"The bridge of stars?" Janeway asked."Uh-huh," Glenn said, nodding. "I can't remember the whole story. Two galaxies were one but over time, the natural expansion of the universe separated them. Still, they couldn't bear to be torn apart, so each of them sacrificed a few of their stars to leave a bridge between them so that no matter how far apart they drifted, they could never truly be separated.""That's beautiful," Chakotay said, glancing toward Janeway with a gentle smile."

"Staring into his dark eyes, she felt the doubts she had nurtured slipping away on a single breath. She reached out to him again, pulling him toward her. Their bodies met, two galaxies subject to the inexorable pull of the universe, both determined to remain connected, if only by a bridge of stars."

"I love you," Kathryn said simply."I like hearing you say that." Chakotay smiled."Good," Kathryn replied, resettling herself beside him, "because if we do this, we do it together."

"For me, nothing can change the fact that your happiness is indistinguishable from mine."