1 00:00:14,206 --> 00:00:15,374 Ah. 2 00:00:15,582 --> 00:00:17,084 Tarkalean tea again, Doctor? 3 00:00:17,167 --> 00:00:20,003 Yes, and you're drinking Rokassa juice aren't you, Garak? 4 00:00:20,087 --> 00:00:21,213 How did you know? 5 00:00:21,338 --> 00:00:22,840 The odor is unmistakable. 6 00:00:24,049 --> 00:00:25,509 So it is. 7 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:29,388 Rokassa juice soothes my nerves. 8 00:00:29,471 --> 00:00:32,891 I had a very demanding customer today -- 9 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:36,395 a Bajoran engineer who comes to the shop constantly 10 00:00:36,478 --> 00:00:37,729 just to plague me. 11 00:00:37,855 --> 00:00:39,273 You know, I've always wondered about that -- 12 00:00:39,356 --> 00:00:41,024 about who your steady customers really are. 13 00:00:41,066 --> 00:00:42,860 I can't imagine Bajorans frequenting a shop 14 00:00:42,943 --> 00:00:44,486 run by a Cardassian. 15 00:00:44,653 --> 00:00:46,822 I like to think that my expertise 16 00:00:46,905 --> 00:00:48,866 and willingness to serve 17 00:00:48,949 --> 00:00:50,993 overcome any general resentment 18 00:00:51,118 --> 00:00:53,036 any of my clientele may have. 19 00:00:53,203 --> 00:00:55,664 Ah... and perhaps your expertise 20 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:57,040 and willingness to serve 21 00:00:57,124 --> 00:00:59,585 go so far as to establish a certain... trust 22 00:00:59,835 --> 00:01:01,295 between you and your customers? 23 00:01:01,378 --> 00:01:03,005 Trust is very important. 24 00:01:03,213 --> 00:01:05,090 And once they trust you 25 00:01:05,507 --> 00:01:07,342 they're much more open with you 26 00:01:07,426 --> 00:01:09,928 and they tell you things. 27 00:01:10,137 --> 00:01:14,266 Really, Doctor, must we always play this game? 28 00:01:14,516 --> 00:01:18,270 I'm no more a spy than you are... 29 00:01:18,353 --> 00:01:19,354 A doctor. 30 00:01:19,479 --> 00:01:22,274 I'm afraid you really do allow your imagination 31 00:01:22,357 --> 00:01:24,067 to run away with you. 32 00:01:24,276 --> 00:01:26,445 What else can I say to finally convince you 33 00:01:26,570 --> 00:01:28,030 that I'm just... 34 00:01:28,155 --> 00:01:30,240 Plain, simple Garak? 35 00:01:30,407 --> 00:01:31,575 Precisely. 36 00:01:33,285 --> 00:01:36,038 Now, there's something you don't see every day. 37 00:01:41,877 --> 00:01:43,295 There's a table. 38 00:01:45,380 --> 00:01:46,381 Have a seat. 39 00:01:46,465 --> 00:01:48,258 I'll get us all some refreshment. 40 00:01:59,186 --> 00:02:00,479 Well, that was odd. 41 00:02:00,662 --> 00:02:03,023 - Do you know him? - On the contrary. 42 00:02:03,273 --> 00:02:05,943 I've never seen him before in my life. 43 00:02:06,860 --> 00:02:08,904 I hope I'm not intruding, 44 00:02:09,238 --> 00:02:11,448 but I couldn't help noticing what a... 45 00:02:11,698 --> 00:02:14,368 what a handsome young man you have here. 46 00:04:29,836 --> 00:04:31,296 I'm sorry I'm late. 47 00:04:31,394 --> 00:04:32,839 The damnedest thing just happened. 48 00:04:32,923 --> 00:04:35,217 - Garak the tailor was attacked. - Attacked where? 49 00:04:35,384 --> 00:04:36,426 At the Replimat. 50 00:04:36,510 --> 00:04:37,594 He was bitten on the hand. 51 00:04:37,719 --> 00:04:39,388 Another unsatisfied customer? 52 00:04:39,513 --> 00:04:41,223 He always cuts the pants too long. 53 00:04:41,306 --> 00:04:42,974 Actually, it was a boy -- 54 00:04:43,225 --> 00:04:44,518 a Cardassian boy. 55 00:04:44,726 --> 00:04:47,479 I wasn't aware we had any Cardassian children on the station. 56 00:04:47,646 --> 00:04:49,064 We don't. 57 00:04:49,398 --> 00:04:51,316 He's just arrived on a Bajoran transport 58 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,802 with an adult Bajoran who says he's his father. 59 00:04:53,886 --> 00:04:54,986 The boy was probably 60 00:04:55,070 --> 00:04:57,364 one of the orphans left behind when the Cardassians pulled out. 61 00:04:57,447 --> 00:04:59,574 We had no choice but to take care of them. 62 00:04:59,741 --> 00:05:02,077 You have an incoming subspace transmission 63 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,620 from Cardassia, Commander. 64 00:05:03,912 --> 00:05:05,414 It's Gul Dukat. 65 00:05:05,831 --> 00:05:07,374 In my office. 66 00:05:14,798 --> 00:05:16,842 Commander, it's been brought to my attention 67 00:05:16,925 --> 00:05:19,344 that the sole Cardassian living on your station 68 00:05:19,469 --> 00:05:20,929 has been assaulted. 69 00:05:21,138 --> 00:05:23,807 I'm surprised how quickly the news reached you, Dukat. 70 00:05:23,974 --> 00:05:26,101 I only heard about it myself a minute ago. 71 00:05:26,309 --> 00:05:27,978 Well, is it true he was attacked 72 00:05:28,103 --> 00:05:31,565 by a Cardassian boy brought to the station by a Bajoran? 73 00:05:31,815 --> 00:05:34,359 A Cardassian boy appears to be involved, yes. 74 00:05:36,194 --> 00:05:38,238 Exactly as I feared. 75 00:05:38,697 --> 00:05:41,324 Exactly as I've been warning my colleagues. 76 00:05:41,450 --> 00:05:42,409 Warning them? 77 00:05:42,492 --> 00:05:45,203 Cardassian war orphans, Commander. 78 00:05:45,412 --> 00:05:47,747 Abandoned when we left Bajor. 79 00:05:47,914 --> 00:05:49,624 It's a disgrace, 80 00:05:50,041 --> 00:05:52,335 and obviously, these children are being raised 81 00:05:52,461 --> 00:05:54,045 to hate their own kind. 82 00:05:54,129 --> 00:05:55,797 This incident is proof. 83 00:05:56,673 --> 00:05:59,176 You're assuming a lot from one incident. 84 00:05:59,259 --> 00:06:00,385 Am I? 85 00:06:00,469 --> 00:06:03,346 Then why would this boy attack poor Garak? 86 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,932 An amiable fellow, if ever there was one. 87 00:06:06,183 --> 00:06:08,185 If you'd like, I'll try to find out. 88 00:06:08,310 --> 00:06:10,896 That would be most appreciated, Commander. 89 00:06:11,146 --> 00:06:14,900 I need to find out everything I can about this boy 90 00:06:15,484 --> 00:06:18,945 so that I can use his story in my fight to bring these orphans 91 00:06:19,196 --> 00:06:20,909 back to their homeland. 92 00:06:20,993 --> 00:06:22,032 This is a tragedy 93 00:06:22,115 --> 00:06:25,660 that all of Cardassia is going to have to address. 94 00:06:27,621 --> 00:06:29,915 We didn't come here to cause trouble. 95 00:06:30,165 --> 00:06:32,626 Has this Garak filed a complaint? 96 00:06:32,751 --> 00:06:34,294 No, but the Cardassian officials 97 00:06:34,377 --> 00:06:35,879 asked that we look into the incident. 98 00:06:35,962 --> 00:06:37,631 I wish they'd shown as much concern 99 00:06:37,714 --> 00:06:40,133 as when they left my boy and dozens like him 100 00:06:40,258 --> 00:06:41,635 to fend for themselves. 