Burnham: They need to be evacuated immediately. Magistrate: Why? They’re criminals. Six offenders chosen to demonstrate the costs of misbehavior. An Emerald Chain tradition. It has proven most effective in preventing crime. Book: Doesn’t matter who they are. They don’t deserve to die there.
Saru: Natural phenomena do not disappear and reappear elsewhere. Book: Doesn’t that violate the laws of physics? Stamets: Every law we know of, that is.
