You never met my brother and his wife, did you? No. Robert. So opinionated. So pompous and...

Picard: You never met my brother and his wife, did you? Troi: No. Picard: Robert. So opinionated. So pompous and arrogant. He always had to have the last word. But he-he mellowed a little bit in the last few years. I was going to get together with them all next month on Earth. I thought we'd go to San Francisco. Rene's always wanted to see Starfleet Academy. Troi: Rene? [realizing] Troi: Oh! Your nephew. Picard: Yes. He's, uh... he's so unlike his father. He's a dreamer, imaginative. [breaking down into tears] Picard: He's so very gentle. Troi: What's happened? Picard: Robert and Rene, they're... burned to death in a fire. Troi: I'm sorry. Picard: It's all right. It's all right. These things happen. Troi: Captain, it's not all right. Picard: I can't help thinking about... about all the experiences that Rene's not gonna have, about going to the Academy, reading books and listening to music and falling in love, building a life. [closing the photo album] Picard: Well, that's not going to happen now. Troi: I didn't realize he meant so much to you. Picard: I'd come to feel that Rene was as close as I would get to having a child of my own. Troi: Your family history is very important to you, isn't it? Picard: What? Oh. From being a small child, I can remember being told about the family line. The Picard who fought at Trafalgar. The Picard who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. The Picards who settled the first Martian colonies. And when Robert married and he had a son, I... Troi: You felt it was no longer your responsibility to carry on the family line.