Although Lwaxana encourages Timicin to continue his research, the scientist reveals that he is unable to as it is time for him to undergo a ritual suicide invoked at the age of sixty to save children from the burden of a parent's aging.
Lwaxana encourages Timicin to continue his research. He is unable to as it is time for him to undergo a ritual suicide invoked at the age of sixty to save children from the burden of a parent's aging. This is what the scientist reveals.