101 00:06:41,718 --> 00:06:43,094 How did you come to adopt him? 102 00:06:43,178 --> 00:06:45,138 My wife and I felt that Rugal shouldn't suffer 103 00:06:45,263 --> 00:06:46,806 for crimes committed by others. 104 00:06:47,057 --> 00:06:48,588 But why would he attack another Cardassian? 105 00:06:48,683 --> 00:06:50,977 That Cardassian should have minded his own business. 106 00:06:51,186 --> 00:06:53,522 Garak was only trying to be friendly. 107 00:06:53,813 --> 00:06:55,982 The boy seemed terrified of him on sight. 108 00:06:56,274 --> 00:06:58,276 The Cardassians are suggesting that the Bajorans 109 00:06:58,443 --> 00:07:00,862 are raising these orphans to hate their own people. 110 00:07:01,112 --> 00:07:02,781 To hate Cardassians? 111 00:07:03,448 --> 00:07:05,951 It shouldn't be too hard, should it? 112 00:07:07,369 --> 00:07:09,454 We told him the truth, Commander. 113 00:07:09,746 --> 00:07:11,081 The truth 114 00:07:11,289 --> 00:07:14,084 about what Cardassia did to Bajor. 115 00:07:14,876 --> 00:07:16,253 He needed to know. 116 00:07:16,336 --> 00:07:18,797 And for that, I make no apologies. 117 00:07:21,007 --> 00:07:26,388 To us... he isn't even one of them anymore. 118 00:07:26,846 --> 00:07:28,682 He isn't Cardassian. 119 00:07:30,225 --> 00:07:31,768 He's Bajoran. 120 00:07:38,650 --> 00:07:40,443 And we love him 121 00:07:42,279 --> 00:07:45,073 just as if he was our own flesh and blood. 122 00:07:52,414 --> 00:07:53,832 All right, here we go. 123 00:07:53,915 --> 00:07:55,208 Here we go. 124 00:07:55,292 --> 00:07:57,919 Come on now, baby, come on. 125 00:08:01,298 --> 00:08:03,466 Dabo! 126 00:08:12,058 --> 00:08:14,352 There's nothing quite so depressing as a winning streak 127 00:08:14,436 --> 00:08:16,271 that won't stop streaking. 128 00:08:16,354 --> 00:08:17,480 Dabo! 129 00:08:17,606 --> 00:08:18,940 Oh... 130 00:08:25,155 --> 00:08:27,490 It would appear as if you have this game all figured out. 131 00:08:27,616 --> 00:08:29,492 Dabo! 132 00:08:30,201 --> 00:08:32,662 Dabo is a passion of mine. 133 00:08:34,289 --> 00:08:36,124 I remember you. You're Doctor... 134 00:08:36,207 --> 00:08:37,709 - Bashir. - Bashir, yes. 135 00:08:37,834 --> 00:08:39,085 How's the Cardassian? 136 00:08:39,210 --> 00:08:40,754 Still has all his fingers, I presume. 137 00:08:40,837 --> 00:08:42,422 Yes... luckily there were no broken bones. 138 00:08:42,547 --> 00:08:44,966 I've never seen a boy take a bite out of a man's hand like that. 139 00:08:45,050 --> 00:08:46,843 He's a strange boy, Rugal. 140 00:08:46,926 --> 00:08:48,219 Do you know the family well? 141 00:08:48,303 --> 00:08:50,347 - Dabo! - Do you? 142 00:08:50,639 --> 00:08:52,807 Look, this is really none of my business. 143 00:08:53,099 --> 00:08:54,392 Well, you were a witness. 144 00:08:54,476 --> 00:08:57,395 I just want to get my facts right for the medical report. 145 00:08:58,355 --> 00:09:00,732 I'd really rather you asked someone else. 146 00:09:01,149 --> 00:09:02,817 Frankly, I don't understand your attitude. 147 00:09:02,901 --> 00:09:04,903 All I asked was if you know them well. 148 00:09:05,153 --> 00:09:06,821 Well enough. 149 00:09:09,824 --> 00:09:11,910 I heard the father was looking for a new job 150 00:09:12,035 --> 00:09:14,871 several months ago, and I offered to help. 151 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,666 I visited them on Bajor several times. 152 00:09:17,874 --> 00:09:19,834 Did you find anything troubling? 153 00:09:20,919 --> 00:09:23,713 It must be torture for that boy living like that. 154 00:09:24,255 --> 00:09:27,342 Hated by people he thinks of as his parents. 155 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:31,137 Told day after day, he's worthless Cardassian scum. 156 00:09:31,429 --> 00:09:33,890 Beaten if he even looks the wrong way. 157 00:09:34,182 --> 00:09:36,351 Rugal is their revenge -- 158 00:09:36,601 --> 00:09:39,771 their revenge against all Cardassians. 159 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,822 It is not true. It is not true! 160 00:09:48,947 --> 00:09:51,783 Rugal will tell you. We have not mistreated him. 161 00:09:52,492 --> 00:09:54,160 Is this some Cardassian... 162 00:09:54,244 --> 00:09:55,995 There will be ample opportunity 163 00:09:56,079 --> 00:09:58,081 to go over the matter in detail 164 00:09:58,248 --> 00:10:00,750 but during the investigation, we'd like for Rugal 165 00:10:00,834 --> 00:10:03,211 to stay with our schoolteacher, Mrs. O'Brien. 166 00:10:03,378 --> 00:10:05,338 She's expecting him now. 167 00:10:07,924 --> 00:10:09,509 What if I refuse? 168 00:10:09,759 --> 00:10:11,344 Then I'll have to call security 169 00:10:11,428 --> 00:10:13,763 and have them remove him from your quarters. 170 00:10:13,930 --> 00:10:16,433 I don't think either of us wants that. 171 00:10:27,694 --> 00:10:28,820 Why? 172 00:10:28,903 --> 00:10:30,238 It will be all right. 173 00:10:30,363 --> 00:10:32,407 I didn't do anything wrong! 174 00:10:32,490 --> 00:10:34,451 I know, I know. 175 00:10:34,617 --> 00:10:36,745 It will be all right. 176 00:10:42,792 --> 00:10:44,711 I didn't do anything wrong. 177 00:10:44,961 --> 00:10:47,172 Nobody's accusing you of a crime, Rugal. 178 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:48,798 You're not being arrested. 179 00:10:49,549 --> 00:10:51,301 My name is Commander Sisko. 180 00:10:51,509 --> 00:10:53,678 I believe you already know Dr. Bashir. 181 00:10:53,762 --> 00:10:55,221 Hello, Rugal. 182 00:10:55,606 --> 00:10:56,889 I'm sure all of this 183 00:10:56,973 --> 00:10:58,558 will be straightened out in a day or two. 184 00:10:58,641 --> 00:11:01,895 If you want to visit with your father tomorrow, you can. 185 00:11:02,312 --> 00:11:03,980 Go on, Rugal. 186 00:11:04,355 --> 00:11:06,232 We'll talk tomorrow. 187 00:11:09,944 --> 00:11:11,821 They won't hurt you. 188 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:14,157 They're humans. 189 00:11:14,616 --> 00:11:16,701 They're not Cardassians. 190 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,897 Actually, something good did come out of all of this, Garak. 191 00:11:45,980 --> 00:11:47,774 - Oh? - If it hadn't happened, 192 00:11:47,899 --> 00:11:49,651 we'd never have discovered Rugal's situation. 193 00:11:49,735 --> 00:11:51,152 And a bite on the hand is certainly 194 00:11:51,236 --> 00:11:52,737 worth saving a boy's life, wouldn't you say? 195 00:11:52,821 --> 00:11:54,906 I suppose it depends on whose hand. 196 00:11:54,989 --> 00:11:57,325 Just joking, Doctor. 197 00:11:57,408 --> 00:11:59,285 Perhaps it might even help Gul Dukat 198 00:11:59,410 --> 00:12:02,705 in his efforts to resolve the entire war orphan predicament. 