Babylon 5: The River of Souls Page #3

get back to work.

- Perhaps we can talk later.

- Of course.

Captain.

Dr. Bryson.

- Find anything interesting lately?

- Yes.

Oh, yes. Most definitely.

I was sorry to hear about

Mr. Edgars passing away like that.

He was a good man. A visionary.

He was a nut and he was a control freak.

Well, these days...

...only a nut and a control freak...

...would completely fund

research into pure science.

He didn't do it to advance science

or serve the commonwealth.

He wanted everything that wasn't

nailed down or on fire.

He wanted to invent anything he couldn't

buy and buy anything he couldn't invent.

Perhaps. But he was

willing to fund my program...

...and for that alone...

...I will always consider him...

...a good man.

Anyway...

...that has nothing to do with

why I wanted to see you.

According to our records, your work has

been funded for 2 million credits a year.

That's a lot of money.

I'd like to know what it's for...

...so I can evaluate whether

to continue funding it.

- The ledgers didn't say?

- No. They only had the initials L. E...

...next to the dollar amounts.

- Oh, I see.

I suppose "L.E." could be

shorthand for "life extension."

But knowing Mr. Edgars,

I think it was a reference...

...to my pet name for the project,

Life Eternal.

Immortality.

I'm engaged in nothing less...

...than the search for eternal life,

Mr. Garibaldi.

- I see.

- At the height of our medical expertise...

...we can extend human life to 110,

maybe 115 years.

But there are dozens of alien life forms

that can live double, even triple that.

And some older alien civilizations

can sustain life...

...in one form or another

for thousands of years.

Some of them eliminated death entirely.

Can you think of a worthier cause

than immortality, Mr. Garibaldi?

That would depend upon three things:

Number one, does it really exist?

Two, how much will it cost?

Three, who gets to use it?

Given the probable answer to two...

...means probably just the rich folk.

- That was the general idea.

Mr. Edgars saw considerable profit...

...in finding the answer

to the question of life eternal.

And have you?

You've been at this for over three years.

Are you any closer to the answer

now than when you started?

Let me take this for you.

I...

I think I am, Mr. Garibaldi.

I found something recently that...

...for 20 years of my life

I've been searching for.

This discovery could unlock

the answer to eternal life.

And what's that?

Well, I don't want to say just yet.

I want to make sure it is what it is and

that I fully understand how it works.

- Dr. Bryson, I have come a long way.

- So have I.

Mr. Garibaldi, I just need a few more days

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