ALARA ARBITRATOR BORTUS CLAIRE DOCTOR ED GORDON HEVEENA ISAAC JOHN KAGUS KAYBRAK KELLY KLYDEN MALE RUDOLPH SANTA VASQUEZ VORAK YAPHIT ALARA Oh, my God. She's so adorable. CLAIRE And she's healthy. 15 pounds, two ounces. About average for a newborn Moclan. ED A female baby born to a member of an all-male species. GORDON Yeah. Bortus, this kid is one in a million. ISAAC In fact, a Moclan female is born roughly once every 75 years. JOHN Well, here's to the only girl in town. KLYDEN If you all do not mind, I would like to be alone with my mate for a moment. KELLY Totally fine. We should be on the bridge anyway. Come on, guys. ED Congrats, you two. KLYDEN It must be done. BORTUS Yes. I will make the arrangements. CLAIRE Yaphit, there's nothing wrong with you. YAPHIT Oh, I'm pretty sure there is, doc. I haven't been retaining fluids like I usually do. My quarters look like a swamp. It's a mess. CLAIRE There's absolutely no evidence of fluid loss whatsoever. YAPHIT And-and then there's this cough. Right? CLAIRE You don't have lungs, which means you don't have a cough. Yaphit, you've been in sick bay three times this week. I know what you're doing. YAPHIT Claire, look, just let me take you out on one date. If you have a crappy night, I promise I'll never ask you again. CLAIRE Yaphit, no. Besides, we're incompatible species. It's impossible. YAPHIT Huh? There's more where that came from. CLAIRE Get out. YAPHIT All right. How's it going, man? BORTUS Dr. Finn. CLAIRE Bortus, hi. Hey, have you guys settled on a name for your little girl yet? We're all feeling a little funny just calling her the baby. BORTUS A name would be inappropriate at this time. Doctor, I require your help. CLAIRE Sure. What do you need? BORTUS It would take two weeks for the Orville to reach my home planet, Moclus, from our present location. And I do not believe the captain would be able to divert course. Therefore, Klyden and I would like you to perform the procedure. CLAIRE What procedure? BORTUS To conform our child. To make her a male. CLAIRE Bortus, there's no way in hell I'm doing that. BORTUS May I ask why not? CLAIRE You have to ask? Because I will not perform a sex change on a perfectly healthy newborn. You ever hear of the Hippocratic Oath? BORTUS It is my understanding that as a doctor, your duty is to cure illness. CLAIRE Bortus, this is not an illness. Your child was born female. I got news for you. It happens all the time. BORTUS My world is different than yours. I would hope that you would respect that. CLAIRE I am a Union doctor serving on a Union ship, and I will not perform a sex change on a newborn infant. VASQUEZ That's far enough, senor. ED It's over, Vasquez. Surrender now and maybe we'll ask the judge to go easy on you. VASQUEZ I think maybe you are blind, senor. You're outnumbered, and my rifle is aimed at your head. GORDON There's an entire regiment on the way. Give yourself up or you die here. VASQUEZ You are bluffing. There is no cavalry. JOHN You willing to take that chance? ED You shoot us, you'll hang for it. VASQUEZ Perhaps we settle this the traditional way. ED You mean a showdown? If that's the way you want it. VASQUEZ No, senor. We will have a dance contest. ED Wait, what? JOHN What is this, man? ED What... This is where we're supposed to have a showdown. JOHN Yeah. What the hell is this? VASQUEZ I have taken many years of jazz and tap. If you can beat me in a dance-off, I will surrender. ED Gordon, what the hell is going on, man? What is this? GORDON I messed around with the program. I wanted... I wanted to mix it up a little bit. You don't like it? VASQUEZ I infuse many different styles of choreography to make the steps my own. You will be defeated, senor. BORTUS Captain. I must speak with you immediately. ED Bortus, can't it wait, man? We're in the middle of a game here. BORTUS It is a matter of great urgency. ED All right, I'll be back. Hey, while I'm gone, fix this thing, huh? GORDON Okay. Will do. ED All right, what is so urgent? You know, I get, like, one free hour a week. Coffee. BORTUS Captain, Dr. Finn has refused to perform a necessary medical procedure on my child. ED Medical procedure? What kind? I thought she said your kid's totally healthy. BORTUS I have asked her to see to the conversion of my child to the male gender. She has refused. I request you order her to comply. ED You want to perform a transgender operation on a baby? Bortus, that is completely unethical. BORTUS On my world, it would be unethical not to do so. ED Why not just let the kid decide for herself when she's old enough? BORTUS Captain, in human biology, is there not an occasional mutation called a cleft palate? ED Yeah, sure. BORTUS What happens to a child born with