Kira: The Rotarran and the Koraga were ambushed by a Dominion patrol near the Badlands.
Ezri: Worf was commanding the Koraga.
Kira: It didn't make it.
Sisko: Let's get married.
Kasidy: Do you mean it?
Sisko: I love you.
Damar: Does Weyoun know you're here?
Dukat: I see he still has you under his thumb.
Kira: We have a problem. It's Ezri. There's a runabout missing.
O'Brien: She must've gotten it into her head to go looking for Worf.
Ezri: They're coming in behind us.
Founder: The vaccine. How is it progressing?
Weyoun: I regret that it failed to stabilize the latest sample you provided.
Ezri: I can't believe I'm stuck here with you.
Worf: Perhaps you would rather be on the station with Captain Boday.
Dukat: That surgeon you recommended does excellent work. What do you think?
Sarah: Your path is a difficult one. She can not share it with you.
Sisko: I want to spend my life with her.
Sarah: If you do, you will know nothing but sorrow. And now, the continuation.
Jake: Did they tell you why you can't marry Kasidy?
Sisko: The Prophets didn't say that I can't, they just said that I shouldn't.
Jake: It's the same thing. I don't see why it's any of their business.
Sisko: Everything I do is their business.
Jake: Have you told Kasidy?
Sisko: No, she's on a cargo run. She won't be back for a couple of days.
Jake: And when she gets back, what are you going to tell her? That some Prophet who says that she's your mother, Sarah, told you not to marry her?
Sisko: Jake, you're not making me feel better.
Kira: Captain Sisko, Kai Winn is here to see you.
Sisko: Send her in. We'll talk later.
Winn: Emissary, congratulations.
Sisko: Eminence.
Winn: I'm so happy for you. This wedding is a momentous event for Bajor. I want to be sure the proceedings reflect its importance, so I've come to assist in the preparations.
Sisko: That's very kind of you, but I'm not sure that it's necessary.
Winn: Well, you don't have to thank me. I'm glad to do it. I understand you've asked Vedek Telna to perform the ceremony. Perhaps you thought I would be unavailable, but since I'm here, I think you'll agree that it would be more appropriate for me to do it. I'll talk to Vedek Telna, and I'm sure he'd be willing to step aside. Well, these are joyful days indeed. You've given the Prophets reason to smile. Is there something wrong, Emissary? You seem troubled.
Sisko: The Prophets came to me in a vision.
Winn: I see.
Sisko: They warned me that I was going to have to face a great trial.
Winn: Did they say what it would be?
Sisko: I'm afraid not. The Prophets don't always make themselves clear.
Winn: I wouldn't know, as they've never spoken to me directly. In any case, you have always been willing to do whatever it is they ask. Well, I pray that they'll give you the strength to face your trial. I sense you're going to need it. Emissary.
Sisko: Eminence.
Kira: May I show you to your quarters?
Winn: Well, thank you, my child.
Solbor: Her pagh is strong.
Winn: Solbor?
Kira: She will serve us well.
Winn: Prophets. I have waited so long for you to speak to me. How can I serve you?
Sisko: The Sisko has faltered. You must bring the Restoration.
Winn: The Restoration?
Solbor: Bajor's fate rests with you.
Winn: Tell me what to do.
Kira: The Guide will reveal the way.
Winn: What Guide?
Sisko: He will come to you.
Winn: How will I know him?
Solbor: He will have the wisdom of the land.
Winn: Of the land? I don't understand.
Kira: Only you can bring the Restoration.
Sisko: Bajor's fate rests with you.
Kira: Eminence, are you all right? What happened?
Winn: The Prophets. They spoke to me.
Worf: They will be feeding us soon. If we could position ourselves on both sides of the door, we might be able to disarm the first Breen that comes through.
Ezri: Worf, face it. The 'guard, my cellmate is ill' trick didn't work. Neither did your 'I'll make a tool and short circuit the door' idea.
Worf: We must not give up. The first duty of every captured officer is to attempt escape.
Ezri: What's the special today? Algae paste. My favorite.
Ezri: I wonder what the Breen look like under those helmets?
Worf: They say no one has ever seen one and lived to speak of it.
Ezri: Maybe they're all furry. It's supposed to be very cold on Breen.
Worf: One thing is certain.
Ezri: They're horrible cooks?
Worf: They are dangerous. They do not tolerate incursions into their space. During the Second Empire, Chancellor Mow'ga sent a fleet of Klingon ships to conquer their homeworld, and they were never heard from again. We have been traveling for three days. We could be in Breen space by now.
Ezri: Well, I wouldn't rule out the possibility that they saw our shuttle crash and decided to take us back to Deep Space Nine.
Worf: You are being humorous.
Ezri: Not very, I guess.
Worf: Jadzia also used humor to lift her spirits.
Ezri: You didn't laugh very much at her jokes, either.
Worf: You are a lot like her.
Ezri: In some ways.
Worf: I thought that I had lost her forever, but you and I will have many years together.
Weyoun: Damar. Damar!
Damar: What are you doing here?
Weyoun: Since you're ignoring your comm. system, I decided to wake you myself.
Damar: I worked late last night.
Weyoun: Yes, I can see that. Get yourself cleaned up. We're leaving this afternoon.
Damar: Where are we going?
Weyoun: You needn't concern yourself with that.
Damar: Why didn't you tell me that before? I have things to attend to.
Weyoun: You mean your business with Dukat? Did you really think I didn't know he was here? Masquerading as a Bajoran. What's he up to this time?
Damar: He wouldn't say.
Weyoun: Yet you helped him all the same. Such loyalty. It would be impressive if it wasn't so misplaced.
Dukat: Have you arranged my transportation?
Damar: And your identity documents.
Dukat: Good I knew I could count on you. You don't look well.
Damar: I'm fine.
Dukat: What happened to that brave officer I served with? The one who stood at my side while we fought the entire Klingon Empire with a single ship?
Damar: Those were simpler times.
Dukat: Those days might be gone, but the man I served with isn't. He's still within you. Reach in and grab hold of him, Damar. Cardassia needs a leader.
Damar: You were its leader once. You could be again.
Dukat: The Pah wraiths have shown me that I have different destiny. Good luck, old friend.
Damar: And to you.
Kasidy: Bajorans consider it good luck for a bride to wear a Navatan shawl. What's the matter? You don't like it?
Sisko: It's lovely.
Kasidy: Then why the long face?
Sisko: We need to talk.
Kasidy: Why do I have the feeling I'm not going to like this?
Sisko: There's something I haven't told you. A few days ago, one of the Prophets came to me in a vision. It was Sarah.
Kasidy: Your mother? What did she want?
Sisko: She said the path that I was meant to walk is for me alone. That you can't walk it with me.
Kasidy: Why?
Sisko: She said I would know nothing but sorrow if I ignored her warning.
Kasidy: That almost sounds like a threat.
Sisko: No, it wasn't anything like that. She was worried for me. Like a mother would be.
Kasidy: What are you going to do?
Sisko: Kasidy, the Prophets see things that we can't. If she was that concerned, it must be for a good reason.
Kasidy: You're not answering my question.
Sisko: Kasidy, I love you and I want to be with you.
Kasidy: Then be with me, Ben.
Sisko: I can't. I can't go against the Prophets. Kasidy, please, try and understand.
Ezri: No! No, no. No!
Worf: Ezri!
Ezri: No!
Worf: It is all right. You were having a bad dream.
Ezri: Where are we?
Worf: We're still aboard the Breen ship.
Ezri: They were chasing me in an ice cave. I was so cold I could barely breathe.
Worf: Shh. It is over now.
Ezri: I couldn't get away from them. Every time I looked back they were right behind me. And then one of them grabbed me with this huge claw.
Worf: The Breen do not have claws.
Ezri: How do you know? Besides, it was a dream. Dreams are full of things that don't make sense.
Worf: That is why it is best to ignore them.
Ezri: How can you say that? Dreams contain valuable insights. Things that don't seem to make sense are actually the key to what your unconscious is trying to tell you. Anyway, I got away from him, but there was nowhere to run. And just when I thought he was about to kill me, he reached up and took off his helmet.
Worf: And?
Ezri: And it was Julian.
Worf: Doctor Bashir?
Ezri: Isn't that strange? I wonder what it meant?
Worf: Doctor Bashir is a Breen.
Ezri: Very funny. The cave could symbolize the womb. Maybe my subconscious is trying to tell me that I need to confront emotions that I've repressed since birth. But which one? I've been born nine times.
Worf: This is ridiculous.
Ezri: I'm a counselor. Analyzing dreams is part of my job.
Worf: Jadzia never talked about her dreams.
Ezri: Well, I'm not Jadzia, am I?
Ezri: Where are you taking him?
Winn: Have mercy upon your humble supplicant, and make me worthy of your great task. Grant me the strength not to fail you.