199 00:12:02,831 --> 00:12:04,082 I beg your pardon? 200 00:12:05,375 --> 00:12:06,960 Gul Dukat. 201 00:12:07,377 --> 00:12:09,963 He called Commander Sisko right after this happened. 202 00:12:10,129 --> 00:12:13,424 Apparently, he was quite concerned with your well-being. 203 00:12:13,716 --> 00:12:15,510 You never mentioned you were friends. 204 00:12:19,389 --> 00:12:22,433 You said Dukat is doing something about war orphans? 205 00:12:22,642 --> 00:12:24,477 He wants to bring them all home from Bajor. 206 00:12:24,978 --> 00:12:26,479 Does he? 207 00:12:27,939 --> 00:12:30,608 Am I missing something? 208 00:12:30,775 --> 00:12:31,943 Tell me, Doctor... 209 00:12:32,235 --> 00:12:34,362 is there a single trait you would ascribe 210 00:12:34,487 --> 00:12:36,823 to me and my fellow Cardassians? 211 00:12:37,031 --> 00:12:40,869 Would it not be our attention to detail? 212 00:12:41,995 --> 00:12:45,456 Do you think we simply forgot 213 00:12:45,540 --> 00:12:48,918 about those poor little orphans when we left Bajor? 214 00:12:49,127 --> 00:12:54,674 Do you think they simply slipped from our minds? 215 00:12:54,924 --> 00:12:57,218 And who would you guess 216 00:12:57,677 --> 00:13:01,723 was in charge of the Cardassian withdrawal from Bajor? 217 00:13:04,809 --> 00:13:06,936 I don't know how to thank you. 218 00:13:07,145 --> 00:13:09,230 Don't thank me too quickly, Dukat. 219 00:13:09,397 --> 00:13:12,150 The boy could be returned to his adoptive parents. 220 00:13:12,358 --> 00:13:15,862 After the accusations this businessman has made... 221 00:13:15,945 --> 00:13:18,239 That's all it is for the moment, an accusation. 222 00:13:18,615 --> 00:13:20,533 We would not take kindly 223 00:13:20,617 --> 00:13:23,286 to the boy being returned to the Bajorans. 224 00:13:23,661 --> 00:13:25,705 However, I have complete confidence 225 00:13:25,830 --> 00:13:28,082 in your ability to be thorough, Commander. 226 00:13:28,333 --> 00:13:30,209 And if there's anything I can do... 227 00:13:30,418 --> 00:13:32,170 As a matter of fact, there is. 228 00:13:32,503 --> 00:13:35,465 If it is decided the boy is to be returned to Cardassia, 229 00:13:35,590 --> 00:13:37,300 to whom would we return him? 230 00:13:37,508 --> 00:13:40,595 It might help to find out if he still has any living relatives. 231 00:13:40,803 --> 00:13:42,263 I was going to suggest 232 00:13:42,305 --> 00:13:44,432 that you forward us a sample of the boy's DNA 233 00:13:44,557 --> 00:13:46,768 and we'll run it through our data banks immediately. 234 00:13:47,226 --> 00:13:48,728 We'll send it right away. 235 00:13:48,937 --> 00:13:50,271 Excuse me, Gul Dukat. 236 00:13:52,982 --> 00:13:54,692 I have a question. 237 00:13:55,026 --> 00:13:58,363 Doctor... Bashir, isn't it? 238 00:13:58,655 --> 00:13:59,989 Yes. Isn't it true 239 00:14:00,073 --> 00:14:02,533 that you were in charge of the evacuation of Bajor? 240 00:14:02,992 --> 00:14:04,702 Yes, I was. 241 00:14:04,911 --> 00:14:06,871 Then it would have been your responsibility to ensure 242 00:14:06,955 --> 00:14:09,290 that these orphans were, in fact, part of that evacuation, 243 00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:11,626 yet you chose to leave them behind. 244 00:14:12,835 --> 00:14:13,878 Why? 245 00:14:16,047 --> 00:14:20,635 I did not choose to leave them behind, Doctor. 246 00:14:20,885 --> 00:14:23,429 I was ordered to leave them behind. 247 00:14:24,097 --> 00:14:26,516 Ordered. By whom? 248 00:14:26,616 --> 00:14:28,243 By the civilian leaders... 249 00:14:28,327 --> 00:14:29,310 Excuse me... 250 00:14:29,394 --> 00:14:32,063 but, if I understand the Cardassian political system correctly 251 00:14:32,146 --> 00:14:35,191 civilian leaders have no direct authority over military officers. 252 00:14:35,358 --> 00:14:37,151 Who's been tutoring you 253 00:14:37,235 --> 00:14:39,570 in Cardassian social studies, Doctor? 254 00:14:41,155 --> 00:14:43,950 Your old friend, Garak. 255 00:14:44,701 --> 00:14:47,912 Well, then perhaps you should remind my old friend Garak 256 00:14:48,287 --> 00:14:50,540 the withdrawal of Bajor was a decision 257 00:14:50,623 --> 00:14:55,336 made by the civilian leaders -- one which I clearly opposed. 258 00:14:55,545 --> 00:15:00,341 And yes, they made the decision to leave the orphans behind, 259 00:15:00,842 --> 00:15:04,137 a decision I've regretted ever since. 260 00:15:04,512 --> 00:15:06,431 Thank you for your concern, Doctor. 261 00:15:07,223 --> 00:15:09,142 Good day, Commander. 262 00:15:11,436 --> 00:15:12,562 He's lying. 263 00:15:12,895 --> 00:15:16,315 Is that an opinion, or do you have evidence to support it? 264 00:15:16,566 --> 00:15:18,860 - I have Garak. - Garak? 265 00:15:19,193 --> 00:15:21,946 He seems to think there's more going on here than we realize. 266 00:15:22,405 --> 00:15:24,657 What exactly does he think is going on? 267 00:15:25,033 --> 00:15:26,659 I'm not sure. 268 00:15:27,201 --> 00:15:31,414 He doesn't actually tell me what he really thinks. 269 00:15:31,873 --> 00:15:33,750 I sort of have to deduce it. 270 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:39,005 Ah, so, you deduced that Garak thinks Dukat is lying 271 00:15:39,088 --> 00:15:41,007 about something you're not sure of 272 00:15:41,174 --> 00:15:43,926 and you proceeded to interrupt my conversation to confront him 273 00:15:44,010 --> 00:15:46,054 about whatever that might be. 274 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:48,389 I'm sorry, Commander. 275 00:15:48,890 --> 00:15:50,391 It just seemed an opportune... 276 00:15:50,475 --> 00:15:51,768 Don't apologize. 277 00:15:51,976 --> 00:15:54,103 It's been the high point of my day. 278 00:15:55,271 --> 00:15:57,356 Don't do it again. 279 00:15:58,524 --> 00:15:59,685 Why would Garak 280 00:15:59,776 --> 00:16:01,402 want to undermine Gul Dukat? 281 00:16:01,569 --> 00:16:02,612 I'm not really sure. 282 00:16:02,696 --> 00:16:04,509 I don't think he likes Gul Dukat very much. 283 00:16:04,739 --> 00:16:07,575 I'd like to ask Garak about this myself. 284 00:16:07,825 --> 00:16:10,787 Have him in my office at 2100 hours. 285 00:16:12,163 --> 00:16:13,539 Yes, sir. 286 00:16:26,052 --> 00:16:27,762 - Hi. - Hi. 287 00:16:28,054 --> 00:16:29,514 Here, let me. 288 00:16:29,597 --> 00:16:31,099 Oh, thanks. 289 00:16:34,102 --> 00:16:35,436 Good idea. 290 00:16:35,895 --> 00:16:37,188 What? 291 00:16:37,438 --> 00:16:39,023 Well, three settings. 292 00:16:39,362 --> 00:16:41,706 I assume you sent Molly over to stay with the Fredericks. 293 00:16:41,790 --> 00:16:42,860 She's asleep. 294 00:16:43,190 --> 00:16:44,862 She and Rugal played all afternoon. 295 00:16:44,946 --> 00:16:46,239 He wore her out. 296 00:16:49,659 --> 00:16:51,536 You let them play together? 