1. The usual, Odo?Copy !req
2. Nothing.Copy !req
3. The usual.Copy !req
4. If all my customers
were like youCopy !req
5. my family would be begging
in the Promenade.Copy !req
6. Oh, I seriously
doubt that—Copy !req
7. not as long as there
is a Miradorn raiderCopy !req
8. for you to do
business with.Copy !req
9. Raider? You mean the Miradorn
ship that just docked?Copy !req
10. The raider.Copy !req
11. Its reputation, like mineCopy !req
12. has probably
been exaggerated.Copy !req
13. Anyway, I don't know
the ship or its crew.Copy !req
14. You didn't make
your usual welcome callCopy !req
15. inviting them in
for a free drink?Copy !req
16. The Miradorns are
a quarrelsome people.Copy !req
17. I chose to forego
the usual amenities.Copy !req
18. He looks away whenever
we make eye contact.Copy !req
19. Who?Copy !req
20. The new arrival—Copy !req
21. the one the Klingons
brought backCopy !req
22. from the Gamma Quadrant.Copy !req
23. Croden? He's harmless.Copy !req
24. Really? How is it you've
come to know him so well?Copy !req
25. A man comes in for a drink,
he wants to talk.Copy !req
26. He didn't seem to want
to talk much to SiskoCopy !req
27. when he arrived.Copy !req
28. Who would?Copy !req
29. All those Starfleet officers
greeting him at the airlock—Copy !req
30. it would scare me, too.Copy !req
31. The Federation could
learn a few thingsCopy !req
32. from the Ferengi
about hospitality.Copy !req
33. They scared him, huh?Copy !req
34. Of course.Copy !req
35. I wonder what he has
to be scared about.Copy !req
36. Well, now.Copy !req
37. I believe a pair
of twinned MiradornCopy !req
38. just nodded your way.Copy !req
39. I'm the man behind the bar.Copy !req
40. Obviously, they want
to use a holosuite.Copy !req
41. You think the whole galaxy is
plotting around you, don't you?Copy !req
42. Paranoia must run
in your species, Odo.Copy !req
43. Maybe that's why
no one has ever seenCopy !req
44. another shape-shifter—Copy !req
45. they're all hiding!Copy !req
46. I won't have you coming here
harassing my customers.Copy !req
47. Order a drink,
play the tablesCopy !req
48. or vacate the premises!Copy !req
49. Rom, bring a flask
of my special langour.Copy !req
50. Captioning sponsored by
PARAMOUNT PICTURESCopy !req
51. 1,000 bars of
gold-pressed latinum.Copy !req
52. Nonnegotiable.Copy !req
53. Ahh.Copy !req
54. Oh, very nice.Copy !req
55. Unfortunately, uh,
there's a problem.Copy !req
56. Problem?Copy !req
57. Langour, anyone?Copy !req
58. What problem?Copy !req
59. The buyer has
backed out.Copy !req
60. You guaranteed us a buyer.Copy !req
61. A questionCopy !req
62. has been raisedCopy !req
63. about the origin
of this bauble.Copy !req
64. A similar one was taken
during a raidCopy !req
65. on a Vanoben transport
just two light-years from here.Copy !req
66. If you had
a bill of sale...Copy !req
67. You didn't ask
for any bill of saleCopy !req
68. when we contacted you.Copy !req
69. You will find another buyer.Copy !req
70. A buyer who asks
no questions?Copy !req
71. That could take
a long time.Copy !req
72. We don't have a long time.Copy !req
73. Just stay, stay,
stay where you are, please.Copy !req
74. What's this?Copy !req
75. Don't fire!Copy !req
76. What do you want?Copy !req
77. No one is going to get hurt.Copy !req
78. Just... just give me that.Copy !req
79. Whoever you areCopy !req
80. you're making a mistake.Copy !req
81. Well, it wouldn't be the firstCopy !req
82. and probably
won't be the last.Copy !req
83. Give that to me.Copy !req
84. Security and medical
to Holosuite One.Copy !req
85. Five glasses
for four people?Copy !req
86. He's dead.Copy !req
87. My brother.Copy !req
88. Take them allCopy !req
89. to security.Copy !req
90. Yes, take them both
to his office.Copy !req
91. Thank goodnessCopy !req
92. you were close by, Odo.Copy !req
93. All of them.Copy !req
94. Get out. Go on.Copy !req
95. Have you known
any twinned Miradorn, Commander?Copy !req
96. I haven't met
any before now.Copy !req
97. In my species,
we are not just twin brothers.Copy !req
98. Together, we are
a single self...Copy !req
99. two halves of one being.Copy !req
100. I am incomplete now.Copy !req
101. You should have
considered the risksCopy !req
102. before trying
to sell stolen property.Copy !req
103. You have no proof.Copy !req
104. Two people were killed
on the transportCopy !req
105. this object was taken from.Copy !req
106. My brother and I
purchased itCopy !req
107. from a passing
Altairian trader.Copy !req
108. His name?
His ship's identification?Copy !req
109. I am the one whose brother
was killed, Commander!Copy !req
110. You have only yourself...Copy !req
111. I'd like for you to return
to your ship now!Copy !req
112. You have my sympathiesCopy !req
113. but there may
be more questions.Copy !req
114. Please don't
leave the station.Copy !req
115. I want to deal with the one
who killed my twin.Copy !req
116. The law will
deal with him.Copy !req
117. My only purpose
in life from here onCopy !req
118. is to see him dead.Copy !req
119. Well...Copy !req
120. can't say I didn't warn
you about Miradorns, Odo.Copy !req
121. I assume we
are free to go?Copy !req
122. Do you have enough evidence
to hold them, Constable?Copy !req
