[ Captain Picard. He's Captain Picard. And a magnificent creature of incredible genius. Of course he was Picard! What a brilliant ploy! Oh yes. Yes. What a magnificent Q he was! ]

And yet how else am I to know whether any of my own crew are here, if not for names, however redundant they might be?

[ He folds his arms again, considering her quietly. ]

I'm not from an alternate universe. That would be a burden for your captain to bear, not me.