297 00:16:51,786 --> 00:16:52,870 Why not? 298 00:16:53,663 --> 00:16:56,332 The boy almost bit somebody's hand off. 299 00:16:56,833 --> 00:16:59,919 I was with them all afternoon. 300 00:17:00,336 --> 00:17:01,629 He's not like that. 301 00:17:01,754 --> 00:17:03,131 He's really very gentle. 302 00:17:03,631 --> 00:17:06,425 "Gentle" was bred out of these Cardassians a long time ago. 303 00:17:07,635 --> 00:17:09,095 You know... 304 00:17:10,972 --> 00:17:14,642 that was a very ugly thing you just said. 305 00:17:15,017 --> 00:17:16,352 I only said... 306 00:17:16,435 --> 00:17:18,187 I don't need to hear it twice. 307 00:17:19,772 --> 00:17:21,649 Rugal, dinner's ready. 308 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:32,285 I hope you like it... 309 00:17:51,554 --> 00:17:52,889 Keiko... 310 00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:55,600 darling, what is it? 311 00:17:56,309 --> 00:17:58,227 I found some Cardassian recipes 312 00:17:58,352 --> 00:18:00,771 in the memory bank of our food replicator. 313 00:18:01,022 --> 00:18:02,440 It's a stew 314 00:18:02,690 --> 00:18:05,401 made with Cardassian zabo meat. 315 00:18:09,447 --> 00:18:11,032 I thought Rugal might enjoy 316 00:18:11,115 --> 00:18:13,534 a dish that's popular on his own world. 317 00:19:23,688 --> 00:19:24,772 Can't sleep? 318 00:19:25,773 --> 00:19:27,483 What are they going to do with me? 319 00:19:27,692 --> 00:19:29,151 Oh, I'm not sure. 320 00:19:30,486 --> 00:19:33,072 You might have something to say about that, you know. 321 00:19:33,364 --> 00:19:36,325 You should be telling Commander Sisko what you want. 322 00:19:37,660 --> 00:19:39,453 I want to go home. 323 00:19:39,704 --> 00:19:41,372 Well, he'll understand that. 324 00:19:41,706 --> 00:19:43,165 You're a Cardassian 325 00:19:43,374 --> 00:19:45,376 and they should have taken you home when they left. 326 00:19:45,626 --> 00:19:47,336 No, I mean home. 327 00:19:48,045 --> 00:19:49,338 To Bajor. 328 00:19:58,097 --> 00:20:00,599 It must be tough for you. 329 00:20:01,058 --> 00:20:04,228 You know, living on Bajor? 330 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:05,730 Why? 331 00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:06,939 Being Cardassian. 332 00:20:07,189 --> 00:20:09,025 That's not my fault! 333 00:20:10,401 --> 00:20:11,902 I was born that way. 334 00:20:12,028 --> 00:20:13,446 That's not what I meant. 335 00:20:13,529 --> 00:20:16,657 There's nothing wrong with being a Cardassian. 336 00:20:18,284 --> 00:20:19,785 Yes, there is. 337 00:20:20,244 --> 00:20:21,787 Who taught you that? 338 00:20:23,497 --> 00:20:25,499 It's the truth. Everybody knows it. 339 00:20:28,336 --> 00:20:30,796 How do your parents feel about Cardassians? 340 00:20:31,422 --> 00:20:32,631 They hate them. 341 00:20:34,508 --> 00:20:36,802 Why would you want to live with someone who hates you? 342 00:20:37,845 --> 00:20:40,681 They hate other Cardassians, not me. 343 00:20:41,140 --> 00:20:43,476 My parents have never done anything wrong to me. 344 00:20:43,601 --> 00:20:46,771 Oh, come on, even I got my bottom 345 00:20:46,896 --> 00:20:48,981 whacked by my dad once or twice. 346 00:20:49,357 --> 00:20:50,775 Not me. 347 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,487 My parents follow the teachings of the Prophets. 348 00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:57,990 What do you think of Cardassians? 349 00:20:58,783 --> 00:21:00,159 Me? 350 00:21:01,535 --> 00:21:04,955 Well, I... I can't say, really. 351 00:21:05,122 --> 00:21:06,582 Why not? 352 00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:12,129 Well, you can't judge a whole race of people. 353 00:21:12,421 --> 00:21:16,467 You can't hate all Cardassians or all Klingons 354 00:21:16,759 --> 00:21:18,260 or all humans. 355 00:21:18,803 --> 00:21:20,930 I've met some Cardassians I didn't like. 356 00:21:21,806 --> 00:21:23,641 And I've met some I did. 357 00:21:23,891 --> 00:21:25,309 Like you. 358 00:21:28,854 --> 00:21:31,148 Do you know how many Bajorans the Cardassians murdered 359 00:21:31,273 --> 00:21:32,983 during the occupation? 360 00:21:34,068 --> 00:21:35,444 Over ten million. 361 00:21:35,861 --> 00:21:37,905 We had a test on it in school. 362 00:21:39,907 --> 00:21:41,992 I wish I wasn't Cardassian. 363 00:22:04,348 --> 00:22:07,518 Come, Doctor, get dressed. 364 00:22:07,726 --> 00:22:09,436 We need to be going. 365 00:22:09,562 --> 00:22:10,980 Going? 366 00:22:12,148 --> 00:22:13,399 Going where? 367 00:22:13,816 --> 00:22:15,484 To Bajor. 368 00:22:18,696 --> 00:22:20,656 I assume this couldn't wait until morning? 369 00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:21,824 No, sir, 370 00:22:21,949 --> 00:22:23,492 I... I need to use a runabout. 371 00:22:24,738 --> 00:22:25,890 I'm waiting. 372 00:22:26,871 --> 00:22:28,497 It's Garak, sir. 373 00:22:29,540 --> 00:22:31,208 He wants to go to Bajor. 374 00:22:31,667 --> 00:22:33,460 Bajor? For what? 375 00:22:34,837 --> 00:22:36,297 He wouldn't tell me. 376 00:22:36,755 --> 00:22:38,924 Well, by all means. 377 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:41,385 Will one runabout be enough? 378 00:22:41,552 --> 00:22:43,262 Ops to Sisko. 379 00:22:43,512 --> 00:22:44,597 Go ahead. 380 00:22:44,690 --> 00:22:46,681 Commander, there's an urgent communication for you 381 00:22:46,765 --> 00:22:48,475 from Gul Dukat. 382 00:22:56,483 --> 00:23:00,029 I'm sorry to disturb you at such a late hour, Commander 383 00:23:00,362 --> 00:23:03,240 but thanks to the DNA gene type you sent us 384 00:23:03,365 --> 00:23:06,118 we've discovered the boy is actually the son 385 00:23:06,327 --> 00:23:10,122 of one of our most prominent politicians -- Kotran Pa'Dar. 386 00:23:10,331 --> 00:23:11,916 When was Pa'Dar on Bajor? 387 00:23:12,166 --> 00:23:13,918 Over eight years ago. 388 00:23:14,168 --> 00:23:17,546 He was Exarch for a Cardassian settlement there 389 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,715 and the boy was believed to have died 390 00:23:19,882 --> 00:23:21,675 in a Bajoran terrorist attack. 391 00:23:21,842 --> 00:23:23,636 Has he been told his son is alive? 392 00:23:23,844 --> 00:23:25,262 Of course! 393 00:23:25,387 --> 00:23:28,182 As you can imagine, he's overwhelmed with joy. 394 00:23:28,265 --> 00:23:30,935 He's already on his way to the station to reclaim him. 395 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,354 It's not that simple. 396 00:23:33,604 --> 00:23:34,897 I don't understand. 397 00:23:35,022 --> 00:23:36,732 The boy wants to go back to Bajor. 398 00:23:36,919 --> 00:23:38,087 Back? 399 00:23:38,442 --> 00:23:41,195 To live with the same brutal people? 