In this scene, the young vulcan is trying to escape from his father's grasp. He tries to run away, but the rope around his neck prevents him from doing so. The rope holds the key to the workshop where his father works, and the young man realizes that he has been tricked into believing that he is part of the family that works at the workshop. He realizes that his father is a thief, and that he and his father share a memory of a key that they used to use to open the workshop door. The young vulcan realizes that the memory is a flash drive, and he is about to tear it to pieces when he hears the sound of someone moving a heat source behind him.