Synopsis
Sheridan has instructed Garibaldi and the security staff to recruit telepaths for the war against the Shadows. Ivanova approaches Dr. Franklin who is still on his walkabout to see if he has lists from when he was discreetly smuggling telepaths away from Psi-Corps. Franklin however is struggling with withdrawal from his stimpak addiction. He tells Ivanova where to find his lists on the promise that they will not approach him again until he willingly returns from his walkabout.
As recruiting telepaths is a daunting job, Garibaldi jumps to take the case of a missing maintenance worker that had been working on level Grey 16. The maintenance crew manager assures Garibaldi that the man simply vanished, and she had personally checked all 29 levels of the Grey Sector for him. Garibaldi is confused, knowing that the plans for Babylon 5 had listed 30 levels, and tests his theory by riding the lift and timing his stops. He finds that the lift is programmed to skip where Grey 17 should be, so he forces the lift to stop where Grey 17 should be. He finds a level filled with garbage. Exploring it, he is struck by a tranquilizer dart from a doll, and when he wakes, finds himself weaponless and surrounded by members of a human cult led by Jeremiah. The cult have taken some of the Minbari teachings to an extreme level and believe they all should be one with the universe. Garibaldi ends up forcing Jeremiah to lead him to the way out, but Jeremiah warns him that the exit is guarded by a Zarg, a ravenous beast that had devoured the missing maintenance worker. Using a steam pipe and some traditional bullets he had been carrying around, Garibaldi kills the Zarg and escapes.
On Minbar, Delenn is informed that with Sinclair's departure, she is now considered for the role of Ranger One, the leader of the Rangers. On return to Babylon 5, she tells Sheridan that she thinks it best to hold the ceremony for that on the station, which he agrees to. Delenn encounters Neroon in a hall, who warns her that he believes she seeks to use the Rangers to overthrow the Minbari warrior caste and seize power for herself, and thus plans to takes steps to stop her. Delenn discusses the matter with Lennier, and tells him that he should not speak of the matter to any of the command staff for fear of upsetting Neroon further. However Lennier decides to talk to Marcus, as he fears Neroon will follow through on his vow to kill Delenn. As the ceremony starts, Marcus finds Neroon and challenges him to a battle to the death. The two start to fight, with Neroon clearly overpowering Marcus. After breaking some of Marcus' ribs, Neroon demands to know why he is fighting him. Marcus states it is not his duty nor pride, but is protecting Delenn in Valen's name. Later, as the ceremony draws to a close, Neroon arrives and announces that there is now blood between the religious and warrior castes, as well as between the humans, drops his weapon, and departs.
Lennier races to find Marcus, who is barely alive, and takes him to medlab to make his recovery. As Delenn and Lennier discuss matters, Neroon arrives before he plans to depart the station and asks to speak to Marcus. In private, Neroon tells Marcus that he did not kill him but instead considered his own personal beliefs to have been killed: Neroon realized that when he was ready to kill somebody who embodied the Minbari philosophy as much as Marcus had shown, he was going against his own Minbari principles, a lesson he had to learn. As Neroon turns to leave, Marcus briefly wakes and asks that the next time he needs to learn a lesson, to not make it so painful. Delenn and Lennier are surprised as Neroon and Marcus share a hearty laugh.
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