this condition? ED It's usually corrected right after birth. Takes about 12 seconds. BORTUS And why do you not wait and let the child decide for himself whether he wishes to correct this condition? ED Oh, my God. You're kidding, right? Bortus, that is completely different. Being a girl is not a condition. There are no health risks. Having a vagina doesn't give you a lisp. I mean, depending on how you use it. BORTUS It is different for my people. On our planet, there are no females. For you to judge us by human standards is unfair. ED All right, look, even if I was not against this, we are on a Union ship. And, for that matter, your planet is a member of the Union. For me to order Claire to do something like this would be in violation of a hundred laws. BORTUS Captain, I implore you... ED Bortus, I'm sorry. I'm not gonna do it. All right? Request denied. Dismissed. JOHN There's the son of a bitch. KELLY How long until it collides with the planet? ISAAC One month, 17 days. KELLY Well, that gives us a little time. Lieutenant Lamarr, activate cutting beam. Have you checked in with Bortus? ED I gave him the rest of the day off. He was pretty wound up. KELLY I feel so sorry for that baby. There's nothing sadder than an unwanted child. ED I got to believe at the end of the day he has an open-minded conscience. ALARA Oh, are you guys talking about Bortus' baby's sex change? ED My God, does this whole ship know about this? GORDON Yes. JOHN Pretty much. ISAAC Captain, I do not understand the reason for this conflict. Would the gender alteration procedure harm the infant or endanger her life? KELLY There are different kinds of harm, Isaac. Psychological harm, for one. I'd have been pretty pissed off if my parents had made the unilateral decision to make me a guy. ED And while it might have saved me an entire marriage if they had, it still would have been wrong. KELLY Oh, thanks. ALARA You guys don't think that Bortus and Klyden will love her any less than they would a male baby, do you? GORDON Well, they'd lose a lot of friends around here really fast if they did. JOHN Sir, the asteroid is breaking up. ISAAC The tractor beam can now alter the path of the individual fragments. ED Lieutenant, give 'em a shove. JOHN All right, sir. Shoving beam on. ISAAC Trajectory altered. The fragments will no longer collide with Elnath 4. KELLY Well, didn't save a marriage, but we just saved a planet. ALARA Captain, we're receiving a transmission from Moclus. It's from the head of internal affairs, a Minister Kaybrak. ED Put him on. ALARA Channel open. ED Minister Kaybrak, this is Captain Ed Mercer. What can I do for you? KAYBRAK Captain, I am informing you that we are sending a ship to rendezvous with the Orville near the Pleiades cluster. ED A ship? We don't have any rendezvous orders. What for? KAYBRAK A vessel was requested by one of your officers. We are coming to take the Moclan female. ED I want you to tell me just what the hell you think you're doing. You want to set up a rendezvous with another vessel, you go through Kelly or me. BORTUS I am sorry, captain. I had no choice. ED Don't give me that crap, Bortus. You are a Union officer. Do you have any idea the kind of position you're putting me in? BORTUS I am not asking you to participate, sir. Klyden and I will transfer the child to the Moclan vessel where she will undergo the procedure. The Orville need not be involved. ED The Orville is involved, Bortus. By the very fact that we are the ones transporting the baby. KLYDEN What would you have us do, captain? The doctor will not perform the procedure here, so we are left with no other alternative. ED That baby was born on a Union ship to my second officer. Which means that as long as she is aboard, her safety is my responsibility. BORTUS With all due respect, sir, we do not see it that way. And I do not believe the Moclan ship will, either. ED What does that mean? What, are you... What, are you implying this could lead to a military conflict? Bortus, your people are members of the Union. KELLY Which, by the way, could be jeopardized if the admiralty decides that this is unethical. Do you see the size of all of this? BORTUS Permission to return to my station, sir. ED No, you're relieved of duty. KELLY Thanks. ED Thanks. Kelly, we are doing the right thing here, yeah? KELLY What do you mean? Are you doubting it? ED Let's say you and I had a baby. KELLY On purpose? ED Yeah, and-and imagine that baby was born with a third leg. KELLY Like, a whole, full-sized leg? ED Yeah, like a... like an actual leg with, like, a foot on the end of it and everything, and we had the doctor remove it. And no one would think twice about that, right? Even though there are species in the