123. As Odo will be
happy to confirmCopy !req
124. I was just as concerned
as everyone elseCopy !req
125. that this was
a stolen objet d'art.Copy !req
126. Yes. Curious,
but it's true.Copy !req
127. We'll be
on our way then.Copy !req
128. You know what else
is curious?Copy !req
129. It's curious that Croden
had a Ferengi phaser.Copy !req
130. Available in many a port.Copy !req
131. And it's curious
that he knewCopy !req
132. the Miradorn were
trying to sell youCopy !req
133. something of value.Copy !req
134. How dare you suggest
that my brotherCopy !req
135. set up this robbery!Copy !req
136. What an interesting
theory, Rom.Copy !req
137. If that theory should
ever reach the MiradornCopy !req
138. I'd wake up dead
one morning.Copy !req
139. So, I'd appreciateCopy !req
140. your not spreading wild
theories about casually.Copy !req
141. Lobeless idiot,
next time...Copy !req
142. Don't you feed your prisoners?Copy !req
143. The fact that you
just killed a manCopy !req
144. doesn't affect
your appetite?Copy !req
145. It was him or me.Copy !req
146. And if he had killed me,
I wouldn't be hungry now.Copy !req
147. I want you to understandCopy !req
148. exactly what's
going to happen.Copy !req
149. There will be a trialCopy !req
150. to determine
your guilt or innocence.Copy !req
151. We can assign an advocateCopy !req
152. or you can request one
from your home world.Copy !req
153. I doubt if anyone on Rakhar
would much care.Copy !req
154. Really?Copy !req
155. Isn't murder considered
a serious crimeCopy !req
156. where you come from?Copy !req
157. On Rakhar,
all crimes are serious...Copy !req
158. only there are no trials.Copy !req
159. It's a shame that our first
encounter with your speciesCopy !req
160. had to take place
under such circumstances.Copy !req
161. I'm sorry if I made
things awkward.Copy !req
162. I didn't have much choice.Copy !req
163. Why not?Copy !req
164. My needsCopy !req
165. exceed my skills.Copy !req
166. Now, if I had his talentsCopy !req
167. I would have
no problems at all.Copy !req
168. I've never heard
of a changelingCopy !req
169. with such
versatility.Copy !req
170. A what?Copy !req
171. A changeling, like you.Copy !req
172. You've heard
of other shape-shiftersCopy !req
173. in the Gamma Quadrant?Copy !req
174. Haven't they come
through the wormhole yet?Copy !req
175. I assumed,
when I saw you...Copy !req
176. It's a lie.Copy !req
177. He heard me talking
in the bar to Quark.Copy !req
178. Well, maybe I dissemble
a little.Copy !req
179. "Lie" is a hard word.Copy !req
180. But shape-shiftersCopy !req
181. are harsh
in their judgments.Copy !req
182. Feed meCopy !req
183. and maybe I'll tell you
where I met someoneCopy !req
184. just like you.Copy !req
185. I don't see
that we have any choice.Copy !req
186. We have to contact his planet.Copy !req
187. Not the best way
of introducing ourselves.Copy !req
188. Homicide as a means
to open relations—Copy !req
189. it's not exactly how they
teach it at the Academy, is it?Copy !req
190. I think you're
all wrong.Copy !req
191. How's that?Copy !req
192. They're going
to thank us.Copy !req
193. Thank us?Copy !req
194. Oh, that's
what I'd do.Copy !req
195. He's probably committed
all sorts of crimesCopy !req
196. in their system.Copy !req
197. They'll be glad to have the
problem taken off their hands.Copy !req
198. There's only one way
to find out. Dax?Copy !req
199. It won't be hard
to find Rakhar.Copy !req
200. According to the logsCopy !req
201. Croden was found
in a damaged shuttlecraftCopy !req
202. about three light-years
from the wormhole.Copy !req
203. There aren't many
M-Class planets in that area.Copy !req
204. You're with me.Copy !req
205. Major Kira, as long
as the Miradorn ship is hereCopy !req
206. there's a threat to Croden.Copy !req
207. I don't want to have
to tell his peopleCopy !req
208. that he was killed
while in our custody.Copy !req
209. I'll have Odo
increase security.Copy !req
210. Stop in to see
if I'd run away?Copy !req
211. I couldn't get that lucky.Copy !req
212. That Croden
is an interesting character.Copy !req
213. I wouldn't know.Copy !req
214. Really?Copy !req
215. I thought you said
you got to know him rather well.Copy !req
216. I never told you that.Copy !req
217. I merely said we chatted
when he bought a drink or two.Copy !req
218. I've talked to several people
who saw the two of youCopy !req
219. engaged in heavy
conversations.Copy !req
220. Why, Morn, here, says you even
bought the fellow a meal.Copy !req
221. Morn should keep
his big mouth shut.Copy !req
222. So what were you
talking to him about?Copy !req
223. Just being friendly.Copy !req
224. He was...Copy !req
225. so out of place
here— alone.Copy !req
226. I felt sorry for him.Copy !req
227. You should sympathize
with my kindness.Copy !req
228. There's no profit
in kindness.Copy !req
229. You attribute odious motives
to my every charitable act.Copy !req
230. That's because your favorite
charity is your own pocket.Copy !req
231. Speaking of odious motivesCopy !req
232. I hear you've
been making inquiriesCopy !req
233. about finding a small ship
to go through the wormhole.Copy !req
234. That has nothing to do
with any of this.
