Note: Reed comes to understand the price he may pay for being a man of destiny. Spoiler for E2.
"Will you look into the flame?" the beautiful woman with the delicately pointed ears asked.
"What will I see?" he replied.
"It is difficult to say. The past. The present. That which may be," she answered as she lit the great white candle.
Blue-gray eyes stared into the hypnotically wavering flame and saw another Enterprise, but different, a generational ship. Their Malcolm Reed had died alone, the last of his house.
"You were born to be the ring bearer, the protector. It is your destiny. You will always be alone," T'Pol said without emotion though pain filled her dark eyes.