Babylon 5 (TV Series)
Ceremonies of Light and Dark (1996)
Mira Furlan: Delenn
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Delenn : You should trust me enough to talk to me, Marcus. Why are you so reluctant to take part in the rebirth ceremony?
Marcus Cole : You asked me to give something up, Delenn. I don't have anything left. It's all gone. My brother was the last of our family and he died because of my stupidity. He warned me of the Shadows; I didn't listen. And when they came, I lost, him, our home, the colony where we'd grown up, a woman I was quite fond of. I escaped with only the clothes on my back, and went off in search of these "Rangers" that he'd been going on about. Because he believed in them, and in you. Everything I was, everything I had, all of it, died that night. I don't have anything left to give.
Delenn : Then that is exactly what you must give up. Yes, you have lost much, endured much, sacrificed greatly. But you cling to the memory of your sacrifices, of all the things you have lost or left behind. They drag behind you, like chains of your own making. They can have a terrible power over you, Marcus: the power of grief, and loss, and regret. Yes, you have let go of the people, places and things, but you have not let go of the pain. You have not forgiven yourself.
Marcus Cole : For what?
Delenn : Being alive.
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Delenn : The rebirth ceremony was part of your training on Minbar.
Marcus Cole : I missed it. I overslept.
Delenn : It lasts all day!
Marcus Cole : Oh, yes. I was ill.
