All language subtitles for Star Trek Discovery S00 E04 Short Treks The Brightest Star_track3_eng

Since I was a boy,

whenever I looked up,
I saw hope.

But this is not
how I was raised.

When my people look up
at the stars...

...they see only death.

And they welcome it.

They do not question it.

Sister.

Because when they are called,

when it is time
for the harvest,

they march willingly toward it.

They say that
when they take you,

the pain of Vahar'ai stops.

The priests teach us that this
preserves the Great Balance

of Kaminar.

This is the life of a Kelpien.

Impatience will not
bring him back any faster.

Father, what
is that?

It fell off the Ba'ul ship,

as pieces
sometimes do.

We thank the Great Balance

for replenishing
the gift of light...replenishing the gift...

and warmth,

and for this food.

...and for this food.

You will dispose of the
Ba'ul fragment tonight.

Of course, Father.

As soon as my work is done.

To keep it
is forbidden.

Father...

what is out there,
beyond the skies?

The Watchful Eye
rules the skies.

You know this.

But what if wehad the means
to reach the skies?

What if there are others,

besides the Ba'ul?

If the Great Balance had
meant for us to fly,

we would have
been given wings.

But does the Watchful Eye
have wings?

We sacrifice our own kind
to the Ba'ul instead of asking

if we could be like them.

The Balance must not be upset.

Those who offer
their lives do so

so that the Ba'ul
can be sustained!

So that the rest of us
may live in peace and comfort.

The time will come
for each of us.

That is the Balance.

That is how it
has always been.

And you will question it
no more.

Yes, Father.

All of us have our place
in this world, Saru.

One day you will understand...

as I do.

I didnot understand.

Why was it forbidden
to keep their technology?

Why did "Balance" mean that
we could not ask questions?

I needed answers.

So I sent out a message,

hoping there was someone
out there to hear it.

Hello?

I waited,

not knowing
if I would wait forever.

Not knowing if
any answer would come

too late for me.

Father...

what if I were to reach Vahar'ai
for the next harvest?

Then it will be your time.

And you shall be honored that
the Watchful Eye chose you

to maintain the Balance.

How could this life
be enough for them?

To simply wait to be taken?

Father would not
approve of us

wandering so far
from the pack.

My senses would
agree with him.

I have the unsettling urge
to run back to safety.

Yes. Safety.

You should head back
while the night is still young.

You are not coming?

No, I...

I want to watch the stars
for a while.

For night-blooming flowers.

Look down every
now and then.

There's beauty there as well.

Stay safe, Siranna.

You, too, brother.

It's a pleasure to finally put
a face to the name, Mr. Saru.

An entirely new
face, at that.

I was
not certain you would come.

You contacted us
with technology

that doesn't belong
to your species.

It was stolen from
the Ba'ul, wasn't it?

Yes.

And you turned it
into a beacon.

The first and only Kelpien
with the ingenuity

to manipulate technology
that advanced.

You are extraordinary.

Thank you, Lieutenant Georgiou.

Don't thank me just yet.

If you come with me,

everything you know
will change.

Will I be able to return one day
to help my people?

It was difficult enough
for me to convince Starfleet

to make an exception for you.

You caused quite a stir.

It's not every day
we get a hello

from a member of
a pre-warp society.

There are many complicated rules

that prevent me from doing more.

I'm afraid that means

you will never be able
to come back home.

Are you prepared
for that, Mr. Saru?

My place is no longer here.

I saw hope in the stars.

It was stronger than fear,

and I went toward it.

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