One relationship that's working well, though, is the young Naomi Wildman, who seems to be able to relate to the former Borg [Seven of Nine] where other's fail. Brannon is very pleased to have found a meaningful role for Voyager's youngest cast member. "We wanted to introduce Naomi in 'Once Upon a Time.' We've got a great actress in Scarlett Pomers, and it just turned out that of all the character interactions in that particular episode the most fun was with Seven of Nine, so we began to play with that relationship. Then [in 'Bliss'] it is visited again, where the Voyager crew is incapacitated and it's up to Seven, the Doctor, and Naomi to save the day, which is a great trio. They're a lot of fun together." Did he have Weslety Crusher in mind when delineating Naomi's character? "Not at all. No, we wanted to portray Naomi as a realistic 24th-century child. She's advanced far beyond a normal six-year-old from today, but is still deeply neurotic, and although she's an enlightened little girl she has irrational fears as well, so hopefully a texured little child. We just want to show an interesting child character."