Solbor: Eminence?
Winn: Yes?
Solbor: There's a man here who requests an audience with you.
Winn: Show him in.
Solbor: This is Anjohl Tennan, from Relliketh.
Winn: Welcome, my son.
Dukat: Thank you for seeing me, Eminence.
Winn: How can I help you?
Dukat: I've come to ask your blessing, so that I may have prosperity in the coming season.
Winn: What is it you do?
Dukat: I'm just a simple man of the land.
Winn: Of the land?
Dukat: I'm a farmer. I grow moba and
Winn: Your pagh is strong, Anjohl. I've been waiting for you.
Dukat: Oh here, let me help you. It's not right that a Ranjen should be serving a common farmer.
Winn: Please, sit. You're our guest.
Dukat: If I told my neighbors I was having tea with the Kai, they'd never believe me.
Winn: Thank you, Solbor.
Dukat: Thank you.
Winn: Tell me about yourself, Anjohl. You came here to pray for prosperity. Have things been difficult for you?
Dukat: Yes. Rogath blight destroyed my entire crop last year.
Winn: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
Dukat: Most of the farms in Relliketh fell victim to it.
Winn: And the land shall be poisoned by a great evil. It's from the ancient texts. Talnot's Prophecy of the Final Days.
Dukat: I see.
Winn: Well, tell me more about this blight.
Dukat: Unfortunately the only way to eradicate it is to burn your fields at the first sign of contamination.
Winn: Go on.
Dukat: Then you must let your land lie fallow for a whole season to allow for the restoration of the soil.
Winn: Restoration?
Dukat: The following year, the fields will be fertile again.
Winn: The poison must be purged away so the land can be reborn.
Dukat: Eminence?
Winn: Do you pray to the Prophets, Anjohl?
Dukat: Every day.
Winn: And have they ever answered you, in a vision, or in your dreams?
Dukat: Oh, there have been times when I've thought I could feel their presence. But spoken to me? No. Surely they'd reserve such a blessing for someone like you.
Winn: You are right. They have spoken to me, and they told me they were going to send you here.
Dukat: Me?
Winn: You've been blessed, Anjohl. They've anointed you to be my guide.
Dukat: I don't understand.
Winn: You are to help me bring about the Restoration of Bajor.
Dukat: But surely the Prophets would have chosen someone more worthy than I?
Winn: You should have more faith in yourself, Anjohl. And in the Prophets.
Dukat: Of course.
Winn: But rest assured, they'll reveal what they want from us, and together we will walk the path they've laid out.
Kira: The bottom line is, the Chief won't be able to get to it for a few days.
Sisko: Not good enough. I told General Martok his ships would be repaired by tomorrow.
Kira: We have engineering crews working twenty six hours a day. We're doing the best we can.
Sisko: I know you are. It's just that things are a little complicated for me now.
Kira: I can imagine.
Sisko: Nerys, the Prophets came to me and told me that Kasidy and I are not meant to walk the same path.
Kira: Oh, I see. Well, that explains that. I'm sorry. But the Prophets wouldn't ask you to do something like that without a reason.
Sisko: You would think they would tell me what it is.
Kira: It doesn't work like that, and you know that. Well, what they're asking you to do isn't easy, but they've never led you down the wrong path.
Sisko: Not so far. There's always a first time. To them I'm The Sisko, an instrument to carry out their wishes, but they forget that I am also human, with dreams and wishes of my own. They say that marrying Kasidy is a mistake. Maybe it is, but it's my mistake to make.
Kira: I wouldn't go against the Prophets. You're doing the right thing.
Weyoun: Founder.
Founder: When do we reach the rendezvous coordinates?
Weyoun: Approximately thirty six hours. May I say your plan is brilliant. I'm confident that it will turn the war in our favor.
Founder: Let's hope that you're right.
Weyoun: Founder?
Founder: About Damar. I trust he won't be a problem?
Weyoun: I'm sure he'll have concerns, but you needn't worry about that. I'll deal with him when the time comes.
Founder: See that you do. I find him most trying.
Weyoun: I'll have the temperature lowered. You'll be more comfortable.
Worf: Fight them! Sto'Vo'Kor!
Ezri: Worf.
Worf: No! No! I will not dishonor her memory.
Ezri: What have they done to you?
Worf: Alexander!
Ezri: Worf, wake up. Please.
Worf: Ezri.
Ezri: Where did they take you?
Worf: An interrogation chamber. They used some kind of cortical implant to probe my memory.
Ezri: I wonder what they were trying to find out?
Worf: I do not know. I lost consciousness.
Ezri: That's probably a good thing.
Worf: I should have tried harder to resist them.
Ezri: Careful.
Worf: These Breen are without honor.
Ezri: Worf, sit down please. Have something to eat.
Worf: This is intolerable! They have us caged up like animals!
Ezri: Stop it.
Worf: A Klingon would rather die than be held captive!
Ezri: What are you going to do? Kill yourself and leave me here alone?
Worf: This is no time for your jokes!
Ezri: It's no time for Klingon chest-thumping either.
Ezri: Stop it!
Winn: More springwine?
Dukat: Yes. It's extraordinary. I've never tasted anything like this.
Winn: It's a rare vintage from before the occupation. I was going to give this bottle to the Emissary as a wedding gift.
Dukat: Well, I'm honored that you would choose to share it with me.
Winn: Well, I doubt that he would have been able to appreciate it as much, not being a Bajoran.
Dukat: I suppose not. The Prophets may have chosen to speak through him, but he's not really one of us, is he?
Winn: No. No, he isn't.
Dukat: There are times when I wonder if he truly understands our people. Still, it's not for me to question why the Prophets chose him as their Emissary.
Winn: You forget the Prophets chose you to be my guide. You must speak your mind freely, Anjohl.
Dukat: The Emissary didn't suffer through the occupation. He has no idea what the Cardassians did to us. Those years left many scars on Bajor's soul. So, how can he help heal what he could never comprehend?
Winn: I have often asked myself the same question.
Dukat: I survived the occupation purely by chance.
Winn: Tell me. When the Resistance destroyed the Cardassian outpost in Relliketh, Gul Dukat ordered a hundred Bajorans rounded up. His intention was to send us to the capital for public execution.
Winn: A hundred from Relliketh. When did that occur?
Dukat: Just before the great famine. By sheer luck, my transport was rerouted to a labor camp. I learned years later that the dispatcher had misread the orders.
Winn: His name was Prenar. And he didn't misread the orders.
Dukat: How could you know that?
Winn: I was a Ranjen at that time. I convinced the Vedek who led my order that we needed to take a more active role in the Resistance. He allowed me to remove some gemstones from our tabernacle. I used those to bribe various Cardassians in exchange for some small acts of leniency. Prenar was one of them. I paid him to reroute the transport from Relliketh.
Dukat: You saved my life. Even then our fates were linked.
Sisko: Yes.
Quark: Sorry to interrupt, but I have something for you. The, er, the item that you ordered.
Quark: Terellian diamonds aren't that easy to come by, especially with this war on. Needless to say, it was non-refundable.
Sisko: Thank you, Quark.
Quark: It seems a shame to let something so beautiful go to waste.
Ezri: I'm going to help you through this, Garak. I'm not just saying this because I'm your sister. You have a gift. No more algae paste. I'm not like you. I'm not like you, Joran, I'm not a murderer.
Worf: Shh. It's all right.
Ezri: I was your wife. Why don't you talk to me? I love you. Kiss me. Kiss me, Julian.
Winn: Yes?
Solbor: Forgive me for disturbing you at this hour, Eminence, but Anjohl is here and he insists on seeing you.
Winn: I'll be right there.
Dukat: Eminence. I hope I didn't wake you.
Winn: It's all right. You may go, Solbor.
Solbor: As you wish.
Dukat: Something wondrous has happened. I talked with my brother in Relliketh. He told me that this morning, when he went out to inspect the fields, he found moba saplings sprouting from the soil. But it's impossible. We only planted last week. Tell me, could it be a sign?
Winn: Yes, it is a sign. A sign from the Prophets. They're telling you that your farm will thrive under your brother's care. They don't want you to go back to Relliketh. They want you at my side.
Dukat: Then this is where I'll stay, Eminence.
Winn: Adami.
Dukat: Adami. What a beautiful name.
Winn: It's all right. The Prophets brought us together.
Kasidy: That's the last of it. Tell Kilby to start the final departure check.
Man: Yes, ma'am.
Sisko: I made a mistake. I don't care what the Prophets want. I want to marry you. We'll worry about the rest later.
Kasidy: Ben, don't do this to me, not if you're going to change your mind again.
Sisko: I won't. I love you. Okay, let's go.
Kasidy: Where?
Sisko: Where do you think?
