Ethan Phillips credited as playing...
Neelix
- Neelix: I feel that my services as morale officer are required.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: I assure you, you are wrong.
- Neelix: Oh, really? Hm... One, no cup of tea; two, no PADD; three, you're sitting on the opposite side from usual. All of that tells me you've got something on your mind, and what tells me that it's making you miserable is that cloud of doom that's rising from you like a ground fog.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: I cannot imagine that there are visible emanations which allow you to interpret my mood. You are making wild assumptions.
- [as an allegory, Neelix shows Tuvok some of his plants, some of which have flexible stems, others rather brittle ones]
- Lieutenant Tuvok: You're saying that the Maquis crew is rigid and inflexible, that they will never adjust to Starfleet rules?
- Neelix: No, Mr. Vulcan. I'm saying that YOU are rigid and inflexible; but, maybe if you'd learn to bend a little, you might have better luck with your class.
