn lying on the floor with his card

								   and a vial of Metazine. He rushes her to Medlab only to discover that

								   she is suffering from terminal neural paralysis. Instead of the

								   overdose he assumed, she had collapsed from excruciating pain. She has

								   only six months to live. She begs him not to send her away, explaining

								   that singing in DownBelow makes her last days worthwhile because she

								   gives the people there hope.


								   After docking Lyta rushes to tell the new ambassador that a piece of

								   Kosh Naranek may still be alive in someone else.


								   Stephen enjoys one last song by Cailyn, then resumes walking.


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