O'Brien: Didn't think you were going to make it.
Bashir: I only heard about it twenty minutes ago.
Quark: Me, too and I'm the caterer. I can't work under these conditions.
Bashir: Too bad Ezri and Worf couldn't be here.
O'Brien: Well, they probably got held up picking out a wedding gift.
Quark: Something for you, Nog?
Odo: Usually, when we come to events like this, you're the one who has to remind me to smile. I wonder why they decided not to have a Bajoran ceremony? I hope the Prophets forgive them.
Kira: So do I.
Jake: You look beautiful.
Kasidy: Thank you.
Odo: Well done, Nog.
Nog: Considering I only had a few minutes to practice.
Ross: One of the most pleasant duties of a senior officer is the privilege of joining two people together in matrimony. Today I have the honor to unite Kasidy Danielle Yates and Benjamin Lafayette Sisko in marriage. Kasidy, do you accept this man as your husband, to love and cherish above all others, until death separates you?
Kasidy: I do.
Ross: Benjamin, do you accept this woman as your wife, to love and cherish her above all others, until death separates you?
Sisko: I do.
Ross: These rings are a symbol your love for each other, and your promise to abide by the vows you've made today.
Kasidy: With this ring, I thee wed.
Sisko: With this ring
Sarah: This is not meant to be, Benjamin.
Sisko: I've made my decision.
Sarah: Your trial is at hand. You must be strong.
Sisko: Kasidy gives me strength. Why can't you understand that?
Sarah: If you do this, you will know only sorrow.
Sisko: You shared my mother's existence. You must have some idea what love is. You should know that I will never be happy without Kasidy.
Sarah: Your path is a difficult one.
Sarah: I cannot change what is to come.
Sisko: I know.
Sarah: Be careful, my son.
Ross: Ben?
Sisko: With this ring, I thee wed.
Ross: By the power invested in me by the United Federation of Planets, I pronounce you husband and wife.
Damar: I need to talk to you.
Weyoun: Oh?
Damar: I demand to know where we are going.
Weyoun: Of course. In fact, I was just coming to your quarters to discuss the matter.
Damar: Were you?
Weyoun: I've kept you in the dark too long, Damar, and for that I apologize. You are the leader of Cardassia and you deserve to know everything we're doing. And I have a feeling you're going to be very pleased.
Ezri: Would you stop that? What's wrong? You haven't said a word to me in hours.
Worf: I should not have trusted you with my heart.
Ezri: What is that supposed to mean?
Worf: You dishonor me and yourself.
Ezri: I must've missed something when I was gone.
Worf: How long have you had these feelings for him?
Ezri: For who?
Worf: Doctor Bashir!
Ezri: What?
Worf: When the Breen brought you back, you spoke his name.
Ezri: I did?
Worf: Yes. You said that you loved him.
Ezri: Julian? I said I loved with Julian?
Worf: Do not try to deny it.
Ezri: Worf, look, I admit that I find him to be charming. And obviously he is an attractive man. But I'm not
Worf: You are in love with him!
Ezri: I am not!
Worf: Then why do you dream about him?
Ezri: You're the one that said dreams don't mean anything.
Worf: I should have known. Jadzia had feelings for him as well.
Ezri: Would you stop comparing me to her!
Weyoun: We meet at last.
Weyoun: Gifts? How thoughtful. You should be honored. You're witnessing an historic moment. The birth of the alliance between the Dominion and the Breen. Changes everything doesn't it?


Worf: This is intolerable! They have us caged up like animals!
Ezri: Stop it!
Weyoun: We meet at last.
Weyoun: Gifts? How thoughtful. You should be honored. You're witnessing an historic moment. The birth of the alliance between the Dominion and the Breen. And now, the continuation.
Weyoun: We will secure the prisoners below. They will share a cell. They may wish to physically comfort each other during the long trip back to Cardassia. I find inter-species mating rituals fascinating to watch.
Damar: Interesting device.
Weyoun: I am so sorry. Where are my manners? Allow me to introduce Legate Damar, head of the Cardassian Union. Thot Gor.
Damar: Thot. that's the equivalent of a legate, isn't it?
Damar: What did he say?
Weyoun: He says you need to get your universal translator adjusted.
Damar: I would have, if I'd known we were meeting with the Breen.
Founder: It is a distinct pleasure to finally meet you.
Founder: Thank you. If our face to face talks are as productive as our subspace communications have been, I'm sure we'll sign the treaty documents within a few days.
Damar: I haven't even seen this treaty.
Weyoun: We'll discuss it later.
Founder: The alliance between the Breen Confederacy and the Dominion will end the destructive war that has torn this quadrant apart. With the Breen at our side, the Federation will not be able to stand against us. They'll be erased from the face of the galaxy.
Damar: This is outrageous! Have you read this treaty?
Weyoun: Parts of it.
Damar: There's a reference to territorial concessions that the Cardassians are to make to the Breen, but it doesn't say what those concessions are.
Weyoun: Oh, you needn't worry about that. It's all been itemized in a secret protocol between the Dominion and the Breen. All that is required of you is sign the document as the acknowledged leader of the Cardassian Union.
Damar: I want to see this protocol.
Weyoun: It wouldn't be much of a secret then, would it?
Damar: You expect me to agree to territorial concessions when I haven't even seen what they are?
Weyoun: Damar, you are missing the point. We need the Breen to win this war. When it's over, there will be more than enough territories available to compensate Cardassia for the loss of a few minor planets.
Damar: There are no minor planets in the Cardassian Union.
Weyoun: Do you know what I think you should do? Talk to Thot Gor. Express your concerns. He's very reasonable and quite personable once you get to know him.
Damar: I don't trust him or his people. The Founders should never have agreed to give away Cardassian territory without my consent!
Weyoun: I'm sorry, I think I misunderstood you. It sounded as if you were implying that Cardassian territory doesn't belong to the Founders. Surely that isn't what you meant?
Damar: No. Of course not.
Weyoun: Oh good. I look forward to receiving the signed documents from you within the hour. Is there something else?
Damar: The Klingons have attacked Septimus Three.
Weyoun: I'm aware of that.
Damar: Are you also aware that they've landed fifteen divisions? The Cardassian troops will never survive without reinforcements.
Weyoun: I assure you the Septimus Three situation will be dealt with. We will not allow your brave soldiers to perish in vain. You have my word.
Martok: Septimus Three will fall within the week. The Cardassian Eleventh Order. It's a reserve unit. Old men and walking wounded. They don't stand a chance.
Sisko: I think you're right.
Martok: But enough about the war with the Dominion. I want to hear about the war at home. You just married that freighter captain, didn't you?
Sisko: Yes.
Martok: Then war has broken out, whether you know it or not. A long, grueling, intoxicating war. I remember the day my beloved Sirella moved into my home. I had a pet targ. Had him since I was a boy. A filthy, mangy beast, but in his bony breast beat the heart of a warrior. Of course, Sirella loathed him. Well, to make a long story short, while she was supervising the unloading of her bags, Sirella accidently left the front door open, and my faithful targ, ever ready to follow the call of the wild, tottered outside on his frail legs and disappeared into the forest. I never laid eyes on him again.
Sisko: Lady Sirella draws the first blood.
Martok: You see my point. Don't get me wrong, I would not trade Sirella for all the targs on Kronos. And over the course of our marriage I've won more than my fair share of the battles between us. But in the end, I know she will win the war.
Sisko: I'll keep that in mind.
Winn: You ate all the milaberries.
Dukat: Well then, have Solbor bring us more.
Winn: And give him another chance to frown disapprovingly?
Dukat: The good Ranjen doesn't much care for me, does he?
Winn: You'd think he'd be pleased to see his Kai so happy.
Dukat: Are you happy, Adami?
Winn: More than I've ever been in my life. The Prophets are smiling on us. They've not only brought us together, but they've given us a great task, the Restoration of Bajor.
Dukat: Our world will be reborn. And you will be its leader.
Winn: It's a sacred responsibility.
Dukat: Yes.
Winn: I pray that I'll have the strength to do what the Prophets are asking of me.
Dukat: I will be at your side. We won't fail them. But the Restoration will not come without struggle. There will be those who will stand in our way.
Winn: It is not allowed to interfere with the will of the Prophets.
Dukat: Even those who claim to speak in their name.
Winn: The Emissary.
Dukat: In your vision, the Prophets said he'd faltered.
Winn: I can only hope that he doesn't choose to oppose them. Their love is strong, but so is their wrath.
Ezri: I hate to say it, but this is doing wonders for my back.
Worf: I doubt that is what our captors had in mind.
Ezri: Probably not.
Worf: We must get back to the station and warn Starfleet about the Breen.
Ezri: You're right. There's just a few problems. We're on a Jem'Hadar ship heading in the wrong direction, hanging upside down and
Worf: And what?