I think it does.Copy !req
235. I think you were trying
to secure passageCopy !req
236. back to the Gamma Quadrant
for CrodenCopy !req
237. in exchange for staging this
tragic little robbery of yours.Copy !req
238. This could turn into
a much bigger tragedy for meCopy !req
239. if you don't
keep your voice down.Copy !req
240. What did Croden
tell you about himself?Copy !req
241. Nothing.Copy !req
242. We didn't talk about
anything except business.Copy !req
243. Inconsequential things.Copy !req
244. What's inconsequential to
you may be important to me.Copy !req
245. Did he say anything
about his home world?Copy !req
246. No.Copy !req
247. Other species in
the Gamma Quadrant?Copy !req
248. No.Copy !req
249. Security to Odo.Copy !req
250. Go ahead.Copy !req
251. Ah-Kel and his crew are blocking
the entrance to your office.Copy !req
252. Should we clear them out?Copy !req
253. Leave it. I'll handle them.Copy !req
254. You were told
to stay on your ship.Copy !req
255. Understand me, shape-shifter.Copy !req
256. He killed the part of me
that made existence bearable.Copy !req
257. I cannot stop
until I kill him.Copy !req
258. You're not going
to kill anyone.Copy !req
259. Get back to your ship
and stay there.Copy !req
260. If I find you here again,
I'll lock you up, too.Copy !req
261. You've made a lot of friends
in your short stay here.Copy !req
262. Well, I guess you'd
know how that feels.Copy !req
263. You and I have a great deal
in common, changeling.Copy !req
264. We have nothing
in common.Copy !req
265. We are both aliens here...Copy !req
266. the only ones of our kind.Copy !req
267. Each of us is aloneCopy !req
268. isolated,
shut out.Copy !req
269. Others like usCopy !req
270. only exist
in the Gamma Quadrant.Copy !req
271. I have always wonderedCopy !req
272. why changelings are so
distrustful of other species.Copy !req
273. I doubt the changelings
on your worldCopy !req
274. would trust you.Copy !req
275. Of course not.Copy !req
276. There are no shape-shifters
on Rakhar.Copy !req
277. You just said...Copy !req
278. You implied there were.Copy !req
279. I'm sorry if I misled you.Copy !req
280. There were shape-shifters
on Rakhar at one timeCopy !req
281. but that was
centuries ago.Copy !req
282. What happened to them?Copy !req
283. They were persecuted.Copy !req
284. Driven out.Copy !req
285. But I know a place
where there are still some left.Copy !req
286. Of course,
that was a few years ago.Copy !req
287. And if you
had the chanceCopy !req
288. you'd take me there.Copy !req
289. Sure, I would.Copy !req
290. Why not?Copy !req
291. Tell me where it is,
I'll have a look.Copy !req
292. Ah... No, I...Copy !req
293. I have to show you.Copy !req
294. There is no way that you could
find it on your own.Copy !req
295. The next time you lieCopy !req
296. I'll save Ah-Kel
the trouble of killing you.Copy !req
297. There's that hard word again.Copy !req
298. There are times
when I don't dissemble.Copy !req
299. Whatever you call itCopy !req
300. the truth isn't in you.Copy !req
301. From the colony
of the changelings.Copy !req
302. We're in orbit.Copy !req
303. Open hailing frequency.Copy !req
304. Open.Copy !req
305. This is the Federation Starship
Rio GrandeCopy !req
306. attempting to make contact
with the planet Rakhar.Copy !req
307. Please respond.Copy !req
308. One of your people
committed a homicideCopy !req
309. and we have him in custody.Copy !req
310. His name is Croden.Copy !req
311. I'm picking up a signal
in the southern hemisphere.Copy !req
312. They're hailing us.Copy !req
313. On screen.Copy !req
314. I am the Exarch
of Nehelik Province.Copy !req
315. You will transport Croden
to this location.Copy !req
316. I'm afraid we haven't
brought him with us.Copy !req
317. Your communication
clearly statedCopy !req
318. that he was in your custody.Copy !req
319. On our space station.Copy !req
320. Perhaps I should explain
