#the way Kes gave up like 'I don't think this is working' before Tuvok did - the way she seemed almost...agitated? Not angry but like he was

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Coda. You of all people. Grief. The way Kes had to break Tuvok's hold on her & The way he kept asking if she heard anything - anything at all.

Open yourself to the impressions around you, The thoughts, the minds that are on this ship. All the minds that are on this ship. So many voices.

They are a turbulent storm, and you are the one who must rise above the tempest, to a place that is quiet. It's difficult.

You must lift yourself from the confusion of the storm. Soar into the quiet space among the stars where everything is still. Is there a voice that you can hear? A single voice isolated in the stillness?

Is there anything? Any presence in the void with you? I can't hear anything.

Now I am with you, moving through the quiet space. My thoughts join with yours, extending the range of the search.

(You have to find me.) (Surely, you must know I'm here?) Empty. Alone. (We've shared so much.) Failure. Forced.

Tactical Officer's Log: Is there anything? Is there anything? Is there anything? I('m searching for) a good friend, one I can never replace.

Is there anything? Is there anything? Is there anything? A single voice, isolated in that void? (we've shared so much.) I don't want to come up for air. My lungs force me to breathe.

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#Kes #Tuvok #st voyager #voy #st voyager coda #bea art tag #how is Tuvok roasted for his poetry in the same ep he says all this? #the way Kes gave up like 'I don't think this is working' before Tuvok did - the way she seemed almost...agitated? Not angry but like he was #pushing her - Chakotay had the crying & screaming scene and this was that scene for Tuvok #the way Tuvok calls her his friend when one of them is about to die #the way Janeway's like 'Tuvok - surely YOU can find me?' #-hand around the writer's collective necks- the way she alludes to all they've shared. And Yet. How RARELY we hear about this All. #Anyway this scene just struck a cord <3 #transcript under the cut #also I studied literature so I get hung up on singular words and the fact that Tuvok says 'we must accept' with Kes #but 'I'm forced to conclude' when alone - he was REALLY trying and you can SEE that #waaaa