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"The Tamarian was willing to risk all of us, just for the hope of communication. Connection. Now the door is open between our peoples. That commitment meant more to him than his own life."

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The Tamarian's were only able to communicate through metaphors, in the beginning of the episode nobody could understand each other. Due to the native language of the Tamarian's was only understood if you knew their history and culture. Throughout the episode Picard and Dathon slowly come to turns with each other with the language barrier and are able to understand one another by the end of the episode.

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"The Tamarian’s media ecosystem is the opposite of ours, one in which behaviors are taken as primary, and descriptions as secondary, almost incidental. The Children of Tama are less interesting as aliens than they are as counterfactual versions of us, if we preferred logic over image or description."

Bogost, Ian. “A ‘Star Trek’ Episode Shows the Next Phase of Human Communication.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 18 June 2014, www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/06/star-trek-tng-and-the-limits-of-language-shaka-when-the-walls-fell/372107/.