where we come from.Copy !req
321. We are well aware of the trafficCopy !req
322. through the newly discovered
passage.Copy !req
323. We simply have no interestCopy !req
324. in contact with anyone
from your Quadrant.Copy !req
325. I am sorry to hear thatCopy !req
326. but we certainly will
respect your wishes.Copy !req
327. We just felt it was necessary
after Croden was arrested.Copy !req
328. Croden is an enemy
of the Rakhari people!Copy !req
329. We request that
he be returned immediately.Copy !req
330. He's scheduled to be tried
for his crime on our station.Copy !req
331. Tried? Croden has already been
declared guilty in absentiaCopy !req
332. for myriad crimes on this world.Copy !req
333. That judgment supersedes
your charges.Copy !req
334. Return him, and I can assure you
his punishment will beCopy !req
335. appropriate to your crime
as well as ours.Copy !req
336. I would feel more comfortable
if we could find...Copy !req
337. I do not know what kind
of people you are—Copy !req
338. I do not care to know—
but if your society purportsCopy !req
339. to respect the rules
of our societyCopy !req
340. you will return him
without delay.Copy !req
341. Expect him to return
in a vessel just like this oneCopy !req
342. within 52 hours.Copy !req
343. It's an amalgam
of organic materialCopy !req
344. and some sort
of crystal.Copy !req
345. You mean... it's alive.Copy !req
346. More or less.Copy !req
347. It's almost like
a transitional phaseCopy !req
348. between organic
and inorganic matter.Copy !req
349. I've only seen
one life-formCopy !req
350. that even remotely
resembles it.Copy !req
351. Me.Copy !req
352. In a way...Copy !req
353. this stone
might qualifyCopy !req
354. as a distant
cousin of yours.Copy !req
355. Maybe there's a clue
to your origins here.Copy !req
356. Where did it come from?Copy !req
357. Unfortunately,
the only one who can tell meCopy !req
358. is less reliable than Quark.Copy !req
359. How do you like
my stone, changeling?Copy !req
360. Where'd you get it?Copy !req
361. What would
telling you get me?Copy !req
362. Nothing.Copy !req
363. Ah.Copy !req
364. Well, that's too bad.Copy !req
365. I was hoping
you'd feel sorry for meCopy !req
366. seeing as we're
the only two hereCopy !req
367. from the other side
of the passage.Copy !req
368. I feel nothing for
you but contempt.Copy !req
369. You're a thief and a killer,
and who knows what else.Copy !req
370. Typical. It's typical.Copy !req
371. Of "changeling
behavior"?Copy !req
372. Yes, I'm sure.Copy !req
373. Uh, excuse me.Copy !req
374. In my sectorCopy !req
375. there is a nebula
called the Chamra Vortex.Copy !req
376. There are millions
of asteroids in it.Copy !req
377. I found this stone
on one of them.Copy !req
378. I could take you to it,
changeling.Copy !req
379. Others must know
where it is.Copy !req
380. No, no, the Vortex is uncharted
but, as a thiefCopy !req
381. and a killer and who knows what,
I hid there often.Copy !req
382. I found this colony
of changelings by chanceCopy !req
383. and I know my way back.Copy !req
384. Come in.Copy !req
385. Yes, Commander?Copy !req
386. Constable, I want you
to escort the prisonerCopy !req
387. back to his home planet.Copy !req
388. He's... not to stand trial...
here?Copy !req
389. Croden apparently
committed crimes on Rakhar.Copy !req
390. His government is adamantCopy !req
391. and the Bajorans have agreed
to release him.Copy !req
392. We're going
to have troubleCopy !req
393. getting him past
the Miradorn.Copy !req
394. Yes, I know.Copy !req
395. Ah-Kel's been
screening every shipCopy !req
396. leaving this station.Copy !req
397. How soon
can you be ready?Copy !req
398. I'm ready now.Copy !req
399. There's a Rigelian freighterCopy !req
400. leaving here for the Gamma
Quadrant in an hour.Copy !req
401. Maybe we can use them
to run interferenceCopy !req
402. between you