galaxy with three legs, we would be conforming that child to our species' appearance, and we wouldn't have any moral qualms about it. KELLY Do you actually believe that's the same thing as changing a girl into a boy? ED No, I don't. I-I'm just... I'm just policing myself, because we all know how easy it is to judge another culture's way of life just because it's alien to us. KELLY But you have to balance that against some universal code of ethics. I mean, suppose it was their custom to kill all newborn females. Should we respect their culture then? ED The Moclans view the female gender as a handicap. There's one person on board who might be able to help. ALARA You ready? BORTUS I do not understand the purpose of this. ALARA The purpose is to get you to blow off some steam. I know you've been upset since the captain suspended you from duty. BORTUS I was unaware that blood sports were popular on Earth. ALARA Boxing's been gone a few centuries now, but Commander Grayson taught me the basics, and trust me, it's an art form. BORTUS It is my understanding that striking a fellow officer is a court-martial offense. ALARA Well, I won't tell if you won't. Although a Xelayan female versus a Moclan? I'm sure the crew would love to take bets. Here we go. Round one, ding, ding. BORTUS What is "ding, ding"? ALARA Never mind. Come on, put your hands up. Protect your face. That's more like it. Okay. My turn. Not bad for a female, huh? BORTUS I am growing weary of my shipmates imposing their will upon my family. ALARA Have you ever stopped to think that maybe they're right? BORTUS I will decide what is best for my child. BORTUS KLYDEN Bortus. What happened to you? BORTUS There was an explosion in engineering. I am fine. KLYDEN Why the ice pack? Dr. Finn can repair your injury. BORTUS Do you not have somewhere you need to be? KLYDEN You are snippy. BORTUS I am not snippy. KLYDEN Very well. I'm going to get new clothing for our trip to Moclus. Mind the baby. BORTUS Fine. GORDON Oh. Sorry, Klyden. JOHN Hey, Bortus, mind if we come in? BORTUS Now is not a good time. JOHN What happened to your head? BORTUS I said go away. GORDON Listen, we feel really bad about everything that's been going on, so we thought you might need a little cheering up. How about a beer and a movie? BORTUS I am not in the mood. JOHN Ah, come on. You're laid up anyway. GORDON What do you say? A couple of brews and an old Earth flick. JOHN Huh? SANTA Rudolph. Rudolph, please. Would you tone it down a bit? I mean, that nose of yours. I... That nose. That beautiful, wonderful nose. RUDOLPH Huh? SANTA Rudolph, Christmas is not off. What I'm trying to say is Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight? RUDOLPH It will be an honor, sir. SANTA Okay, Rudolph. Full power. Up, up, up and away. BORTUS Of course. Without Rudolph's nose, Santa would not have been able to complete his voyage. JOHN Looks like Santa got pretty lucky, huh? BORTUS Christmas would have been ruined if Rudolph had been euthanized at birth as his father wished. GORDON Yeah, I don't... I don't know if that was ever on the table. BORTUS What was clearly a deformity became a supreme advantage. One can never know. Please watch the child for me. I must find Klyden. GORDON Yeah, no-no problem. JOHN He just left his baby with two drunk dudes. GORDON Reminds me of my dad. I miss him. BORTUS Klyden, we must speak. KLYDEN About what? BORTUS I have had cause to reconsider the... We require privacy. Leave. Now. MALE Wow. Nice day to you, too, dick. ON-SCREEN TEXT Have A Slimy Day! BORTUS Klyden, I believe we should leave our baby unaltered. KLYDEN What? Bortus, you cannot be serious. BORTUS I am. We must raise the child as a female. KLYDEN Out of the question. Why would you suggest such a thing? BORTUS Because I have witnessed events that have opened my eyes. We do not know what kind of future we are taking from her. She may be destined to do great things as a female. KLYDEN Impossible. BORTUS Klyden, you must hear the tale of Rudolph. You will rethink your conviction. I promise you. KLYDEN My conviction will not change. BORTUS You cannot be certain of that. KLYDEN Indeed, I can. BORTUS How? KLYDEN Because I was born a female. BORTUS Klyden, how could you have kept this from me? I am your mate. KLYDEN When we first met, I did not know. My parents had the procedure done on Moclus soon after I was born. BORTUS And when did you find out? KLYDEN When you were assigned to the USS Clemens and I moved on board with you. It was my first examination by a non-Moclan physician. The doctor discovered evidence of the alteration. I was unprepared. BORTUS And why did you not tell me then? KLYDEN Because I did not want to lose you. BORTUS Klyden, I