Ezri: I think I'm getting spacesick.
Sisko: Well, welcome home, Mrs Sisko.
Kasidy: Thank you, Mister Sisko.
Sisko: So, how was your cargo run?
Kasidy: Interesting. It seems my Bajoran crewmembers have decided that serving under the wife of the Emissary is a little different than serving under his girlfriend. I've known some of those people for ten years or more and suddenly they're asking me for advice about their children, their wives, their husbands, their spiritual relationship with the Prophets.
Sisko: Welcome to the club. Which reminds me. Every spring, the Emissary holds a little ceremony to bless the women on the station who want to be mothers.
Kasidy: What does this have to do with me?
Sisko: There's been a request made. Several, in fact, that the new wife of the Emissary perform the ceremony this year. This week, actually.
Kasidy: No.
Sisko: Kasidy.
Kasidy: No. I've got to draw the line somewhere. I married you. I didn't convert. And I'm not going to start acting like I suddenly believe in the Prophets.
Sisko: I wouldn't want you to do anything you're uncomfortable with.
Kasidy: Good. Then it's settled. I'm going to go take a sonic shower.
Sisko: Take your time. Dinner won't be ready for another fifteen minutes.
Sisko: And so the battle begins.
Ezri: Let me try.
Worf: No. You lack the necessary strength.
Ezri: And your fingers are too fat.
Worf: Ow.
Ezri: Would you just
Worf: Wait, I've got it.
Ezri: Ow.
Worf: Quiet.
Ezri: Ow!
Worf: Are you hurt?
Ezri: Yes, I'm hurt. You just cut my finger and made me hit my head!
Worf: It was an accident.
Ezri: I still don't see how getting a pin out of a bunk is going to help us escape.
Worf: If you would stop interfering and allow me to remove the pin, I would show you. Let me look at your head.
Ezri: No, thank you. The last time you touched me, things got a little out of control.
Worf: You are right about that. I was seduced and betrayed.
Ezri: Seduced? I seduced you?
Worf: At least we agree on that point.
Ezri: What?
Worf: You desired a physical relationship with me from the very start. That much was obvious.
Ezri: You have the biggest ego of any man I've ever known.
Worf: Considering how many men you have known, that is quite a statement.
Ezri: Am I supposed to be embarrassed because Jadzia had a few lovers before you?
Worf: A few?
Ezri: You're right. It was more than a few. It was dozens. Hundreds. In fact, I don't think there was anyone aboard DS Nine who wasn't her lover!
Weyoun: Let me take this opportunity to welcome you both to Cardassia Prime. I trust you've been well-treated for so far? I've been looking over the information you supplied to the Breen during your interrogation, and the results are a bit confusing, as mental probes so often are. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind sifting through the data and clarifying certain issues for us.
Ezri: You can't be serious.
Weyoun: I'm always serious. You see, if you don't do as I ask, I'll have to hand you over to Legate Damar and you know how ruthless the Cardassians can be.
Damar: It is my duty to inform you that you will be turned over to a Cardassian Tribunal where you will be tried as war criminals.
Ezri: War criminals? What are the charges?
Damar: That is not necessary for you to know. All you need to know is that you will be found guilty and executed.
Weyoun: However, if you should decide to help us in our search for a quick end to this miserable war, your sentence will be reduced to life imprisonment.
Ezri: If you want to end the war why don't you convince the Founders to surrender?
Weyoun: You know, my dear it would be such a shame for you to die without the good Doctor Bashir knowing how you felt about him.
Damar: Wait!
Damar: Overconfidence. The hallmark of the Weyouns. Maybe the Founders should eliminate that from your genetic recipe next time. They'll just make another copy of him, you know. You should've killed me. There's only one Damar.
Worf: I will keep that in mind.
Damar: I'm sure you will. Consider his offer, Klingon. You die in two days. Pick that up and let's go.
Dukat: There you are.
Winn: Who are you?
Dukat: What do you mean?
Winn: I mean, who are you, Anjohl Tennan? I want to know everything about your family, your childhood.
Dukat: It would bore you.
Winn: Not at all. What might seem trivial to you matters a great deal to me. I need to know more about this guide the Prophets have sent me. This simple farmer, this man who shares my bed.
Sisko: We are of Bajor.
Kira: We await the Restoration.
Winn: I am ready. I have met the Guide. You need only tell me what to do. I give myself to the Prophets in all things.
Solbor: She does not understand.
Odo: She is fearful.
Sisko: There is no other path. She is the chosen one. She must embrace us.
Winn: I will. I swear it. Give me a chance. Please.
Sisko: Give us your allegiance Kai Winn Adami.
Solbor: Restore us to our rightful place in the Celestial Temple.
Odo: Reject the false Prophets.
Kira: Walk our path and embrace your own destiny.
Sisko: Feel our love. The love of the Pah wraiths.
Winn: No! No!
Dukat: What is it? What's happened?
Winn: They, they came to me. A vision.
Dukat: Blessed be the Prophets.
Winn: No! They weren't the Prophets. They were
Dukat: They were what?
Winn: The Pah wraiths. Find Solbor. Tell him go to the Shrine and bring me the Orb. I must bare my soul to the Prophets and beg their forgiveness.
Dukat: Eminence, are you sure that's wise? What do the Prophets
Winn: Go! Bring me the Orb!
Damar: Well hello.
Weyoun: I'm glad to see you find the death of my predecessor so amusing.
Damar: Oh, you misjudge me. I miss him deeply. Here. Let's drink to Weyoun Seven.
Weyoun: When will the prisoners be executed?
Damar: When the trial is completed. Legal protocol must be observed.
Weyoun: When?
Damar: The execution is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, fourteen hundred hours.
Weyoun: Have they agreed to cooperate?
Damar: No. Maybe you should talk to Worf again.
Weyoun: Ah. Welcome to our command center.
Weyoun: Of course. Go right ahead.
Damar: Absolutely not! That database is classified
Weyoun: What Legate Damar means to say is that our entire database is open to you. Feel free to examine it at your leisure.
Damar: Surely you don't mean that.
Weyoun: On the contrary, I'm quite sincere.
Damar: They don't need to know everything about our military operations in order to help us.
Weyoun: The decision was made by the Founder herself. The Founder's also decided that from now on your military recommendations will be submitted to Thot Gor, and he will pass it on to her.
Damar: I will not!
Weyoun: I trust that was simply an unguarded emotional outburst, so I will ignore it this time. Make plans to do exactly as the Founder instructed or you can schedule an execution for yourself as well.
Ezri: Ready.
Worf: Leave me!
Ezri: Oh, shut up.
Worf: You never listen
Ezri: Look who's talking.
O'Brien: Do you have to do that?
Quark: I do it every day at this time.
O'Brien: I know, but there's something morbid about it.
Quark: Morbid? That implies she's not coming back.
O'Brien: I wasn't implying anything of the kind.
Quark: One of these days Ezri's going to come walking through those doors again, and this drink is going to be sitting right here waiting for her when she does.
O'Brien: Yeah, well, in the meantime, all you're doing is reminding us that she's missing.
Quark: No one's forcing you to sit here.
Bashir: It was the Badlands.
O'Brien: What?
Bashir: What?
O'Brien: You said something about the Badlands.
Bashir: Oh, Worf. If his escape pod hadn't drifted into the Badlands, the Defiant would have picked him up and Ezri wouldn't have had to go looking for him.
Quark: I never thought I'd hear myself saying this, but I wish the Defiant had found that lumbering Klingon oaf.
O'Brien: Well we can't do anything to change what's happened, we just have to hope for the best.
Bashir: Funny, I was just starting to.
O'Brien: Starting to what?
Bashir: I don't know. But there was something, something about her, wasn't there? Something that made me happy, anyway. She was this old soul and yet so young at heart, and, and, I don't know what I'm saying.
Winn: Where is he?
Dukat: He'll be here any moment. He said there were certain security precautions that had to be observed before the Orb was allowed to leave the Shrine. May I ask what you're planning?
Winn: No, you may not. This is far beyond your ability to comprehend, Anjohl.
Winn: Come in.
Solbor: The Orb of Prophecy.
Winn: Place it on the table and then go.
Solbor: How may I serve you?
Winn: You are not required here, thank you.
Dukat: There's nothing to fear.
Winn: Of course not. I am the Kai. The Prophets will make everything clear to me.
Winn: Something's wrong.
Dukat: What?
Winn: There's nothing. The Prophets show me nothing. They won't speak to me.
Winn: They have forsaken me because I have been in communion with the evil ones.
Dukat: Adami, I know this may be hard to hear, but you must listen. I've hidden something from you. I didn't come here by chance. I had a vision. The true gods of Bajor came to me and asked me to serve them.
Winn: The true gods?
Dukat: The Pah wraiths. They led me to you.
