Seven is introduced to Naomi Wildman in this episode. She also demonstrates her Borg personality at its finest: she is blunt and unapologetic about Borg activities. She even seems rather aloof when she suggests "reactivating" Neelix after he dies on an away mission. The way she says she wants to salvage him because his function in the crew was diverse is reminiscent of the way one would talk about a machine.
Seven speaks with Tuvok about human ideas and fears surrounding death. Tuvok has become something of a mentor for Seven, probably because he has an outsider perspective that she identifies with. She says that because the Borg don't fear death, she doesn't either. She points out that in a sense, she will always exist at part of the Borg collective consciousness. But she seems to almost doubt herself as she says it.
Later, when she tries to join in a social celebration, she proves incompetent. Her repulsive attempt to join in the conversation by describing the process for maturating assimilated children does alert the doctor to her social ineptitude, however.