love you. That has not changed. I am angry because you withheld this from me. You lied. KLYDEN I did not believe it was of consequence. BORTUS That is not the reason, and you know it. Your parents made this decision for you. You do not know what your life would have been like. KLYDEN I would have been an outcast. Do not pretend otherwise. BORTUS Or perhaps you would have achieved glory for guiding Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. KLYDEN What? KELLY Bortus, the captain says get your ass up here. The Moclan vessel is approaching. ED As if all this couldn't get any more complicated. VORAK I do not see any complication. The child will be taken to Moclus, where she will undergo the corrective procedure. KELLY Don't go passing out penises just yet, Captain Vorak. The parents are in disagreement about what's best for the child. VORAK In such an instance, the Moclan state is ethically bound to side with the parent in favor of correcting the condition. KELLY "Condition." So to you people, being a woman's like having chronic diarrhea. ED Look, Kel, I think we should focus on... KELLY Hey, doc, I'm not feeling well. I've had the tits all day. ED Captain Vorak, I will not allow that child to be taken off the Orville without Bortus' consent. Look, I suggest we all just take a beat here, let the admiral sort this out. In the meantime, you can hang out on our ship. We have board games. KELLY We have Scrabble. We have Candy Land. We have Monopoly. You can be the car. ED Ah, ah, Kel, I'm-I'm always the car. KELLY Yeah, but maybe this one time since he's our guest. ED You can be the thimble. VORAK The matter is settled. We will depart for Moclus within the hour, and we will take the child with us. ED I'm sorry. I can't allow that. VORAK You will stand aside. ED I will not. BORTUS Captain, do you require... ED No. Sit down, Bortus. VORAK You are very fragile, Captain Mercer. Are you aware of this? ED There's an anti-bullying law named after me. Yes, I'm aware of it. BORTUS Captain Vorak, I formally request tribunal. KLYDEN What? Bortus, you cannot. BORTUS It is the only way. KELLY What's tribunal? Like, take it to court? BORTUS In a manner of speaking. KLYDEN We will be mocked and ridiculed. Our shame will be on display for all. BORTUS Then do not compel our child to undergo the procedure. VORAK It is irrelevant. No advocate on Moclus would defend such a thing. BORTUS To my knowledge, the advocate need not be a Moclan. Captain, I request that you be my advocate. ED Wh... You want me to be your lawyer? BORTUS Yes. ED No, I won't do it. BORTUS Captain, I beg you. ED But Kelly will. KELLY What? ED You took a year of interplanetary law at Union Point, right? KELLY Yeah. One year. ED Yeah, that's a year more than I've had. KELLY Ed, I don't want this responsibility. I cannot be the one to determine that child's... BORTUS Commander. Please. KELLY I'll do my best. ED Mercer to bridge. Set a course for Moclus. GORDON Aye, sir. ED Our ship will accompany you there. VORAK How do I know you will not flee with the infant? BORTUS Klyden and I will travel with you on board your ship. We will bring the child. VORAK Very well. ED Safe travels, Bortus. We'll see you soon. BORTUS "Between soul and sacrifice beats the heart of civilization." KELLY What's that from? BORTUS It is from a novel by Gondus Elden, a Moclan writer of great esteem. It is customary to respond with a fitting passage from the literature of one's own planet. KELLY "I'm a survivor. I'm not gon' give up. I'm not gon' stop. I'm gon' work harder." BORTUS Those are words of great power. Who wrote them? ED I think it was actually about 15 different people. BORTUS They must be very wise, these 15 people. ED Well, you should probably get going. CLAIRE I hate this planet. They've completely industrialized the entire surface. It's amazing they can even breathe. ALARA Oh, my God. They're under attack. KELLY Alara, those are testing zones. ALARA What are you talking about? ED Moclus' primary industry is weapons manufacture, so they're a little fast and loose with their research and development. JOHN They test explosives wherever the hell they want. GORDON Whoa. Crap. KELLY Commander Grayson to Moclan air control. What the hell are you bastards trying to do? MALE Our deepest apologies, commander. That testing zone was added this morning. We neglected to include it in your flight plan. ED That's great. Thanks for thinking of us. GORDON I'm gonna need a pair of pants brought to the landing site. MALE We will have pants waiting for you. KELLY He's kidding. GORDON No, I'm not. ARBITRATOR Tribunal begins. Advocate Kagus, please begin your inquiry. KAGUS Lieutenant Commander Bortus, how long have you and Klyden