Winn: No.
Dukat: They're not evil. They care about Bajor.
Winn: No!
Dukat: They want to make Bajor strong.
Winn: Heretic!
Dukat: Listen to me.
Winn: Get away!
Dukat: Enough! The Prophets have done nothing for you. During the occupation, they turned their backs and let our people suffer.
Winn: Let me go.
Dukat: You've sacrificed everything for them, and how have they rewarded you? They've appointed an alien Emissary. They've rejected you at every turn. Even now they won't speak to you.
Winn: Solbor!
Dukat: Shh. Listen to me, please. The Pah wraiths will give you everything you've ever dreamt of. The power, the adoration of your people. In spite of your protestations of humility, that's what you really want. Admit it. Stop pretending to be something you're not. Take what they're offering you.
Winn: Get out!
Dukat: Go. Crawl back to your Prophets. Beg their forgiveness. Live the rest of your life in Sisko's shadow.
Winn: I'll do anything you ask. You need only give the word. Have you nothing to say to me? Am I so offensive to your eyes that I don't exist for you any more? There must be something I can do to prove to you that I'm still worthy of your love.
Kira: Go ahead.
Winn: This is Kai Winn. I need to speak with you. Would you come to my quarters?
Kira: Of course.
Solbor: Colonel Kira to see you, Eminence.
Winn: Come in, my child. Please sit down. Thank you for seeing me at such a late hour.
Kira: What can I do for you?
Winn: I have often sensed that you don't approve of how I conducted myself as Kai, that you believe I put my own political interests ahead of the spiritual well being of our people. I wish I could disagree with that assessment. I have strayed from the path the Prophets laid down for me.
Kira: Eminence.
Winn: You don't know. You don't know.
Kira: Eminence, when you told me that the Prophets had spoken to you, I prayed that they would open your heart, that they would change you.
Winn: I want to change. I'd do anything to earn their forgiveness, nut I'm afraid it's too late.
Kira: It's never too late. The worst of us can be redeemed.
Winn: How?
Kira: I'm not a Vedek, but it seems to me that you have to set aside the things that led you astray. Ambition, jealousy.
Winn: Oh yes, I have given in to the temptations of power.
Kira: Turn away from temptation.
Winn: Yes.
Kira: Give yourself over to the Prophets.
Winn: I'll do whatever it takes to make myself worthy in their eyes.
Kira: Everything will change once you step down as Kai. You'll see.
Winn: Step down? I don't understand. Why would I do that? Bajor needs me.
Kira: Eminence, being in power is what led you on the wrong path.
Winn: I've resolved to change. Don't you see? Once I have regained the Prophets' trust, I'll be better able to serve them if I remain Kai. If the Prophets wanted me to step down, surely they would have told me so.
Kira: They don't always use words to make their wishes known. Sometimes they speak to us by touching our hearts, but only you would know if they had done that.
Winn: But Bajor needs me.
Kira: Goodnight, Eminence.
Weyoun: Oh, Damar, there you are. I want you to hear this. Thot Gor had an interesting observation regarding our forces along the Romulan border. In his view, we have failed to take advantage of several weaknesses in their defenses.
Damar: Is that so.
Weyoun: For instance, Romulan colony in the Unroth system is ripe for attack. Their long range sensor array is being repaired
Damar: Septimus Three has fallen.
Weyoun: Excuse me?
Damar: Septimus Three. An entire Cardassian Order has been wiped out. Five hundred thousand men!
Weyoun: Oh, yes. A great tragedy.
Damar: You promised reinforcements.
Weyoun: I promised nothing of the kind. I said the situation would be dealt with, and it was.
Damar: By leaving them to be slaughtered by the Klingons.
Weyoun: If you will calm down and listen, I will explain. The sacrifice made by the Eleventh Order will not be in vain. They forced the Klingons to commit worthwhile valuable troops and resources to capture a strategically worthless planet.
Weyoun: I'm glad you agree.
Damar: Well, I don't. You condemned a half million loyal Cardassians
Weyoun: If they were truly loyal Cardassian, then they died willingly for the Dominion. There can be no greater sacrifice.
Damar: How many more sacrifices will my people be asked to make?
Weyoun: Your people, Damar? We are all one with the Dominion. Vorta, Cardassian, Jem'Hadar, the Breen.
Weyoun: We all serve the Founders and we will all make whatever sacrifices they deem necessary. Thot Gor, would you mind reiterating your plan for the Unroth System? I seem to have lost my train of thought.
Weyoun: Yes, I know. It's become increasingly difficult to get a full day's work out of him.
Ezri: The Dax symbiont has lived for over three hundred years. Experienced eight lifetimes. And now it's all going to end with an execution on Cardassia. Ezri Tigan's contribution to the Dax legacy will be to end it.
Worf: There is no honor in self pity.
Ezri: You know, Worf, I have had just about enough of your little Klingon aphorisms. The only reason I came on this mission was to save your miserable life, so the least you could do is stop acting like such a self righteous targ.
Worf: Your motives for rescuing me were not honorable.
Ezri: Do you really think that I would disobey orders and risk my life so I could seduce you? I hate to burst your bubble, Worf, but it wasn't that good.
Worf: Always the barb, always the joke.
Ezri: There was a time when you found my sense of humor to be one of my more endearing qualities.
Worf: That was Jadzia, not you.
Ezri: Are you angry at me for something that I did or because I'm not Jadzia? Let's cut right to the heart of the matter. Do you love me? Me? Ezri?
Worf: You are trying to turn this around and make it about me.
Ezri: Answer the question. Do you love me?
Worf: I have made my feelings clear back on Goralis Three.
Ezri: What is it, Worf? Could it be that you're feeling just a little guilty because you don't have the same feelings for me that you did for Jadzia? If that's true, maybe we both made a mistake back on Goralis. So maybe we both should be forgiven.
Worf: This night would be better spent preparing ourselves for the next life, instead of rehashing the mistakes of this one.
Worf: You are right.
Ezri: What?
Worf: I said you are right. I do not love you as I loved Jadzia.
Ezri: There's no crime in that.
Worf: I dishonored myself. I know how often I use that word. Maybe too often. But in this case, it is appropriate.
Ezri: Go on. From the first moment you came on the station, I knew you were not Jadzia, and yet I knew that there was a part of Jadzia still alive within you. On Goralis, I allowed myself to see her instead of you.
Ezri: I felt the same way. A part of me, the part that was your wife, wanted very much to be close to you.
Worf: I realize Jadzia saw physical love very differently than I do. To her it could mean many things, but to me it is a deeply spiritual act. When I made love to you, my motives were not spiritual. It was an unworthy impulse.
Ezri: Worf, we're not gods or prophets. We're people. We make mistakes. There is one other thing I want you to know. I honestly didn't realize how I felt about Julian. I would have never hidden something like that from you.
Worf: I believe you. And I do not hold any malice toward you or Doctor Bashir.
Ezri: That's good to know. Friends?
Worf: And more.
Ezri: And more.
Worf: It appears all we have left to do is to be executed.
Ezri: Sounds like a lazy day to me.
Damar: It's time.
Damar: There's a Cardassian patrol ship sitting in launch bay three A, two levels above us. Its computer has all the necessary information to get you past our security checkpoints.
Ezri: Why are you doing this?
Damar: I want you to give a message to the Federation. Tell them they have an ally on Cardassia.
Worf: Why should we trust you?
Damar: You can either trust me or you can stay here and be executed.
Ezri: I vote for option one.
Weyoun: Escaped? How could this have happened?
Damar: You're the one that put the Jem'Hadar in charge of the detention area.
Weyoun: Thank you for reminding me.
Weyoun: No, I assure you this is not typical of our security procedures. The Founder. She wishes to see me. She has to be told about this.
Damar: Oh, I'm sure she'll understand. But if she doesn't, I look forward to meeting Weyoun Nine.
Solbor: Eminence, Anjohl is here. He claims you called for him.
Winn: Show him in.
Solbor: As you wish.
Winn: I remember the first time I saw the Gate of the Celestial Temple. I was on the Promenade. When it burst into view, this whirlpool of color and light, the people around me were in awe. They said they could feel the love of the Prophets washing over them. Do you know what I felt, Anjohl? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. But I smiled and pretended I did because it was expected of me. I've never admitted that to anyone.
Dukat: I can understand why.
Winn: They've never spoken to me. Never offered me guidance. Never trusted me with the fruits of their wisdom. And now, I'm supposed to step down as Kai in order to be blessed by them? No. I have worked too hard, waited too long to give it all up now.
Dukat: You shouldn't have to. Merciful gods don't ask their children to make such sacrifices.
Winn: The Prophets have turned their backs on me. After all I've done for them, all the pain I've endured for them.
Dukat: They are not worthy of you, Adami.