400 00:23:41,403 --> 00:23:43,989 I can't find any evidence to support that accusation. 401 00:23:44,073 --> 00:23:46,335 I can't even find the man who made it in the first place. 402 00:23:46,419 --> 00:23:47,450 Well, nevertheless, 403 00:23:47,534 --> 00:23:50,037 once the boy finds out his real father's alive, 404 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:52,122 surely he'll change his mind. 405 00:23:52,289 --> 00:23:55,292 And even if he doesn't, it would be in the boy's best interests. 406 00:23:55,584 --> 00:23:58,420 We'll just have to see what happens when Pa'Dar gets here. 407 00:23:58,754 --> 00:24:00,297 Sisko out. 408 00:24:00,965 --> 00:24:02,841 It can't be just a coincidence, sir. 409 00:24:03,259 --> 00:24:06,345 Garak must have heard about Pa'Dar before he woke me up. 410 00:24:06,595 --> 00:24:08,722 What could he be looking for on Bajor? 411 00:24:09,056 --> 00:24:11,433 There's only one way to find out. 412 00:24:29,660 --> 00:24:33,330 Excuse me, is this the Tozhat Resettlement Center? 413 00:24:33,497 --> 00:24:34,790 Yes. 414 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,877 I'm Dr. Bashir from Federation Command at Deep Space 9. 415 00:24:38,961 --> 00:24:40,629 I've been trying to find some information 416 00:24:40,796 --> 00:24:42,298 on a Cardassian war orphan 417 00:24:42,381 --> 00:24:44,133 who was apparently placed for adoption here. 418 00:24:44,258 --> 00:24:46,218 Yes, the Bajorans have opened their hearts 419 00:24:46,302 --> 00:24:48,429 to many abandoned children. 420 00:24:49,430 --> 00:24:50,639 The boy's name was Rugal 421 00:24:50,764 --> 00:24:51,973 and the Bajoran who adopted him 422 00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:53,684 was named Proka Migdal. 423 00:24:54,685 --> 00:24:56,520 I don't recognize either of the names. 424 00:24:56,603 --> 00:24:58,897 What was it you were trying to find out about them? 425 00:24:59,481 --> 00:25:03,736 Yes... exactly what are we trying to find out about them? 426 00:25:03,986 --> 00:25:07,281 The circumstances surrounding the young man's adoption. 427 00:25:07,531 --> 00:25:09,867 It took place about eight years ago. 428 00:25:10,284 --> 00:25:11,702 The Cardassians were still here. 429 00:25:11,869 --> 00:25:13,329 You'll never find anything from back then. 430 00:25:13,579 --> 00:25:16,790 Oh, the Cardassians are quite meticulous record keepers, madam. 431 00:25:16,915 --> 00:25:19,877 They've taught many worlds, including this one 432 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:21,253 how to keep records. 433 00:25:21,503 --> 00:25:23,088 I find it difficult to believe 434 00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:24,798 that none exist from that period. 435 00:25:24,923 --> 00:25:28,385 Certainly computer entries were made on a regular basis. 436 00:25:28,469 --> 00:25:31,055 I wouldn't know. I wasn't a volunteer then. 437 00:25:31,221 --> 00:25:32,931 I was in the underground. 438 00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:34,475 Really? 439 00:25:34,683 --> 00:25:36,477 Perhaps we have met. 440 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,355 Look, can we just check your computers? 441 00:25:39,563 --> 00:25:41,190 Our computers don't work. 442 00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:43,317 I can't get a technician to come out. 443 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,944 We're not exactly a top priority. 444 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,448 Perhaps I can be of service. 445 00:25:52,326 --> 00:25:54,286 You can fix computers? 446 00:25:54,495 --> 00:25:57,831 Oh, I dabble with isolinear data subprocessors. 447 00:25:58,457 --> 00:26:00,167 It's... a hobby of mine. 448 00:26:05,839 --> 00:26:08,092 I continue to underestimate you, Garak. 449 00:26:08,175 --> 00:26:11,220 Oh, it's no more difficult than sewing on a button, actually. 450 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:12,930 Excuse me. 451 00:26:15,182 --> 00:26:16,767 You carry this everywhere with you, do you? 452 00:26:16,892 --> 00:26:18,185 A simple tailoring tool. 453 00:26:18,268 --> 00:26:21,563 You'd be surprised how often someone needs their pants let out. 454 00:26:22,106 --> 00:26:24,358 - Oh, it's not there. - What's not there? 455 00:26:24,483 --> 00:26:26,360 Rugal's name, his father's name -- none of it. 456 00:26:26,527 --> 00:26:28,654 You managed to find eight-year-old files that quickly? 457 00:26:28,779 --> 00:26:30,989 Oh, it's simply a question of knowing what you're looking for, Doctor. 458 00:26:31,073 --> 00:26:32,282 Excuse me. 459 00:26:32,449 --> 00:26:35,285 Now, it's either been misfiled or under a wrong name 460 00:26:35,369 --> 00:26:37,913 or this is entirely the wrong resettlement center. 461 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,457 I'm not going to another district until I know... 462 00:26:40,541 --> 00:26:42,209 That won't be necessary. 463 00:26:42,292 --> 00:26:44,837 We can access the files to this entire province 464 00:26:44,980 --> 00:26:47,297 from here and download them into a data clip. 465 00:26:47,464 --> 00:26:49,091 But that'll be thousands of files. 466 00:26:49,299 --> 00:26:51,593 Tens of thousands, actually. 467 00:27:03,063 --> 00:27:04,606 Excuse me, sir. 468 00:27:05,149 --> 00:27:07,651 Have you come to take us back to Cardassia? 469 00:27:09,445 --> 00:27:11,155 I'm afraid not, child. 470 00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:13,449 Come, Doctor. 471 00:27:14,283 --> 00:27:18,412 I believe you'll find your computer system fully functional now, madam. 472 00:27:37,389 --> 00:27:39,808 Computer, set up a data bank 473 00:27:39,933 --> 00:27:42,436 cross-referencing age groups, sex, 474 00:27:42,519 --> 00:27:43,729 year of adoption... 475 00:27:43,812 --> 00:27:47,608 Computer, disregard that request and shut down all engines. 476 00:27:52,488 --> 00:27:55,365 I'm sorry you're upset about the orphans. 477 00:27:57,826 --> 00:27:59,369 Children without parents 478 00:27:59,495 --> 00:28:02,080 have no status in Cardassian society. 479 00:28:02,164 --> 00:28:04,666 The situation is most unfortunate, 480 00:28:04,833 --> 00:28:07,127 but I don't make the rules. 481 00:28:07,211 --> 00:28:09,755 But you do play the game don't you, Garak? 482 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,674 And there is a game being played right now as we speak, isn't there? 483 00:28:12,925 --> 00:28:14,927 There are always games, Doctor. 484 00:28:15,135 --> 00:28:16,470 The trouble is, 485 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,516 I don't have the slightest idea what this game is all about. 