and the Miradorn ship.Copy !req
403. I'll move the prisoner
to the runabout right away.Copy !req
404. Constable, once you're
on the other sideCopy !req
405. you'll be on your own.Copy !req
406. The Miradorn vessel can
outrun any of our runaboutsCopy !req
407. and, if they
do come after youCopy !req
408. a warning from us will
just point an arrow to you.Copy !req
409. Understood.Copy !req
410. So you're finally
taking me up on my offer.Copy !req
411. I'm taking you home.Copy !req
412. Commander.Copy !req
413. The Rigelian freighter's
ready for departure.Copy !req
414. Signal Odo.Copy !req
415. The Miradorn shipCopy !req
416. is scanning the freighter.Copy !req
417. Doesn't look like
they're reading the runabout.Copy !req
418. How do you stand it,
changeling?Copy !req
419. Living where you don't belong?Copy !req
420. Are you happy?Copy !req
421. I'm as much a part
of the place
as anyone else.Copy !req
422. Oh, I doubt it.Copy !req
423. They tolerate you,
but you're not one of them.Copy !req
424. Being what you areCopy !req
425. you can pour your square shape
into a round holeCopy !req
426. but you don't
really fit, do you?Copy !req
427. You're like my stone.Copy !req
428. I think
I finally figured outCopy !req
429. what crime you were
found guilty of on your world.Copy !req
430. What's that?Copy !req
431. You talk too much.Copy !req
432. Maybe you're right.Copy !req
433. Perhaps that is
how it started.Copy !req
434. Perhaps I asked
one question too many.Copy !req
435. Anyway, that's as good
an explanation as any.Copy !req
436. Explanation
for what?Copy !req
437. For why they
came that night.Copy !req
438. I was never told, and,
to this day, I don't know.Copy !req
439. They broke into my home
just before dawnCopy !req
440. and, before I had time
to stop themCopy !req
441. they had murdered
both my wives.Copy !req
442. You see...Copy !req
443. on my worldCopy !req
444. the punishment for being
an enemy of the peopleCopy !req
445. is the death
of your family.Copy !req
446. I had no
sophisticated weapon...Copy !req
447. only a short slaughter knifeCopy !req
448. that I used for cutting
the necks of fowlCopy !req
449. that we would
prepare for supper.Copy !req
450. Imagine my surprise
when I discoveredCopy !req
451. that the necks
of the security officersCopy !req
452. were no more difficult
to cut than the birds'.Copy !req
453. Even the sound they madeCopy !req
454. as the blade crossed
their gullets were similar.Copy !req
455. You expect meCopy !req
456. to believe this
appalling tale?Copy !req
457. Would it make any
difference if you did?Copy !req
458. No.Copy !req
459. Well, then believe itCopy !req
460. because it's true.Copy !req
461. Oh, my return
will be celebrated, changeling.Copy !req
462. They'll be very grateful.Copy !req
463. You'll be a hero.Copy !req
464. Perhaps
you might even use thisCopy !req
465. as an excuse
to exchange envoys.Copy !req
466. If you don't stop talkingCopy !req
467. I could sedate you
for the rest of the trip.Copy !req
468. Sorry. I didn't...Copy !req
469. I didn't know I bothered you.Copy !req
470. Get in there!Copy !req
471. He's going to kill us!Copy !req
472. He says we were in with Croden.Copy !req
473. Where is he, Quark?Copy !req
474. Croden? He's in security.Copy !req
475. You're lying!Copy !req
476. He's gone!Copy !req
477. You're hiding him.Copy !req
478. You've been in this
together all along.Copy !req
479. You're as responsible
for my brother's death as he is.Copy !req
480. Ah-Kel, no.Copy !req
481. This is Odo's doing.Copy !req
482. Don't you see?Copy !req
483. He wants to turn us
against each other.Copy !req
484. Why should
I believe you?Copy !req
485. Tell me
where Croden isCopy !req
486. or you can die
in his place.Copy !req
487. I don't know
where he isCopy !req
488. but maybe
I could find outCopy !req
489. if you'll
just release me.Copy !req
490. Get me the security chips.Copy !req
