Okay, I'm doing some thinking about the thing with Odo.
"It's beautiful," she said quietly. "Even if you know the reason."
He sighed and murmured in assent. Finally he said, "I know why Julian didn't want to come."
"I don't think you do," she said.
"Please do me the courtesy of not lying to me."
"Garak, do you remember when Kira ... set Odo free to go home?"
Garak stared at her with an expression somewhere between annoyance and bewilderment.
She ignored his reaction. "She talked to me about it. Why she did it, why he came back."
His eyes darted from side to side as though seeking escape. There was none. She shrugged, "Believe me, I understand. Tain held your feet to the fire--you had no choice but to obey." She mused, "Huh, of our little trio, my father is the best of the lot. Who'd have thought it…Yours comes in dead last. 'Course, if we start talking about mothers..."
"Are you trying to make a point here?"
"Well, yes, actually. Did you know how much he wanted to go home?"
Garak didn't answer for a long moment. He knew, all too well, because that was the answer he'd tortured the man to get. How Odo ever forgave such a thing, he'd never understand. "I have some idea."
"To join the Great Link," she finished. "He told Kira it was Paradise."
Garak was silent, still seething, whether at himself for past sins or her for dragging them up, it barely mattered.
"The point is, he knew that once he went home--once he joined the Link-- he would never leave. But he loved Nerys, and so he stayed away."
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"It's beautiful," she said quietly. "Even if you know the reason."
He sighed and murmured in assent. Finally he said, "I know why Julian didn't want to come."
"I don't think you do," she said.
"Please do me the courtesy of not lying to me."
"Garak, do you remember when Kira ... set Odo free to go home?"
Garak stared at her with an expression somewhere between annoyance and bewilderment.
She ignored his reaction. "She talked to me about it. Why she did it, why he came back."
His eyes darted from side to side as though seeking escape. There was none.She shrugged, "Believe me, I understand. Tain held your feet to the fire--you had no choice but to obey." She mused, "Huh, of our little trio, my father is the best of the lot. Who'd have thought it…Yours comes in dead last. 'Course, if we start talking about mothers..."
"Are you trying to make a point here?"
"Well, yes, actually. Did you know how much he wanted to go home?"
Garak didn't answer for a long moment. He knew, all too well, because that was the answer he'd tortured the man to get. How Odo ever forgave such a thing, he'd never understand. "I have some idea."
"To join the Great Link," she finished. "He told Kira it was Paradise."
Garak was silent, still seething, whether at himself for past sins or her for dragging them up, it barely mattered.
"The point is, he knew that once he went home--once he joined the Link-- he would never leave. But he loved Nerys, and so he stayed away."
Garak looked at her.
"Julian LOVES me, Garak."