Winn: I'm a patient woman. But I have run out of patience. I will no longer serve gods who give me nothing in return. I'm ready to walk the path the Pah wraiths have laid out for me.
Dukat: I'll walk with you, and no one will be able to stand against us.
Winn: Those who dare to try, the Federation and its Vedek puppets, the false gods and their precious Emissary, they'll all be swept aside like dead leaves before an angry wind.


O'Brien: Hey! Welcome! Well, I for one never doubted you'd be back.
Bashir: Neither did I.
O'Brien: Don't believe him. He was Mister Doom and Gloom the entire time you were gone.
Bashir: Well, I must admit I was a bit concerned.
O'Brien: We were all concerned. Your well being was a constant source of conversation and speculation.
Ezri: You see, I told you they'd miss us. So, who won the betting pool?
Bashir: Morn. He managed to guess the day when you'd be back. Only missed the time of your arrival by two hours.
O'Brien: He's amazing.
Bashir: I don't know how he does it.
Sisko: Mister Worf.
Worf: Captain.
Ezri: I know what you're going to say, and the answer is yes, I did leave the station without your permission, and yes, I lost a runabout, but
Sisko: We'll evaluate your actions later, old man. Right now I'd like to know everything you've learned about this Breen Dominion alliance.
Worf: I'm afraid we have very little information to share with you, Captain.
Ezri: Weyoun and the others were more interested in asking questions than they were answering them.
Sisko: Why do you think Damar decided to help you escape?
Ezri: I'm not sure, but I can tell you one thing. He hates Weyoun.
Worf: The Cardassians are a proud people, but the Dominion treats them like second class citizens.
Ezri: I think Damar is worried that this new alliance with the Breen is going to weaken Cardassia's status with the Dominion even more. But whatever his reasons, we owe him our lives.
Sisko: Maybe one day you'll be able to return the favor. Doctor, I'd like a complete medical workup on both of them.
Bashir: I can't tell you how glad I am to see you again. Er, both, both, both of you.
Kira: Kira to Sisko.
Sisko: Go ahead.
Kira: We just received a priority one transmission from Starfleet Command. The Breen have attacked Earth.
Sisko: I had a lot of friends in those buildings. Starfleet was able to destroy most of the Breen attack force, but by then most of the damage had been done.
Martok: We must give the enemy credit. To launch an attack against Starfleet Headquarters. Even my people never attempted that. We've learned one thing about the Breen today, Captain. They're a race of warriors.
Sisko: That's about all we know. Our intelligence reports are sketchy at best.
Martok: Captain, every species has its weakness. They're no exception.
Sisko: Let's hope you're right. But whatever the weakness is, we'd better find it soon.
Weyoun: There. Do you see that? The news from Earth keeps getting better. The Federation casualty report are being revised upward once again.
Weyoun: Well put. The casualties are merely a bonus. What matters is that we have struck fear into the hearts of our enemy and made them feel weak and vulnerable. General, please congratulate your troops for us. They've done a superb job. Don't you agree, Damar?
Damar: Superb.
Damar: It's unfortunate that so few of your ships survived the assault.
Weyoun: Leave it to you, Damar, to point out the one cloud in the sky.
Weyoun: My thought exactly. It is a very small price for such an important victory. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must make my report to the Founder.
Damar: By the way, in case Weyoun has neglected to mention it, the Dominion once sang Cardassia's praises as well.
Damar: It's really quite simple. They expected the war to be over long ago. It's not. For that, they blame us. Now, if the war isn't ended soon, they'll shift the blame to you.
Damar: Maybe so, but win or lose, I wouldn't turn my back on Weyoun if I were you.
Sisko: Kasidy, what happened?
Kasidy: That's what I'm trying to find out.
Sisko: What are you doing? You don't cook.
Kasidy: I know. I was just making sure.
Sisko: My peppers?
Kasidy: I know how you like roasted peppers in your casserole.
Sisko: It took me three months to grow them. No one touches my peppers.
Kasidy: I'm so sorry. With all the bad news about Earth I wanted to do something nice for you. But from now on, you wear the apron in the family.
Sisko: That's a good idea.
Kasidy: I'm glad you're not mad. I wouldn't want anything to ruin our last few nights together.
Sisko: Our last few nights together?
Kasidy: My cargo run. I leave early next week.
Sisko: No, you're not going anywhere. It's too dangerous.
Kasidy: Ben, the Breen attacked Earth. That's not exactly next door.
Sisko: We don't know where they're going to attack next. I would feel if you were closer to me.
Kasidy: Well, that's sweet. But I'm going anyway.
Sisko: I can't talk you out of it?
Kasidy: Not a chance.
Damar: Enter.
Rusot: The information you requested.
Damar: Excellent. Sit down.
Rusot: I'm not sure it's wise for me to stay. What if the Vorta decides to pay you a visit?
Damar: And what if he does? He'll see me conferring with one of my officers. There's nothing suspicious about that.
Rusot: It doesn't seem right all, this plotting and secrecy. What are we? Romulans?
Damar: No, we're Cardassians. But right now, Cardassia is an occupied territory. And to defeat an occupying army takes careful planning and secrecy.
Rusot: Can we really hope to defeat the Dominion? With the Breen on their side, they're stronger than ever.
Damar: But we will be fighting to win back our homes and our freedom, and that will make us even stronger.
Rusot: I remember the day I heard the news that Cardassia had joined the Dominion. Like everyone else, I rejoiced. We were going to be rulers of the entire Alpha Quadrant. Instead, we're a conquered people, servants in our own land.
Damar: All that will soon end. Now, are you sure we can trust these officers?
Rusot: And the troops under their command. Still, it's not a very long list, is it?
Damar: It'll get longer. With a victory or two all Cardassia will rise up with us.
Rusot: We'll need to know the exact location of the Dominion weapon emplacements on Rondac Three.
Damar: Leave that to me. Now, I want you to get a message to every one of these officers.
Solbor: Regarding your scheduled retreat to the Calash monastery?
Winn: Cancel it.
Solbor: Very good. Now, about your appearance before the Vedek Assembly.
Winn: Cancel that too.
Solbor: Cancel an appearance before the Vedek Assembly?
Winn: Just do it. Cancel everything.
Solbor: As you wish. May I ask what exactly you will be doing?
Winn: You certainly may not. But if you must know, I'll be devoting most of my time to study and meditation.
Solbor: I see.
Dukat: Solbor, I'll have my breakfast on the balcony this morning. Eminence, is there anything you would like?
Winn: I'm not hungry.
Dukat: But you really should eat. After all, Bajor is only as strong as its Kai.
Winn: I said I'm not hungry. Do as he asks. And please, write a note to the Vedeks expressing my apologies for having to postpone our meeting.
Solbor: I'll see to it immediately.
Dukat: What a tiresome little man.
Winn: Sometimes I think you forget your place, Anjohl.
Dukat: Oh, forgive me if I've offended you in any way. I am but a moon made warm by the light of your sun.
Winn: I hope you're a better farmer than you are a poet.
Dukat: Something is wrong. Tell me, what's bothering you?
Winn: Everything! The prayers, the rituals, these robes. I can't keep pretending I follow the path of the Prophets.
Dukat: You won't have to. The Pah wraiths are waiting to embrace you.
Winn: So you keep saying, but when is that going to happen?
Dukat: As soon as we release them from the fire caves.
Winn: Release them? But the prophecies.
Dukat: What about them?
Winn: They warn that the release of the Pah wraiths will mean the end of Bajor.
Dukat: The old Bajor, perhaps. But from its ashes a new Bajor will arise and the Restoration will begin.
Winn: Who will be left to see it?
Dukat: Those the gods find worthy. It will be the dawn of paradise. And you, Adami, are destined to rule it.
Winn: You're sure of that?
Dukat: It is meant to be.
Winn: And what will become of you?
Dukat: I will be at your side for as long as you need me. But first, we have to release the Pah wraiths.
Winn: How do we do that?
Dukat: The answer is in the text of the Kosst Amojan.
Winn: Oh. It is forbidden for anyone to open that book.
Dukat: Yes. Anyone except the Kai.
Winn: It is said to contain great evil.
Dukat: You have nothing to fear. I'll be right there with you.
Winn: Did I say I was afraid?
Bashir: Right here. This palisade in the south wall. If only we could make this part of the compound less vulnerable.
O'Brien: What are you talking about? The south wall isn't the problem. They came over the north wall, by Travis's position.
Bashir: I know where they came over, Miles. I am Travis, remember? And I say we strengthen the south wall, the north wall, and any other place that helps us keep the enemy out.
O'Brien: But then it wouldn't be the battle of the Alamo, would it.
Bashir: I don't care. I just want to win, once.
O'Brien: Be Santa Anna. He wins every time.
Bashir: What if we put cannons along the long barracks like this?
