When asked why they were not killed, Pasc replies it is psychologically impossible for an Archanon to take a life. Any further questions are prevented when Etrec passes out. A concerned Carter carries the boy to Medical, but Helena can find nothing wrong. When Etrec comes to, he announces he is hungry. Fond of children, Carter befriends the alien boy. The astronaut chalks the faint up to Etrec not having eaten for a thousand years. Suggesting they go for a hamburger, Carter offers to carry the lad. After initially refusing, Etrec leaps on him piggy-back style as he sees Pasc approaching the astronaut from behind, a pair of surgical scissors raised to stab him in the back.