486 00:28:20,807 --> 00:28:22,476 So you're going to tell me what's going on 487 00:28:22,559 --> 00:28:24,478 inside that plain and simple head of yours 488 00:28:24,561 --> 00:28:25,854 my Cardassian friend, 489 00:28:25,938 --> 00:28:27,773 or we're going to sit here until we rot. 490 00:28:28,815 --> 00:28:30,359 Tell me, Doctor... 491 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:34,488 why do you think the Cardassians left Bajor? 492 00:28:35,864 --> 00:28:38,700 Gul Dukat said it was a decision made by your civilian leaders. 493 00:28:38,992 --> 00:28:40,577 And isn't it interesting 494 00:28:40,827 --> 00:28:44,206 that one of Cardassia's most notable civilian leaders 495 00:28:44,331 --> 00:28:46,750 has recently entered this scenario? 496 00:28:47,793 --> 00:28:49,711 Rugal's father? 497 00:28:51,004 --> 00:28:53,840 You're saying Kotran Pa'Dar was involved in the decision 498 00:28:54,007 --> 00:28:55,342 to evacuate Bajor? 499 00:28:55,425 --> 00:28:57,094 Very good, Doctor! 500 00:28:57,177 --> 00:29:00,305 I'm glad to see our little get-togethers haven't gone for naught. 501 00:29:01,265 --> 00:29:04,560 Which makes him a political enemy of Gul Dukat's 502 00:29:05,435 --> 00:29:08,272 who lost his job as Prefect when they withdrew. 503 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,315 And seemingly out of nowhere 504 00:29:10,399 --> 00:29:12,568 Dukat takes an interest in this orphan boy 505 00:29:12,651 --> 00:29:15,112 who recently arrives on our station, 506 00:29:15,237 --> 00:29:18,282 and then soon afterwards, with Gul Dukat's assistance, 507 00:29:18,365 --> 00:29:22,953 we discover that the orphan boy isn't really an orphan boy 508 00:29:23,412 --> 00:29:26,623 but Pa'Dar's long-lost son. 509 00:29:26,873 --> 00:29:28,542 Another coincidence? 510 00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:31,795 I believe in coincidences. 511 00:29:32,212 --> 00:29:34,965 Coincidences happen every day. 512 00:29:35,674 --> 00:29:38,427 But I don't trust coincidences. 513 00:29:42,222 --> 00:29:44,016 I am Kotran Pa'Dar. 514 00:29:44,308 --> 00:29:46,476 Miles O'Brien. Come in. 515 00:29:51,023 --> 00:29:52,774 Sit down. 516 00:29:58,488 --> 00:29:59,656 Where is my son? 517 00:29:59,861 --> 00:30:02,244 Oh, he's with my wife. They'll be back shortly. 518 00:30:04,494 --> 00:30:08,540 I thought it might be a good idea if we talked first. 519 00:30:10,334 --> 00:30:12,210 Your son, Rugal... 520 00:30:13,170 --> 00:30:16,048 At least they didn't change his name. 521 00:30:18,342 --> 00:30:20,218 When was the last time you saw him? 522 00:30:20,510 --> 00:30:24,431 On Bajor -- he had just had his fourth birthday. 523 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,808 He probably doesn't even remember me. 524 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:29,019 Does he? 525 00:30:29,770 --> 00:30:32,898 I think he spent most of his life trying to forget you. 526 00:30:34,024 --> 00:30:35,942 I don't think I understand. 527 00:30:36,193 --> 00:30:38,570 The boy hates everything he is. 528 00:30:39,071 --> 00:30:42,115 He hates Cardassians, he hates being a Cardassian. 529 00:30:42,199 --> 00:30:44,451 Yes, I've heard those stories. 530 00:30:44,701 --> 00:30:47,621 Well, I suppose after growing up among the Bajorans... 531 00:30:47,871 --> 00:30:50,082 but now that I'm back in his life... 532 00:30:50,332 --> 00:30:53,585 Well, he... may not want you back in his life. 533 00:30:53,877 --> 00:30:55,462 I am his father. 534 00:30:59,424 --> 00:31:03,720 Mr. O'Brien, I know very little about human culture. 535 00:31:03,804 --> 00:31:06,598 I don't know how you view the family. 536 00:31:07,015 --> 00:31:09,726 We'd do almost anything to protect our families. 537 00:31:09,893 --> 00:31:11,269 I have a daughter myself. 538 00:31:11,395 --> 00:31:14,940 She's four -- the same age your son was when you lost him. 539 00:31:15,148 --> 00:31:18,193 Then I expect you can imagine what I'm feeling right now. 540 00:31:18,485 --> 00:31:22,531 On Cardassia, family is everything. 541 00:31:22,739 --> 00:31:25,909 We care for our parents and children with equal devotion. 542 00:31:26,034 --> 00:31:27,452 In some households 543 00:31:27,661 --> 00:31:30,956 four generations eat at the same table. 544 00:31:31,206 --> 00:31:34,334 Family... is everything. 545 00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:38,672 And I have failed in my responsibility to my family. 546 00:31:39,256 --> 00:31:41,675 You had no way of knowing he was still alive. 547 00:31:41,925 --> 00:31:43,927 I should have tried harder! 548 00:31:44,219 --> 00:31:46,680 I should have looked everywhere! 549 00:31:48,098 --> 00:31:53,854 To abandon my son, to allow him to be raised by a Bajoran... 550 00:31:54,479 --> 00:31:59,568 I have disgraced everything that a Cardassian believes in. 551 00:32:21,757 --> 00:32:23,383 Hello, Rugal. 552 00:32:32,017 --> 00:32:34,060 Do you remember my face? 553 00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:38,148 Even a little? 554 00:32:40,358 --> 00:32:41,610 No. 555 00:32:45,822 --> 00:32:48,742 Would you like to see some pictures of you when you were a child? 556 00:32:48,950 --> 00:32:50,160 No. 557 00:32:50,452 --> 00:32:51,620 Hey. 558 00:33:07,177 --> 00:33:09,513 Rugal... you have to understand. 559 00:33:10,263 --> 00:33:14,142 There was nothing left of the house 560 00:33:14,976 --> 00:33:16,603 after the attack. 561 00:33:16,937 --> 00:33:18,939 Your mother was dead 562 00:33:19,689 --> 00:33:21,233 and you... 563 00:33:22,734 --> 00:33:26,112 I... cried for you, Rugal. 564 00:33:26,863 --> 00:33:28,990 I missed you so much. 565 00:33:29,449 --> 00:33:32,619 I could not even stay on Bajor. 566 00:33:33,286 --> 00:33:36,581 It was too close to the happy memories of you. 567 00:33:37,290 --> 00:33:39,125 It was your own fault. 568 00:33:39,501 --> 00:33:41,127 You deserved it. 569 00:33:41,545 --> 00:33:43,547 You are a Cardassian. 570 00:33:43,797 --> 00:33:45,841 What the Bajorans did, they had to do. 571 00:33:46,007 --> 00:33:47,634 I understand why you say that. 572 00:33:47,717 --> 00:33:49,386 You can't understand! 573 00:33:49,719 --> 00:33:52,597 You are a Cardassian butcher, a butcher! 574 00:33:52,889 --> 00:33:54,975 They killed your son for your crimes. 575 00:33:55,059 --> 00:33:56,080 Rugal... 576 00:33:56,226 --> 00:33:58,520 You are not my father. 577 00:33:59,020 --> 00:34:01,481 And I will never go back to Cardassia. 578 00:34:01,815 --> 00:34:03,316 Never. 579 00:34:15,829 --> 00:34:17,831 I have no intention of allowing 580 00:34:17,914 --> 00:34:20,500 a Bajoran court to rule on the custody of my son. 581 00:34:20,584 --> 00:34:21,744 You gave up custody 582 00:34:21,918 --> 00:34:23,420 when you abandoned him here. 583 00:34:23,587 --> 00:34:26,089 He is my natural-born child. 