O'Brien: Hey, hey, what do you think you're doing? Do you know how long it took me to build this thing?
Quark: I don't believe the two of you. Your homeworld has been attacked, the Breen have joined forces with the Dominion, and here you are calmly playing games.
Bashir: Haven't you ever heard of grace under pressure, Quark?
Quark: Shouldn't you be doing something more productive?
O'Brien: I just spent fourteen hours recalibrating the station's weapons array.
Bashir: And I just did a complete run through of the emergency support team protocols.
Quark: So, you do expect an attack on the station?
Bashir: Anything's possible. What about a moat?
O'Brien: A moat? Around the Alamo?
Bashir: Yes, here, look, we could widen this stream, maybe make it a little deeper.
Quark: I say we build a moat around the station.
Worf: He is a child.
Ezri: Miles does have a certain cherubic quality.
Worf: I was talking about Doctor Bashir, and you know it. Are you certain he's the one?
Ezri: I'm not certain about anything. But he is handsome.
Worf: You deserve more than handsome. He gets excited playing with toys.
Ezri: He knows how to have a good time. Besides, it's not exactly a toy. You heard the Chief. He spent hours making that.
Worf: I see it is hopeless to try to reason with you.
Ezri: I know. Maybe I am in love with him. Do you think I should tell him how I feel?
Worf: If it will make you happy, yes.
Ezri: You're a good friend, Worf.
Worf: I know. They are wasting their time. No matter how much planning they do, there is no way that they can defend that mission against an enemy that numbers in the thousands. Not without more men.
Ezri: You know, if you want to go down there and help them. Just a thought.
Weyoun: Damar. You're up early.
Damar: Am I?
Weyoun: Yes, you are. Or you haven't been to bed yet.
Damar: Actually, I had a very restful sleep.
Weyoun: Did you? How nice.
Damar: I had no idea the Breen could mobilize such a large fleet so quickly.
Weyoun: Our new allies are full of surprises, aren't they? You know those refrigeration suits they wear?
Damar: What about them?
Weyoun: I'm sure you've read the intelligence reports that say that their homeworld is a frozen wasteland. Well, it's not. The climate on their planet is quite comfortable.
Damar: Then why do they wear refrigeration suits?
Weyoun: They won't say. You see what I mean? They're full of surprises. There's something different about you today, Damar. I can't quite put my finger on it. It's almost as if you're only half dressed.
Damar: What are you talking about?
Weyoun: You don't have a bottle in your hand.
Damar: Don't you have anything better to do than to stand here and
Weyoun: You've regained your confidence.
Damar: I wasn't aware that I'd lost it.
Weyoun: Come now, Damar, you thought you'd backed the wrong side. You thought the Dominion was going to lose this war and drag Cardassia down with it.
Damar: I must admit, things were looking rather grim.
Weyoun: Perhaps, for a moment or two, but that's no excuse to lose faith in oneself or one's allies. But now it's as if you've groped your way through a dark tunnel and stepped back out into the light once again. You know what that light's told you? That the Dominion will prevail. That the Federation will be conquered and a new era of peace and prosperity will blanket the Alpha Quadrant.
Damar: You know me so well.
Weyoun: Really, Damar, I hope you won't allow that Cardassian sized ego of yours to spoil our victory. And I do mean our victory. Yours, mine.
Damar: And the Breen.
Weyoun: Yes, and the Breen.
Damar: We're just one big, happy family, aren't we?
Weyoun: I like it so much better when we agree, don't you?
Solbor: The text of the Kosst Amojan, as you requested
Winn: Very good. Well? Put it on my desk.
Solbor: Eminence, may I speak frankly?
Winn: If you must.
Solbor: This book has not been removed from the archives, not for seven hundred years.
Winn: Your point being?
Solbor: The knowledge it contains about the Pah wraiths, it is said to be very dangerous.
Winn: Knowledge is never dangerous in the right hands.
Solbor: There is an old saying. He who studies evil, is studied by evil.
Winn: I will keep that in mind. Now give me the book.
Dukat: Your concern for her Eminence is appreciated and acknowledged. Nevertheless, you must do as she says. I will see to it that no harm comes to her.
Winn: There. That should make you feel better.
Solbor: I wish it could. But this man. One day he comes onto Deep Space Nine and the next, he's become your closest advisor. What do we know of him? Where did he come from? What does he want?
Dukat: I want only to serve the Kai.
Solbor: This is his idea, isn't it? To study this hateful book.
Winn: Anjohl was sent to me by the Prophets. That's all I need to know, and that's all anyone needs to know.
Dukat: I have no idea why I was chosen. But who are we to question the ways of the Prophets?
Winn: Perhaps you should go to the Temple and ask the Prophets forgiveness for questioning their wisdom.
Dukat: Solbor does not approve of me.
Winn: He has served me well for many years.
Dukat: And he may serve you well for many more if the Pah wraiths find him worthy. Well? Aren't you going to open it? The Pah wraiths are not evil, but they are powerful. And they're willing to share their power with you. The question is, do you want it?
Dukat: Yes.
Dukat: This can't be. This is a trick.
Winn: It's not a trick.
Dukat: Then Solbor brought the wrong book.
Winn: He doesn't make those kinds of mistakes. The words are here. They're just hidden, that's all. It's up to us to find them.
Odo: These are the new security protocols you requested.
Sisko: Very good.
Odo: Although frankly I'm not sure how effective they'll be against the Breen.
Sisko: Neither am I. I just hope we don't have to find out.
Kasidy: Benjamin! Do you mind explaining this?
Sisko: Constable, do you mind if we use your office a moment?
Odo: Not at all.
Sisko: Well, it looks like the Bajoran Freight and Shipping Authority wants you to take a vacation.
Kasidy: A month's paid vacation? This is your doing, isn't it? Let me guess. The Emissary asked for a little favor.
Sisko: I never once mentioned the word Emissary.
Kasidy: But you did arrange this!
Sisko: I'm just trying to keep you out of harm's way. Is that such a terrible thing for a husband to do?
Kasidy: I told you, I don't need or want that kind of protection. I want you to call whoever you called and have them put me back on the active list.
Sisko: Kasidy, it's only for a month.
Kasidy: I don't care if it's only for a day. How would you like it if I called Admiral Ross and said, oh do me a favor. Please don't send my husband on any dangerous missions this month.
Sisko: Look, that's not the same thing.
Kasidy: It is from where I'm standing. My job is just as important to me as your job is to you.
Sisko: I know that.
Odo: What's so funny?
Quark: Marriage. It changes everything. If you're not careful that could be you and Kira.
Solbor: Here are the other volumes you wanted.
Winn: Thank you, Solbor. You can go now.
Solbor: Eminence. I must inform you that the archivists are very concerned.
Dukat: You heard the Kai. Leave us.
Solbor: They're wondering why you need to consult so many of these dark texts.
Winn: You may tell them that their Kai works for the good of Bajor. Now leave me. I have work to do.
Winn: Why are you still here?
Dukat: What would you like me to do?
Winn: Go away.
Dukat: I don't understand.
Winn: I must concentrate.
Dukat: But your Eminence.
Winn: Not another word.
Dukat: Very well.
Kasidy: They're beautiful.
Sisko: Then you forgive me?
Kasidy: Ah. That depends. Have you talked to Bajoran Freight and Shipping?
Sisko: You're back on the active list.
Kasidy: Then I forgive you. But from here on in
Sisko: I'm not to interfere with your work unless you tell me to. Or it's absolutely necessary. I'm just joking.
Kasidy: You'd better be.
Sisko: What's that for?
Kasidy: The flowers. And for being big enough to admit when you're wrong.
Sisko: Ah, that must be Quark with the necklace.
Kasidy: The necklace?
Sisko: Just in case the flowers didn't work.
Ross: Ben, the Breen have launched a counteroffensive against our forces in the Chin'toka system.
Sisko: Have they broken through?
Ross: In two places.
Sisko: When do I leave?
Nog: This is bad. Very bad.
Kira: You say that every time we take the Defiant into battle.
Nog: Impulse manifold purged and clear. If we lose the Chin'toka system, we lose our only foothold in the Dominion territory. I think that qualifies as bad.
Kira: We haven't lost it yet. Initiating impulse pre-start sequence.
Nog: Microfusion generators online. But the Breen, they seem unstoppable. First Earth, now Chin'toka.
Worf: Ensign, no one is unstoppable. Collimate the nadion emitters.
Nog: Collimation sequence in progress.
Bashir: What more can I say, Miles, but I'm sorry.
O'Brien: Dilithium matrix is aligned and calibrated. Just be a bit more careful. That's all I ask.
Kira: Opening antimatter injector ports. Trouble in paradise?
Bashir: It was nothing. Emergency life support and damage control systems standing by.
