Picard leads the way, gesturing to either of the free seats facing his desk. His first order of business is retrieving a tea—Earl Grey, hot— from the replicator, and asking Terzen if he can offer him anything.

"This is the first time we've entertained one of the Trill on the Enterprise," he then says. "We are fortunate enough to have a Betazoid as this ship's counselor—perhaps you've met Counselor Troi?—but until this moment, knowledge of the symbiotic relationship the Trill share with their hosts was completely unknown to us."