Star Trek - Deep Space Nine Quotes
Joseph Sisko: I'm not sleeping. I was checking my eyelids for holes.
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Benjamin Sisko: I hope you don't take this the wrong way, Constable... but there are times when I wish you'd never found your people.
Odo: Believe me, Captain, sometimes I feel the same way.
Odo: Believe me, Captain, sometimes I feel the same way.
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Federation President Jaresh-Inyo: Earth is in your hands, gentlemen. Do what needs to be done.
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Benjamin Sisko: There comes a time in every man’s life when he must stop thinking and start doing.
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Nog: I'm sorry captain, the names of Red Squad members are supposed to be secret.
Benjamin Sisko: But you know who they are?
Nog: He-he. It's not easy keeping secrets from a Ferengi, and I feel funny telling anyone else. Besides if they found out I told you, I'd never get in.
Benjamin Sisko: Cadet, you are obviously under the mistaken impression that I am asking a favor. [increasingly hostile voice] I want a name and I want it now and that is an order. Understood Mr. Nog?
Nog: Yes sir.
Benjamin Sisko: But you know who they are?
Nog: He-he. It's not easy keeping secrets from a Ferengi, and I feel funny telling anyone else. Besides if they found out I told you, I'd never get in.
Benjamin Sisko: Cadet, you are obviously under the mistaken impression that I am asking a favor. [increasingly hostile voice] I want a name and I want it now and that is an order. Understood Mr. Nog?
Nog: Yes sir.
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[Sisko enters Leyton's office pointing a phaser at him]
Admiral Leyton: Are you planning on using that?
Benjamin Sisko: Against a fellow officer? I hope not. [Takes off Leyton's combadge] But I will have to ask for your resignation.
Admiral Leyton: You'll forgive me if I don't leap at the opportunity.
Benjamin Sisko: I have enough evidence to convict you of treason. We have Lieutenant Arriaga in custody on the Defiant and he is ready to admit that under your orders, he attached a subspace modulator to the relay satellite on the far side of the wormhole. That's why it was opening and closing at random.
Admiral Leyton: Why would anyone want to do that?
Benjamin Sisko: To make it look like a cloaked Dominion fleet was coming through the wormhole. That way when Earth's power relays were sabatoged, people would think that an invasion was imminent.
Admiral Leyton: That's a very interesting theory, but it's not going to do you much good. Lieutenant Arriaga... isn't going to get to Earth. I've sent the Lakota to intercept the Defiant.
Benjamin Sisko: You really think one Starfleet starship will fire on another?
Admiral Leyton: As far as Benteen's crew is concerned, the Defiant isn't a Starfleet ship. They've been told that everyone on the Defiant's been replaced by shapeshifters.
Admiral Leyton: Are you planning on using that?
Benjamin Sisko: Against a fellow officer? I hope not. [Takes off Leyton's combadge] But I will have to ask for your resignation.
Admiral Leyton: You'll forgive me if I don't leap at the opportunity.
Benjamin Sisko: I have enough evidence to convict you of treason. We have Lieutenant Arriaga in custody on the Defiant and he is ready to admit that under your orders, he attached a subspace modulator to the relay satellite on the far side of the wormhole. That's why it was opening and closing at random.
Admiral Leyton: Why would anyone want to do that?
Benjamin Sisko: To make it look like a cloaked Dominion fleet was coming through the wormhole. That way when Earth's power relays were sabatoged, people would think that an invasion was imminent.
Admiral Leyton: That's a very interesting theory, but it's not going to do you much good. Lieutenant Arriaga... isn't going to get to Earth. I've sent the Lakota to intercept the Defiant.
Benjamin Sisko: You really think one Starfleet starship will fire on another?
Admiral Leyton: As far as Benteen's crew is concerned, the Defiant isn't a Starfleet ship. They've been told that everyone on the Defiant's been replaced by shapeshifters.
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Kira Nerys: I've been meaning to ask you, why don't you wear that belt anymore?
Odo: I don't know. Didn't seem to serve a purpose. It's not as if I needed it to hold my pants up.
Kira Nerys: I just thought it looked good on you, that's all.
Odo: [Brightening considerably] Really?
Kira Nerys: [Smiles] Really.
[Odo morphs his waist to include a belt on his uniform]
Odo: Better?
Kira Nerys: Much.
Odo: I don't know. Didn't seem to serve a purpose. It's not as if I needed it to hold my pants up.
Kira Nerys: I just thought it looked good on you, that's all.
Odo: [Brightening considerably] Really?
Kira Nerys: [Smiles] Really.
[Odo morphs his waist to include a belt on his uniform]
Odo: Better?
Kira Nerys: Much.
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[Talking to Odo about Kira]
Quark: You've either got to tell her how you feel or forget about her and get on with your life.
Quark: You've either got to tell her how you feel or forget about her and get on with your life.
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Miles O'Brien: I don't know why Captain Sisko insists on me being here. I'm not a senior officer.
Julian Bashir: Maybe he just wanted to see you in your dress uniform. It does show off your figure.