491. Level four clearance.Copy !req
492. It isn't at all clear...Copy !req
493. The coordinates
are very clearly statedCopy !req
494. right here in the log entry.Copy !req
495. One more thing,
little Ferengi—Copy !req
496. you better be telling me
the truthCopy !req
497. or I'll be back...Copy !req
498. to finish this.Copy !req
499. Oh, you are clever,
brother.Copy !req
500. Now Ah-Kel will rid us
of Croden and Odo.Copy !req
501. Unless Odo is sensible,
and gives up his prisoner.Copy !req
502. Oh, no!Copy !req
503. Then Croden would tell Ah-Kel
the truth about our plan.Copy !req
504. We're dead. We're dead.Copy !req
505. You shouldn't have told
him how to find them.Copy !req
506. Be quiet.Copy !req
507. Odo will never give up
his prisoner.Copy !req
508. He'll just
get himself killed.Copy !req
509. Do you really think so?Copy !req
510. Oh, get out of here,
you fool!Copy !req
511. Get!Copy !req
512. Yes, Chief?Copy !req
513. The Miradorn ship
is leaving the station.Copy !req
514. Major, do whatever
you can to delay them.Copy !req
515. Ops to Miradorn ship...
please hold your position.Copy !req
516. Stand by for
departure instructions.Copy !req
517. No response.Copy !req
518. They're still moving.Copy !req
519. Dax, how long
before Odo reaches Rakhar?Copy !req
520. Just over five hours.Copy !req
521. Miradorn vessel...Copy !req
522. you are in violation
of Bajoran transit regulations.Copy !req
523. Please return at once
to the docking ring.Copy !req
524. They've increased power
to their thrusters.Copy !req
525. On screen.Copy !req
526. You'd save time going
through the Vortex.Copy !req
527. It's a long way
around it.Copy !req
528. Aren't you the
least bit curiousCopy !req
529. about your
own people?Copy !req
530. Of course, I am.Copy !req
531. Unfortunately,
I don't have the libertyCopy !req
532. of pursuing that curiosity
right now.Copy !req
533. They don't maintain
a humanoid shape, you know.Copy !req
534. They refused
to assimilate
on my world.Copy !req
535. They're a proud species.Copy !req
536. That's why
they were so persecuted.Copy !req
537. But I will say this for them—Copy !req
538. they treated me
well enoughCopy !req
539. when I landed
at their colony.Copy !req
540. I was badly wounded.Copy !req
541. They could have
allowed me to die.Copy !req
542. They didn't.Copy !req
543. You're one of them.Copy !req
544. That's for sure.Copy !req
545. You have the sense
of decency, of justice...Copy !req
546. You don't give up, do you?Copy !req
547. Computer, what was that?Copy !req
548. A temporary loss of stabilityCopy !req
549. resulting from the impact
of a concentrated plasma charge.Copy !req
550. We're being attacked?Copy !req
551. Affirmative.Copy !req
552. Pursuing vessel approaching
from 181 mark 12.Copy !req
553. Put it on the monitor
and identify.Copy !req
554. Miradorn vessel, Theta class.Copy !req
555. He's hailing us.Copy !req
556. The first shot was a warning.Copy !req
557. You will surrender
the Rakhari prisoner to me.Copy !req
558. I don't give up my prisoners,
Ah-Kel.Copy !req
559. Very well.Copy !req
560. Then you can die with him.Copy !req
561. Warning. Damage to shields.Copy !req
562. Computer,
evasive maneuvers!Copy !req
563. Warning. Shields at 41%.Copy !req
564. Your computer'sCopy !req
565. not going to outsmart him.Copy !req
566. I'm a security chief,
not a combat pilot!Copy !req
567. Then give me the controls!Copy !req
568. You?Copy !req
569. I can get us
through the Vortex.Copy !req
570. The ionized gassesCopy !req
571. would screen us
from his sensors.Copy !req
572. Drop your suspicious nature
for a minute, changeling.Copy !req
573. Can't you see?
It's our only chance!Copy !req
574. Why are we
slowing down?Copy !req
575. The Vortex is riddled
with volatile pocketsCopy !req
576. of a gas
we call toh-maire.Copy !req
577. If we destabilize themCopy !req
578. they could ignite,
