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On the Discovery, a member of the crew is working on repairing an are of engineering. She hears Stamets rambling about trees in a dark forest as he cradles Culber’s body.
On the Shenzhou, Burnham reflects on what she knows of the mirror universe. Mirror Saru comes to tend to her. Though he is Saru, he says he is a slave with no name. He bathes and grooms her.
Dressed in her Terran Empire uniform, Burnham oversees the sentencing of three traitors to the Empire They are beamed into the vacuum of space. Burnham remarks to Tyler that it is getting easier for her to pass as a member of the mirror universe, which scares her. She tells Tyler that he reminds her of everything good. Tyler tells Burnham that she is his together, both here and in their own universe. They’re interrupted by slave Saru. She sends Tyler away to check on Lorca. Burnham accidentally calls the slave Saru and tells him that she will call him that from now on out of respect for a friend.
Burnham gets a secure transmission from “Captain” Tilly. She hands the transmission over to Saru. Burnham reports that she’s accessed the data on the Defiant, but it’s too large to transfer to the Discovery through the Terran firewall. He tells her that Stamets’ condition has not improved. Saru asks if she’s encountered any Kelpians. She tells him that she has not.
They end the transmission. Tilly feels they should have told her about Culber’s death. Saru says it would distract Burnham from the mission. They believe Stamets killed Culber and have him restrained.Tilly wants to take over Stamets’ treatment. She believes that his state is related to the spores and so she is most qualified.
Burnham receives a mission from the Emperor via a transmission. They have to the location of the Firewolf, the Klingon leader of the resistance. She is to find him and wipe out the resistance base. Burnham gives the order that she will lead a landing party and wipe the Firewolf’s cell out herself, gaining information on the Resistance that leads to its demise.
Burnham debates what to do about her mission to wipe out the rebels. Lorca encourages her to follow the order. Burnham is determined to find another way. In addition. she sees the resistance as the closest thing in this universe to a Federation. Knowing that its led by a Klingon gives her hope that meeting them she can find some common ground to negotiate with the Klingons when they return…