584 00:34:26,256 --> 00:34:28,174 As Cardassian law clearly... 585 00:34:28,216 --> 00:34:30,468 There is no more Cardassian law on Bajor. 586 00:34:30,552 --> 00:34:32,429 Gentlemen... I think you may be in need 587 00:34:32,554 --> 00:34:34,431 of an arbitrator to settle this. 588 00:34:35,056 --> 00:34:38,018 Well, it must be someone who is neither a Cardassian 589 00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:39,853 nor a Bajoran. 590 00:34:41,062 --> 00:34:42,230 What about you? 591 00:34:43,690 --> 00:34:45,150 I'd be willing. 592 00:34:45,442 --> 00:34:47,235 But wouldn't you have objections 593 00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,821 because of the Federation's relationship with Bajor? 594 00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:53,950 No, Commander. You are a father, too. 595 00:34:54,242 --> 00:34:56,119 You would be acceptable to me. 596 00:34:57,621 --> 00:34:59,915 Very well then. I'll schedule a... 597 00:34:59,998 --> 00:35:01,833 Odo to Commander Sisko. 598 00:35:02,250 --> 00:35:03,877 Yes, Odo, what is it? 599 00:35:04,044 --> 00:35:05,670 I thought you might be interested to know. 600 00:35:05,754 --> 00:35:08,548 Gul Dukat has just arrived on the station. 601 00:35:18,683 --> 00:35:23,021 Station Log, Stardate 47177.2. 602 00:35:23,229 --> 00:35:25,857 The arrival of Gul Dukat only powers my suspicion 603 00:35:25,941 --> 00:35:29,486 that we are being manipulated in some unseen manner. 604 00:35:29,986 --> 00:35:32,155 Dr. Bashir and Garak continue to search 605 00:35:32,238 --> 00:35:34,950 for anything of relevance in the adoption files. 606 00:35:35,033 --> 00:35:37,994 So far they've found nothing. 607 00:35:38,495 --> 00:35:40,497 And the decision on custody for Rugal 608 00:35:40,580 --> 00:35:42,707 cannot wait much longer. 609 00:35:43,792 --> 00:35:47,253 You've come a long way just to view a custody hearing. 610 00:35:47,754 --> 00:35:51,508 Pa'Dar is an eminent member of the Civilian Assembly. 611 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,678 This matter has generated a great deal of interest 612 00:35:54,844 --> 00:35:56,888 at the highest levels of our government. 613 00:35:56,972 --> 00:35:59,182 So you're here representing your government? 614 00:35:59,265 --> 00:36:00,934 Not exactly. 615 00:36:01,267 --> 00:36:03,853 I like to think I'm here representing the children -- 616 00:36:04,020 --> 00:36:07,065 all of the children who were abandoned on Bajor. 617 00:36:07,691 --> 00:36:11,152 I want to see Rugal reunited with his father. 618 00:36:13,446 --> 00:36:17,117 Well, I'm sure Pa'Dar is grateful for your support. 619 00:36:19,327 --> 00:36:21,204 Because I was under the impression 620 00:36:21,329 --> 00:36:23,081 that you were political adversaries. 621 00:36:23,331 --> 00:36:24,833 Isn't that so, Pa'Dar? 622 00:36:26,459 --> 00:36:28,962 We have disagreed in the past. 623 00:36:29,129 --> 00:36:32,215 - But, Commander, I don't see... - I must object, Commander. 624 00:36:32,382 --> 00:36:35,719 The past is the past -- it has no relevance here. 625 00:36:36,511 --> 00:36:39,055 What is relevant are the children. 626 00:36:39,139 --> 00:36:42,183 What are we going to do about the children? 627 00:36:43,184 --> 00:36:46,646 If you don't mind, I'd like for you to go over the events 628 00:36:46,730 --> 00:36:48,189 leading up to the disappearance 629 00:36:48,290 --> 00:36:50,250 of Rugal eight years ago. 630 00:36:51,484 --> 00:36:53,945 How perfectly foolish of me. 631 00:36:54,821 --> 00:36:56,906 Don't tell me you've decided you were wrong. 632 00:36:57,073 --> 00:37:01,077 Not after searching 7,420 files for a misspelling. 633 00:37:01,411 --> 00:37:04,205 Dukat is much smarter than that. 634 00:37:04,497 --> 00:37:05,540 Than what? 635 00:37:05,623 --> 00:37:07,333 Think about it, Doctor. 636 00:37:08,251 --> 00:37:10,962 He would never have left a file to be found. 637 00:37:11,129 --> 00:37:13,465 Do you really think he purged the file on Rugal? 638 00:37:13,631 --> 00:37:15,008 I would have. 639 00:37:16,801 --> 00:37:19,304 There was something in that file he didn't want anybody to see. 640 00:37:19,387 --> 00:37:20,889 Exactly. 641 00:37:21,514 --> 00:37:24,476 We have one last chance -- to find the person 642 00:37:24,601 --> 00:37:26,728 who wrote that file in the first place. 643 00:37:26,853 --> 00:37:28,188 How do you ever hope to find him? 644 00:37:28,688 --> 00:37:31,149 - Her. - Her? How do you know? 645 00:37:31,274 --> 00:37:34,611 Because I've already found her name -- Jomat Luson. 646 00:37:40,325 --> 00:37:43,161 Do you remember anything from back then, Rugal? 647 00:37:43,620 --> 00:37:45,121 No. 648 00:37:45,538 --> 00:37:47,749 Do you remember being adopted? 649 00:37:48,291 --> 00:37:49,834 No. 650 00:37:52,962 --> 00:37:55,423 What's the first thing you do remember? 651 00:37:58,259 --> 00:38:00,595 My father teaching me how to swim. 652 00:38:04,599 --> 00:38:06,935 I know exactly the one you're talking about. 653 00:38:07,102 --> 00:38:08,311 You do? 654 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,272 He was the only Cardassian boy we had at the time. 655 00:38:11,481 --> 00:38:12,941 We had several girls. 656 00:38:13,149 --> 00:38:14,901 Are you sure his name was Rugal? 657 00:38:15,026 --> 00:38:16,778 That's what we were told. 658 00:38:17,153 --> 00:38:18,988 Somebody told you his name? 659 00:38:19,072 --> 00:38:22,408 Yes, that was the most unusual thing about his arrival. 660 00:38:22,617 --> 00:38:25,161 Virtually all of the other Cardassian children 661 00:38:25,245 --> 00:38:28,498 turned in to us were found on the streets by Bajorans. 662 00:38:28,748 --> 00:38:31,709 Rugal was brought in by a Cardassian. 663 00:38:31,918 --> 00:38:34,671 A Cardassian military officer, by any chance? 664 00:38:34,838 --> 00:38:37,423 Yes, as a matter of fact, she was. 665 00:38:37,632 --> 00:38:38,716 A woman. 666 00:38:39,300 --> 00:38:42,804 I don't remember her name, but she was attached 667 00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:45,598 to the command post at Terok Nor. 668 00:38:46,724 --> 00:38:48,601 Is there anything else, Doctor? 669 00:38:52,730 --> 00:38:55,233 The boy accused him of being a butcher. 670 00:38:55,650 --> 00:38:57,569 He hates Cardassians, sir. 671 00:38:58,987 --> 00:39:00,697 Pa'Dar was heartbroken. 672 00:39:01,114 --> 00:39:03,616 I can only imagine how I'd feel in his shoes. 673 00:39:06,661 --> 00:39:08,037 Commander... 674 00:39:08,746 --> 00:39:10,790 can I ask a few questions? 