and blow this ship apart.Copy !req
579. You really have been
through here before.Copy !req
580. Sometimes I do tell the truth.Copy !req
581. How do you remember
what's true and what isn't?Copy !req
582. I thought you said they couldn't
detect us in here.Copy !req
583. He must be following
our impulse wake.Copy !req
584. Computer,
disengage impulse engines.Copy !req
585. Go to thrusters.Copy !req
586. Acknowledged.Copy !req
587. Thrusters engaged.Copy !req
588. What are you doing?Copy !req
589. Once our impulse wake drops offCopy !req
590. he might try to pick up
the discharge of our thrusters.Copy !req
591. We'll be better off if we land.Copy !req
592. So, changelingCopy !req
593. I guess I'm going
to take you home after all.Copy !req
594. Hurry! This way!Copy !req
595. Croden!Copy !req
596. Slow down, Croden!Copy !req
597. Stay where I can see you.Copy !req
598. Croden!Copy !req
599. What's your hurry?Copy !req
600. What's in here?Copy !req
601. I told you—
the colony.Copy !req
602. Anxious to see
them again, are you?Copy !req
603. Yes. Of course.Copy !req
604. Whatever it is you came
here for, you can forget it.Copy !req
605. We're leaving.Copy !req
606. No!
Now!Copy !req
607. How much of it was true?
Any of it?Copy !req
608. Any of it?Copy !req
609. No. No.Copy !req
610. On Rakhar, we tell stories
about changelings.Copy !req
611. I thought they were
myths until I met you.Copy !req
612. The stone!Copy !req
613. I have no idea
where it came from.Copy !req
614. Rakhari merchants
buy stones just like itCopy !req
615. from off-world traders.Copy !req
616. It's used as a key.Copy !req
617. A key to what?Copy !req
618. To my only reason
for living.Copy !req
619. And it's ahead,
in that cavern there.Copy !req
620. Please, help me.Copy !req
621. There's been a cave-in.Copy !req
622. What is it?Copy !req
623. A stasis chamber.Copy !req
624. It's my daughter.Copy !req
625. The only member
of my family I could save.Copy !req
626. Help me.Copy !req
627. It shapes itself
to fit the lock.Copy !req
628. Father?Copy !req
629. I was dreaming about you.Copy !req
630. I'm here now, Yareth.Copy !req
631. You don't have to dream anymore.Copy !req
632. Hello.Copy !req
633. This is Odo.Copy !req
634. He's a security officer.Copy !req
635. No, no, he's not
going to hurt you.Copy !req
636. He's going to take youCopy !req
637. to a place
where you'll be safe.Copy !req
638. Won't you?Copy !req
639. Where are you going?Copy !req
640. I'm going home.Copy !req
641. But you can't.
They'll kill you.Copy !req
642. Yareth, I must answer
for my crimes.Copy !req
643. But all you did was
try to protect us.Copy !req
644. Their sensors must have
picked up our life signs.Copy !req
645. We've got to get
back to the runabout.Copy !req
646. Odo!Copy !req
647. Is he badly hurt?Copy !req
648. There's no way to tell.Copy !req
649. I don't know anything
about his species.Copy !req
650. I'll carry him
back to the ship.Copy !req
651. What's the matter,
Father?Copy !req
652. Nothing, darling.Copy !req
653. Nothing.Copy !req
654. Nothing.Copy !req
655. Go! Go!Copy !req
656. You're heavier
than you look.Copy !req
657. You could have left me behind.Copy !req
658. Don't thank me.Copy !req
659. I already regret it.Copy !req
660. I haven't been able
to lose them.Copy !req
661. Sooner or later,
one of his photonsCopy !req
662. is going trigger
a toh-maire explosionCopy !req
663. and kill us all.Copy !req
664. Let me have the controls.Copy !req
665. Find us one of those
toh-maire fields.Copy !req
666. I just told you, you don't want
to go anywhere near oneCopy !req
667. changeling.Copy !req
668. Find us
the closest toh-maire field.Copy !req
669. Six degrees to starboard.Copy !req
670. Changing course.Copy !req
671. He's chased us everywhere else.Copy !req
672. Maybe he'll follow us
in there, too.Copy !req
673. His sensors may not be ableCopy !req
674. to detect