been mates? BORTUS 6½ years. KAGUS Tell me about your gomaskah-- what you humans call a first date. BORTUS Klyden and I shared an evening meal at the dining establishment atop the Moclan Central Arcade. We then played combat games in the environmental simulator. KAGUS Was it a pleasurable experience? BORTUS Yes. Between the two of us, Klyden and I shot 339 simulated combatants. CLAIRE Hot date. KAGUS And is it your wish to deny your offspring that same experience? BORTUS No. However... KAGUS Are you aware that by electing to forego the gender correction procedure, you are condemning your child to a life of shame? She will forever be alone, an object of disgust. Never will she experience a first date. BORTUS I have recently come to believe that we are unable to make such predictions with accuracy. I feel the decision should be hers. KAGUS How generous of you. However, by the time she is old enough to have developed the sense of self necessary to make that decision, the childhood damage will be done. In all likelihood, she will despise you for not sparing her the pain when you had the chance. BORTUS That is a risk I am willing to take. KLYDEN I am not. ARBITRATOR Observers will remain silent. KAGUS My inquiry is complete. ARBITRATOR Advocate Grayson, begin your inquiry. KELLY Thank you. Request Lieutenant Alara Kitan to the inquiry chair. Advocate Kagus, why is it so bad to be born female? KAGUS It is a serious birth defect which severely limits the ability to function biologically, intellectually and socially. KELLY Interesting. Let's look at the biological end of it. What are the drawbacks? KAGUS Females are weak. They do not possess the physical strength necessary for effective participation in industrialized Moclan society. KELLY Hmm. Okay. Arbitrator, would you be so kind as to loan me your gavel thingy? Advocate, would you do me a favor and reshape this cube? KAGUS Impossible. KELLY Why? KAGUS It is solid titanium. KELLY All right. Alara, would you mind taking a whack at it? The tribunal will note that this female was more than strong enough to reshape the cube. Show me a male in this chamber who can do the same. KAGUS Irrelevant. She is Xelayan. All members of their species possess elevated physical strength due to a high level of gravity on their home world. In fact, if there were a Xelayan male here, he could reshape the titanium with half as much effort. KELLY I think the tribunal will grant that since there's no Xelayan male present, that absurd statement is purely speculative. Now, on to your assertion about male intellectual superiority. KELLY Lieutenant Malloy, I'm going to ask you a few questions that one might find on any basic test of adult knowledge. GORDON Go for it. KELLY These are gonna be kind of hard for you. Sorry. GORDON It's okay, commander. It's for the baby. KELLY Let's start off with some Earth history. A few hundred years ago, the continents of Earth were divided into separate nation-states with individual sovereign governments. What was the capital of the United States of America? GORDON Um... pass. KELLY No, it's-it's not a pass kind of thing. Just give me your closest guess. GORDON What was the capital of the United States of America? Nabisco? KELLY No. GORDON The Moon? KELLY Let's move on. What are the four chambers of the human heart? GORDON The chamber of secrets, the chamber of horrors, the chamber of... KELLY No, no. Let me get you halfway. There's the left and the right ventricle and the left and the right... GORDON I would like to switch to movie trivia. KELLY Let's try one more. In the year 2056, which genetic engineer discovered how to target and eradicate individual cancer cells? GORDON Doctor... Bill Nye the Cancer Guy? KELLY Well, my point is made. While this male may be the fleet's best pilot, he's also an idiot. Sorry, Gordon. GORDON Totally okay. KELLY The tribunal must acknowledge that there is no valid claim for gender-based superiority. Inquiry complete. KAGUS Dr. Finn, it is my understanding that you refuse to perform the gender alteration procedure on the child in question. Correct? CLAIRE That's right. No ethical doctor anywhere would do it. KAGUS Captain Mercer, tell me about your penis. ED Uh, did I miss a segue of some kind here? KAGUS Are you-- what is the term-- circumcised? ED Gosh, you know, I don't usually discuss that till the second date. KAGUS I will rephrase. Are there cultures within the Union who circumcise their offspring? ED Yes, there are some. KAGUS Doctor, if a member of one of those races asked you to circumcise their infant, would you refuse? CLAIRE That's completely different. KAGUS How? It is a significant bodily alteration, and the infant has no say in the matter. CLAIRE