675 00:39:21,467 --> 00:39:23,303 Chief, didn't Pa'Dar tell you 676 00:39:23,386 --> 00:39:25,680 about the humiliation he feels right now? 677 00:39:26,598 --> 00:39:28,641 He said he had disgraced 678 00:39:28,725 --> 00:39:30,852 everything a Cardassian believes in. 679 00:39:32,061 --> 00:39:34,105 Has news of your son's discovery 680 00:39:34,314 --> 00:39:36,441 become public knowledge on Cardassia? 681 00:39:36,608 --> 00:39:39,360 The government has not chosen to reveal it to the people yet. 682 00:39:39,444 --> 00:39:41,404 What happens when it is revealed? 683 00:39:41,863 --> 00:39:44,616 It will be the end of my political career. 684 00:39:45,283 --> 00:39:46,826 That's a shame... 685 00:39:47,368 --> 00:39:49,412 especially considering the timing. 686 00:39:49,579 --> 00:39:50,830 The timing? 687 00:39:51,039 --> 00:39:52,624 Isn't there an inquiry about to begin 688 00:39:52,708 --> 00:39:54,834 concerning the Cardassians who were involved 689 00:39:54,918 --> 00:39:57,754 in the attempted military coup on Bajor? 690 00:39:58,004 --> 00:39:59,047 Yes. 691 00:39:59,214 --> 00:40:03,259 And isn't Gul Dukat one of the key witness in that inquiry? 692 00:40:03,426 --> 00:40:05,762 This is irrelevant and insulting. 693 00:40:05,845 --> 00:40:08,014 Commander, you've lost control here. 694 00:40:08,223 --> 00:40:10,725 Yes, it seems that I have. 695 00:40:11,059 --> 00:40:13,728 I suggest we return to the issue of the children. 696 00:40:13,895 --> 00:40:15,313 All right. 697 00:40:16,981 --> 00:40:18,650 Let's talk about children. 698 00:40:18,942 --> 00:40:20,944 Have you ever been to the Tozhat Resettlement Center 699 00:40:21,027 --> 00:40:22,612 on Bajor where Rugal was adopted? 700 00:40:22,695 --> 00:40:23,985 - Never. - Of course, 701 00:40:24,069 --> 00:40:26,798 Tozhat is the province where Pa'Dar was stationed eight years ago. 702 00:40:27,033 --> 00:40:28,326 I'm aware of that. 703 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:37,210 I've been trying to find records of Rugal's adoption, 704 00:40:37,418 --> 00:40:39,254 but they're missing from the files. 705 00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:41,839 How unfortunate. 706 00:40:42,382 --> 00:40:45,635 Yes, but we have found someone who was working at the Center 707 00:40:45,718 --> 00:40:47,428 at the time Rugal was brought in. 708 00:40:47,929 --> 00:40:50,100 Do you know of a Bajoran social volunteer 709 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:51,724 named Jomat Luson? 710 00:40:51,933 --> 00:40:53,142 No. 711 00:40:53,434 --> 00:40:55,979 Well, Jomat Luson remembers Rugal being brought in 712 00:40:56,062 --> 00:40:58,398 by a Cardassian military officer -- 713 00:40:59,148 --> 00:41:02,318 a woman who seemed familiar with him -- even knew his name. 714 00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:05,947 Is there a question? 715 00:41:06,364 --> 00:41:09,867 The question is whether or not this officer 716 00:41:10,034 --> 00:41:12,620 deliberately left the son of Kotran Pa'Dar 717 00:41:12,745 --> 00:41:14,163 at the relocation center 718 00:41:14,247 --> 00:41:16,291 with the full knowledge that he was not an orphan. 719 00:41:16,749 --> 00:41:20,503 Perhaps even with the hopes of humiliating Pa'Dar someday. 720 00:41:22,630 --> 00:41:24,132 I wouldn't know. 721 00:41:24,757 --> 00:41:27,427 Well, would you happen to know, then, of a base 722 00:41:27,593 --> 00:41:30,305 known during the occupation as Terok Nor? 723 00:41:30,555 --> 00:41:32,181 Terok Nor? 724 00:41:32,557 --> 00:41:35,268 It was here, this space station. 725 00:41:37,103 --> 00:41:39,564 Jomat Luson clearly recalls 726 00:41:39,689 --> 00:41:41,399 that the officer who brought in Rugal 727 00:41:41,524 --> 00:41:44,068 was attached to Terok Nor. 728 00:41:52,285 --> 00:41:53,828 Gul Dukat! 729 00:41:54,746 --> 00:41:57,749 Who was the commanding officer of Terok Nor eight years ago? 730 00:42:06,174 --> 00:42:07,383 For the record, 731 00:42:07,467 --> 00:42:10,303 the commanding officer of Terok Nor eight years ago 732 00:42:10,386 --> 00:42:12,805 was Gul Dukat. 733 00:42:17,643 --> 00:42:21,731 Station Log, Stardate 47178.3. 734 00:42:22,023 --> 00:42:23,983 After long and difficult deliberations 735 00:42:24,067 --> 00:42:27,445 I have decided to allow Pa'Dar to take his son back to Cardassia. 736 00:42:27,695 --> 00:42:30,073 Although I am convinced his Bajoran foster parents 737 00:42:30,156 --> 00:42:31,699 treated him with love, 738 00:42:31,824 --> 00:42:34,869 Rugal has been the clear victim in this conspiracy. 739 00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:37,830 I believe it's time for his healing to begin. 740 00:42:40,041 --> 00:42:43,211 Your doctor has given me the leverage I need, Commander. 741 00:42:43,294 --> 00:42:44,337 Leverage? 742 00:42:44,462 --> 00:42:47,507 Dukat will never allow these events to be made public now, 743 00:42:47,590 --> 00:42:49,675 and I certainly won't choose to discuss them. 744 00:42:49,801 --> 00:42:50,885 A stalemate. 745 00:42:51,052 --> 00:42:52,261 A stalemate. 746 00:42:52,470 --> 00:42:54,847 You've helped me salvage my political career. 747 00:42:54,931 --> 00:42:56,182 I won't forget that. 748 00:42:56,265 --> 00:42:57,642 Perhaps you will use your influence 749 00:42:57,725 --> 00:43:00,269 to help other Cardassian orphans on Bajor. 750 00:43:01,396 --> 00:43:03,356 Well, yes, we'll see. 751 00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:04,660 Remember what I said. 752 00:43:04,857 --> 00:43:06,734 If you ever want to come back and visit them 753 00:43:06,859 --> 00:43:09,112 just let me know and I'll arrange it. 754 00:43:11,322 --> 00:43:13,908 Hello, Rugal. Ready to go? 755 00:43:21,499 --> 00:43:23,209 I suppose it'll take time. 756 00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:43,479 But there's one more question I haven't figured out, Garak. 757 00:43:44,063 --> 00:43:46,399 Why did you want to expose Dukat? 758 00:43:46,816 --> 00:43:48,943 What's the truth about you and him? 759 00:43:49,193 --> 00:43:52,405 Truth, Doctor, is in the eye of the beholder. 760 00:43:52,655 --> 00:43:54,031 I never tell the truth 761 00:43:54,198 --> 00:43:56,367 because I don't believe there is such a thing. 762 00:43:56,576 --> 00:44:01,789 That's why I prefer the straight-line simplicity of cutting cloth. 763 00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:04,625 So you're not going to tell me. 764 00:44:04,750 --> 00:44:07,003 But you don't need me to tell you, my friend. 765 00:44:07,211 --> 00:44:08,546 Just notice the details. 766 00:44:08,671 --> 00:44:10,006 They're scattered like crumbs 767 00:44:10,173 --> 00:44:13,259 all over this table we regularly share. 768 00:44:15,136 --> 00:44:16,929 Until next time.