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From Kosh we get many great quotes, they're confusing, but you always seem to get a small, very small idea of what he means.
The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.
To sinclair: And so it begins. You have forgotten something.
[In Sheridan's dream]
Sheridan: Why are you here?
Kosh: We were never away. For the first time your mind is quiet enough to hear me.
Sheridan: Why am I here?
Kosh: You have always been here.
Sheridan: I'm not quite sure I understand what we're doing down here.
Kosh: Good... What is this place?
Sheridan: It's pretty much the worst part of Downbelow. If Garibaldi knew we were down here alone, he'd go right up the flue.
Kosh: There.
Sheridan: What, you want me to go inside, is that it? Why? What's inside there?
Kosh: One moment of perfect beauty.
Sheridan: Ambassador, I've been looking for you. Um, last week, after you saved my life, I didn't really get a chance to thank you properly. I've tried to reach you since then, but you haven't answered my calls. Is everything all right?
Kosh: Being seen by so many at once was a great strain. I returned to my ship to rest. You have a question?
Sheridan: Nobody knows it was you. Everyone saw something different, something from the -- the legends of their own world. But it was still a terrible risk. After taking such care to hide what you really are, why take that chance?
Kosh: It was necessary.
Sheridan: [sighs] Well, as answers go, short, to the point, utterly useless, and totally consistent with what I've come to expect from a Vorlon.
Kosh: Good.
Sheridan: You know, I just had a thought. You've been back and forth to your homeworld so many times since you got here -- how do I know you're the same Vorlon? Inside that encounter suit, you could be anyone.
Kosh: I have always been here.
Sheridan: Oh yeah? You said that about me, too.
Kosh: Yes.
Sheridan: I really hate it when you do that.
Kosh: Good.
Sheridan: If you can convince your government to send out an expedition to engage one or two of their [the Shadows'] ships --
Kosh: No.
Sheridan: Alright, I know you can't fight the entire Shadow fleet yourselves, but if you could beat them in just one fight, it could be the break we need to get everyone organized. Then we'd have a real chance. You could do it, couldn't you?
Kosh: Perhaps. But there are still few of us. It is not our time. It is yours. We are not prepared yet.
Sheridan: Don't turn your back on me. Don't you even try to walk away from me. Just who the hell do you think you are? Wait. I know what you think you are, what you want us to believe. But I don't buy it. For three years now you've been pulling everyone's strings, getting us to do all the work and you haven't done a damn thing but stand there and look cryptic. Well, it's about time you started pulling your own weight around here. [An energy surge is noticed in Command and Control.] I hear you've got a saying, "Understanding is a three-edged sword." Well we've got a saying too. "Put your money where your mouth is."
Kosh: Impudent.
Sheridan: Yeah? Well maybe that's the only way to get through to you. You said you wanted to teach me to fight legends. Well you're a legend too and I am not going away until you agree.
Kosh: Incorrect. [Sheridan is hit with a white shock of energy.] Leave. Now.
Sheridan: No.
Kosh: Disobedient
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Sheridan: Up yours. [A second shock of energy, which cuts Sheridan's cheek; there is a little blood.] So, the real Kosh shows his colors at last, eh? You angry now? Angry enough to kill me? Because that's the only way I'm leaving. Unless your people get off their encounter-suited butts and do something. I've got nothing to lose! Hell, my own government wants to kill me, and if we lose this war I'm just as dead. Our only chance is to get the other races on board for this fight, and right now you're the key to doing that.
Kosh: It is not yet time.
Sheridan: Then who decides that time? You? You've put me in this position, you ordered me to fight this damn war! Well, it's about time you let me fight it my way. How many people have already died fighting this war of yours, huh? How many more will die before you come down off that mountain and get involved? Ships, colonies, whole worlds are being destroyed out there, and you do nothing. How many more, Kosh, how many more dead before you're satisfied? [Sheridan is lifted by an invisible force and pinned to the wall, Darth Vader-style.] Go ahead -- maybe one more death will balance out the books. Go on -- get it over with. Save us both the trouble later.
[Kosh releases him.]
Kosh: I will do as you ask. But there is a price to pay. I will not be there to help you when you go to Z'ha'dum.
Sheridan: Yeah, you already said, if I go to Z'ha'dum, I'll die.
Kosh: Yes. Now.
Sheridan: Alright. If that's the tradeoff, if you want to withhold your help when the time comes, that's fine. I'll go it alone.
Kosh: You do not understand. But you will.
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