A circumcision is not a life-altering scenario. KAGUS And a life-altering scenario would be unfair to the child. CLAIRE Yes, it would. KAGUS A life-altering scenario such as a child shunned by Moclan society planetwide. That would be unfair, indeed. Thank you, doctor. You've made my argument for me. ED Mercer to Orville. ISAAC Go ahead, captain. ED Isaac, initiate a planetwide scan of the Moclan surface using the following search filter. ISAAC Interesting, captain. ED Yeah, I thought so, too. ISAAC Stand by. Scanning now. Scan complete. Transmitting data. ED Mercer to Lamarr. JOHN Lamarr here, sir. ED As inconspicuously as you can, grab Alara and meet me at the shuttle. We're taking a trip to the mountains. ED It's got to be around here somewhere. These are the exact coordinates. JOHN There's a lot of thermal interference coming from beneath the surface. It's hard to get a clear geographical reading. Wait. Wait. Yeah, there it is. Small cavern 50 meters up. ED Scan for life signs. ALARA One life sign, captain. Coming from inside the cave. ED That's it. Come on. ED Hello? Is anyone here? HEVEENA Who are you? KAGUS Arbitrator, this continued delay is unacceptable. ARBITRATOR Advocate Grayson. KELLY If it please the arbitrator, my colleagues are urging me to withhold closing until they return with their evidence. KAGUS It has been two hours. Arbitrator, request compulsory adjournment. GORDON What do you got, a hot gomaskah tonight? ARBITRATOR Silence. Advocate Grayson, you leave me little choice. This tribunal is adjourned. ED Wait. KELLY Oh, my God. KAGUS What is this? HEVEENA My name is Heveena. I wish to enter testimony. KAGUS Absolutely not. Arbitrator, this... this freak is an offense to the tribunal. ED Dude, you have been a colossal dick all freaking day. Shut the hell up. KELLY Arbitrator, to my knowledge, there's no prohibition against the testimony of a Moclan female. ARBITRATOR That is correct. HEVEENA When I was born, long ago, my parents made the choice to allow me to remain female. They believed that to have me altered would be an offense to nature. So they took me far up into the mountains and built our family a home in seclusion. They taught me to think, to read, to wonder. They taught me to love the person I was. When they passed, I remained. I had planned to die up there, undiscovered. But that is no longer possible. The tribunal must not be allowed to take from this child the gift that I was given. So I present myself to you as a woman without regret. I am happy. KAGUS A life of isolation in the wilderness, cut off from society. This is your shining example? HEVEENA "The blackest abyss is a pock in the flesh when one has gazed in solitude upon the infinity of self." KAGUS You dare to bastardize the words of Gondus Elden to serve your own purposes? If he were here, he would spit on you for that. HEVEENA Would he? Why don't you ask him? KAGUS No. BORTUS I do not believe it. KELLY Well, look at that. Your planet's greatest writer is a female. HEVEENA There are many ways to contribute to society, advocate. This was mine. ARBITRATOR Unless there are any objections, this tribunal is adjourned. The arbitration council is asked to give their decision within 12 hours. KELLY Hey. How you doing? BORTUS I am fine. KELLY She looks so peaceful. ED She has no idea she's in the eye of a storm. KELLY I gave everything I could out there. I hope it was enough. BORTUS I am grateful for what you have done for me, commander. KELLY Have you talked to Klyden? BORTUS He still believes she must undergo the procedure. ED Well, I doubt the arbitration council does. Heveena's testimony changed everything. BORTUS I wish I had such confidence. But whatever happens, we will love her in every way we are able. KELLY You'd stay with Klyden after all this? BORTUS I must try. He is still my mate, and I love him. ARBITRATOR We will now hear the council's verdict. MALE We, the arbitration council of this honorable tribunal of Moclus, do not find sufficient cause for suspension of the procedure. ARBITRATOR Very well. It is the decision of this tribunal that the child will receive the corrective alteration. Arrangements may be made at the central medical facility before the departure of the starship Orville. This tribunal is adjourned. KELLY I'm so sorry, Bortus. DOCTOR Bortus and Klyden, I am pleased to introduce to you your son. KLYDEN Thank you, doctor. BORTUS Captain, permission to return to the Orville. ED Of course, Bortus. KLYDEN I am sorry for all that has happened. It was not my intention to hurt you. I just wanted to do what was right. BORTUS What is important now is Toka. KLYDEN It is a good name. BORTUS And we must give him a good life, whoever he becomes.