O'Brien: I wouldn't call it nothing.
Ezri: Autonomous guidance system initialized and active.
O'Brien: He lost Travis.
Kira: Sounds serious. Verify astrometric database.
Bashir: Miles built this Alamo model, replete with little figures. Quite spectacular, actually. Datasets loaded and verified. Anyway, he was showing it to me in Quark's when we, rather I, misplaced Colonel Travis.
Nog: Phaser safeties engaged. Can't you make another one?
O'Brien: What, so he can lose it again? Field stabilizers online.
Kira: That's what happens when you share your toys. Synchronizing warp plasma flow.
O'Brien: It's not a toy. It's a model, built to scale.
Bashir: He really did a fantastic job.
O'Brien: Nacelles holding at pre-warp threshold.
Bashir: Miles, look.
Worf: He plays with toys.
Ezri: It's a model.
Worf: With little figures.
Nog: Captain on the bridge.
Sisko: Commander.
Worf: The weapons array is online. Phasers are fully charged. Quantum torpedo launchers are loaded and standing by.
Sisko: Colonel, set a course to rendezvous with the Federation assault fleet.
Kira: Course set.
Sisko: Take us out.
Kira: Airlocks are sealed. Releasing docking clamps.
Dukat: Where are you going with those?
Solbor: I'm returning these books to the archives.
Dukat: On who's authority?
Solbor: I believe her Eminence has finished.
Dukat: Put them back.
Solbor: How dare you use that tone with me
Dukat: I'll put them back.
Dukat: Wake up, my love. There's work to be done.
Winn: Anjohl? I must have dozed off.
Dukat: You're tired. It's understandable.
Winn: I haven't made much progress.
Dukat: You'll find the answers we're looking for. It's just a matter of time.
Winn: I'm so glad you're here.
Dukat: I'll see that you're brought something to eat.
Rusot: According to the latest battle reports, it looks as if the Dominion is going to retake Chin'toka.
Damar: A few months ago, the thought of the Federation being driven from Cardassian soil would have been a cause for celebration. But the Dominion victories are no longer our victories.
Damar: Now, are our troops in position?
Rusot: They're awaiting your command.
Damar: Excellent. We attack in seven hours.
Rusot: We're going to lose many fine soldiers.
Damar: At least they will be dying for Cardassia, and not the Dominion.
Weyoun: The Federation reinforcements are approaching Chin'toka.
Founder: The more of them, the better.
Weyoun: Founder, it concerns me to have you this close to the front.
Founder: Your concern is noted. But this is one battle I intend to see first hand.
Weyoun: Yes, it should be quite gratifying.
Voice: Attack wings three and nine have reached the line of deployment.
Voice 2: Federation fighter squadrons seven and ten break into sections and stand by to begin reconnaissance.
Martok: Units assume positions. Attack to contact.
O'Brien: Sir, they've locked weapons on us.
Sisko: All auxiliary power to forward shields. Colonel, attack pattern Delta.
Kira: Aye, sir.
Sisko: Mister Worf, quantum torpedoes.
Worf: Target locked.
Sisko: Fire!
Worf: Target locked. Launchers one and two standing by.
Sisko: Fire.
O'Brien: What the hell's?
Kira: We've lost power to the helm.
Ezri: The comm's out.
Worf: So are weapons.
Bashir: Primary computer systems are off line.
Kira: Manual controls are frozen.
Sisko: Chief?
O'Brien: I can't get anything back online. Somehow they're draining all our power.
Nog: The fire suppression system's offline.
Worf: Use the manual extinguishers.
Nog: I'm on it.
Ezri: We're venting plasma coolant from over eight separate EPS ruptures. The air's becoming toxic, Captain.
O'Brien: Sir, the ablative armor is starting to buckle.
Worf: We have hull breaches on decks three and four.
O'Brien: Without power for the emergency forcefields, there's no way to seal them.
Sisko: Abandon ship. You heard me. Everyone get to the escape pods now!
O'Brien: Captain.
Sisko: She's a fine ship.
O'Brien: No one'll argue with that. But like you say, it's time to go.
Weyoun: Poor Captain Sisko. I believe he was quite fond of that ship. Founder, I'm happy to report that the Chin'toka System is ours once again.
Founder: A step in the right direction. Send my compliments to the Breen.
Weyoun: I'm certain that will please them greatly.
Founder: Really? I have no idea what would please the Breen nor do I care, as long as they fight and win. I will not tolerate defeat any longer.
Weyoun: Nor will I. All those escape pods. So small, so vulnerable. I'll order their destruction immediately.
Founder: No. Let them return to the Federation. Those pods are filled with frightened, demoralized troops.
Weyoun: Troops that will spread fear throughout the Federation with tales of what happened here today. The Founder is wise.
Dukat: There. Now, don't you feel better?
Winn: Much. Thank you, Anjohl.
Dukat: I'm here to serve you any way I can.
Solbor: Get away from her!
Dukat: What?
Solbor: Eminence, that man is not Anjohl Tennan.
Winn: What are you talking about?
Solbor: Anjohl Tennan died nine years ago in the labor camp at Batal. I warned you not to trust him. I had a sample of his DNA sequenced. He's not even a Bajoran. He's a Cardassian.
Dukat: We were brought together for a cause, a great cause. Our destinies are linked.
Solbor: Don't listen to him. Look at him. Don't you recognize the face of your enemy? It's Gul Dukat.
Winn: Oh, it can't be.
Solbor: He lied to you. Used you.
Winn: It's not true!
Solbor: I don't know why you wanted to do this, for what evil purpose, but it's not going to work!
Dukat: He doesn't understand, Adami. He couldn't possibly understand the love of the Pah wraiths.
Solbor: The love of the Pah wraiths? You're trying to release them. That's why you wanted the text of the Kosst Amojan.
Winn: Solbor, listen to me. All I want is to bring about the Restoration.
Solbor: You betrayed the Prophets. You betrayed us all!
Winn: Try to understand. The Pah wraiths, they are the true gods.
Solbor: You must be stopped.
Winn: Solbor, I beg you. No!
Dukat: It's going to be all right.
Winn: Don't touch me. My life is over. The Pah wraiths sent you to destroy me.
Dukat: On the contrary. They sent me to save you.
Winn: Lies. Nothing but Cardassian lies. To think I let you touch me. The book. I must destroy it!
Dukat: There, you see? The Pah wraiths have judged you and found you worthy. Their secrets are now your secrets to do with as you please. Take their gift and use it. Seize the power they're offering you!
Winn: What about Solbor?
Dukat: I'll take care of the body.
Sisko: The Defiant was the finest ship I ever commanded. There'll never be another one like her.
Ross: It may take a little while, Ben, but I'll get you another ship, I promise you that. I just wish I knew how we were going to neutralize the Breen energy dissipaters.
Sisko: We need to buy some time.
Ross: Time may be the one thing we don't have.
Kira: Captain. We're monitoring a transmission from Cardassian space. I think you're going to find it interesting.
Damar: And so two years ago, our government signed a treaty with the Dominion. In it, the Dominion promised to extend Cardassia's influence throughout the Alpha Quadrant. In exchange, we pledged ourselves to join the war against the Federation and its allies. Cardassians have never been afraid of war. A fact we've proven time and again over these past two years. Seven million of our brave soldiers have given their lives to fulfilll our part of the agreement. And what has the Dominion done in return? Nothing.
Damar: We've gained no new territories. In fact, our influence throughout the quadrant has diminished. And to make matters worse, we're no longer masters in our own home. Travel anywhere in Cardassia and what do you find? Jem'Hadar
Damar: Vorta and now Breen.
Damar: Instead of the invaders, we have become the invaded. Our allies have conquered us without firing a shot. Well, no longer. This morning, detachments of the Cardassian First, Third, and Ninth Orders attacked Dominion outposts on Rondac Three.
Damar: This assault marks the first step toward the liberation of our homeland
Sisko: Colonel, see if you can get confirmation on that.
Damar: From the true oppressors of the Alpha Quadrant.
Damar: I call upon Cardassians everywhere. Resist! Resist today. Resist tomorrow! Resist till the last Dominion soldier has been driven
Damar: From our soil.
Weyoun: It's confirmed. Our cloning facility on Rondac Three have been destroyed. I could be the last Weyoun. That's why he picked that target.
Founder: I want Damar and the rest of these traitors found and eliminated.
Weyoun: I'll see to it immediately.
Weyoun: I don't care how many Cardassians you have to kill. Find Damar. Is that clear?
Weyoun: I'm going to hold you to that.
Kira: Captain, our listening posts have confirmed the attack on Rondac.
Ross: Damar may have just bought us some precious time, if the Dominion doesn't track him down too quickly.
Sisko: We need to find a way to help him. Legate Damar may be the key to saving the Alpha Quadrant.