how volatile the field is.Copy !req
675. If he fires on us in there,
the whole thing will ignite.Copy !req
676. That's what I'm counting on.Copy !req
677. Set a course
along the interior perimeter.Copy !req
678. Done.Copy !req
679. Computer, shut down all engines.Copy !req
680. Engines disengaged.Copy !req
681. Maintain emergency readinessCopy !req
682. to reengage impulse
on my command.Copy !req
683. We're an awfully easy target.Copy !req
684. He's hailing us.Copy !req
685. On screen.Copy !req
686. Are you prepared
to surrender your prisoner?Copy !req
687. I have a full array of Starfleet
weapons trained on you, Ah-Kel.Copy !req
688. Frankly, I don't
know much about themCopy !req
689. but I understand they
equipped this little vesselCopy !req
690. with some
pretty powerful stuffCopy !req
691. so I suggestCopy !req
692. you withdraw
while you still can.Copy !req
693. There will barely be a trace
of your little vesselCopy !req
694. when we are finished with you.Copy !req
695. He's coming about.Copy !req
696. Powering
his shields.Copy !req
697. His starboard photon bank
is armed.Copy !req
698. Computer, engage!Copy !req
699. He's firing photons.Copy !req
700. Is everybody back there
in one piece?Copy !req
701. Yes.Copy !req
702. Good.Copy !req
703. Take us outCopy !req
704. of your precious Vortex.Copy !req
705. I only have one
last favor to ask.Copy !req
706. Yareth is going to be
alone on your worldCopy !req
707. just as you've
always been.Copy !req
708. She's going
to need someone
to look after her.Copy !req
709. If you're asking me
what I think you're asking...Copy !req
710. We know you could use
some company, changeling.Copy !req
711. You'll deny it, but we
both know it's trueCopy !req
712. or this stone would have
meant nothing to you.Copy !req
713. Incoming subspace signal.Copy !req
714. Vulcan band frequency.Copy !req
715. On screen.Copy !req
716. Starfleet RunaboutCopy !req
717. this is the Vulcan Science
Vessel T'Vran.Copy !req
718. Are you in any difficulty?Copy !req
719. Chief of Security Odo
from DS9.Copy !req
720. We're fine, Captain.Copy !req
721. We detected a major eruption
in the Chamra Vortex.Copy !req
722. I was afraid a small ship
like yoursCopy !req
723. might have suffered damage.Copy !req
724. I appreciate your concern.Copy !req
725. What's your course?Copy !req
726. To the wormhole,
then home to Vulcan.Copy !req
727. I've beamed over two survivorsCopy !req
728. from a ship
that wasn't so lucky.Copy !req
729. I have to complete a mission.Copy !req
730. Could you give them
transportation to Vulcan?Copy !req
731. Easily done.Copy !req
732. We will rendezvous
with you shortly.Copy !req
733. Prepare for transport.Copy !req
734. Don't thank me.Copy !req
735. I already regret it.Copy !req
736. How?Copy !req
737. How will you explain
not delivering me?Copy !req
738. I'll tell them you were killedCopy !req
739. when Ah-Kel torpedoed
the asteroid.Copy !req
740. This dissembling
must be catching.Copy !req
741. You're going to have
to get used to livingCopy !req
742. in an alien society.Copy !req
743. Like you...Copy !req
744. but I know
where my home isCopy !req
745. and perhaps, somedayCopy !req
746. I'll be able
to go back again.Copy !req
747. I hope this helps you to
find where you came from.Copy !req
748. T'Vran to Ganges.Copy !req
749. Ready for transport.Copy !req
750. Stand by.Copy !req
751. Are you really a changeling?Copy !req
752. Yes...Copy !req
753. I suppose I am.Copy !req
754. Go on.Copy !req
755. We don't want to keep
the Vulcans waiting.Copy !req
756. Energizing.Copy !req
757. Computer, set a course
for the wormhole.Copy !req
758. Course laid in.Copy !req
759. Ready engines.Copy !req
760. Home.Copy !req
761. Where is it?Copy !req
762. Someday we'll know...Copy !req
763. cousin.Copy !req
764. Engage.Copy !req
765. Captioning sponsored by
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