Julian Bashir: Maybe he just wanted to see you in your dress uniform. It does show off your figure.
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Tora Ziyal: When I look at my father, I have a hard time seeing a murderer.
Kira Nerys: And when I look at him, I have a hard time seeing anything else.
Kira Nerys: And when I look at him, I have a hard time seeing anything else.
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Gul Dukat: What is this I hear about you and Shakaar?
Kira Nerys: I don't know what you've heard.
Gul Dukat: First it was Vedek Bareil and now it's the head of the Bajoran government. You do like powerful men, don't you?
Kira Nerys: First of all, Shakaar's an old friend. Second of all, what business is it of yours?
Gul Dukat: Let's just say it's further incentive for me to regain my former position.
Kira Nerys: I don't know what you've heard.
Gul Dukat: First it was Vedek Bareil and now it's the head of the Bajoran government. You do like powerful men, don't you?
Kira Nerys: First of all, Shakaar's an old friend. Second of all, what business is it of yours?
Gul Dukat: Let's just say it's further incentive for me to regain my former position.
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Tora Ziyal: You don't like my father very much, do you?
Kira Nerys: No, I don't.
Tora Ziyal: I understand. He did some very bad things during the occupation.
Kira Nerys: Yes, he did.
Tora Ziyal: It bothers him, you know?
Kira Nerys: [Disbelieving] Does it?
Tora Ziyal: Very much. He talks about it sometimes. He'd never admit it to anyone else, but he thinks the Occupation was a mistake.
Kira Nerys: Somehow, I don't think he'd say that if the Cardassians had won.
Tora Ziyal: Maybe not, but maybe losing made him a better person.
Kira Nerys: Well, then a lot of innocent people died for his education.
Kira Nerys: No, I don't.
Tora Ziyal: I understand. He did some very bad things during the occupation.
Kira Nerys: Yes, he did.
Tora Ziyal: It bothers him, you know?
Kira Nerys: [Disbelieving] Does it?
Tora Ziyal: Very much. He talks about it sometimes. He'd never admit it to anyone else, but he thinks the Occupation was a mistake.
Kira Nerys: Somehow, I don't think he'd say that if the Cardassians had won.
Tora Ziyal: Maybe not, but maybe losing made him a better person.
Kira Nerys: Well, then a lot of innocent people died for his education.
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Gul Dukat: You judge me too harshly. Maybe I am seeking to regain my former position, one which I earned through hard work, dedication, and sacrifice, but redemption is not my sole motivation. I care about my people and I don't intend to allow the Klingons to get away with murdering them. I'm a much more complicated man than you give me credit for.
Kira Nerys: Well, if that's true, I suppose I prefer simpler men.
Gul Dukat: Like Shakaar? It amazes me that a woman as intelligent and sophisticated as you could be attracted to such a lumbering, simplistic fieldhand. I mean, what could the two of you possibly talk about?
Kira Nerys: That lumbering fieldhand is the First Minister of Bajor, and he knows more about how to talk to me than you ever will.
Gul Dukat: How can you be so sure? After all, you don't know me well enough to make a comparison.
Kira Nerys: I don't want to know you well enough. And if you want to keep working with me, I suggest you stick to business.
Gul Dukat: I'm sorry, Major. I didn't mean any harm. I was just making conversation.
Kira Nerys: Well, if that's true, I suppose I prefer simpler men.
Gul Dukat: Like Shakaar? It amazes me that a woman as intelligent and sophisticated as you could be attracted to such a lumbering, simplistic fieldhand. I mean, what could the two of you possibly talk about?
Kira Nerys: That lumbering fieldhand is the First Minister of Bajor, and he knows more about how to talk to me than you ever will.
Gul Dukat: How can you be so sure? After all, you don't know me well enough to make a comparison.
Kira Nerys: I don't want to know you well enough. And if you want to keep working with me, I suggest you stick to business.
Gul Dukat: I'm sorry, Major. I didn't mean any harm. I was just making conversation.
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Gul Dukat: Major, is it my imagination, or do you have a hard time accepting compliments?
Kira Nerys: I have a hard time accepting compliments from 'you'.
Gul Dukat: Well, I'll try to restrain my enthusiasm [Leans in and whispers] but I can't make you any promises.
Kira Nerys: I have a hard time accepting compliments from 'you'.
Gul Dukat: Well, I'll try to restrain my enthusiasm [Leans in and whispers] but I can't make you any promises.
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[Dukat has asked Kira to join him in his fight against the Klingons]
Gul Dukat: You know how to organize a resistance cell, you're an expert at terrorist tactics, you have close ties with Bajoran and Federation officials and besides all that, it would give you a chance to do what you were meant to do.
Kira Nerys: No thanks. I've already got a job.
Gul Dukat: What do you mean? On that space station? We both know your talents are being wasted there, co-ordinating docking assignments and leading training exercises. On Deep Space Nine you're nothing but a bureaucrat, an administrator. If you come with me, you can be a soldier again. Think about it, Major, the chance to fight again against a superior foe in a righteous cause, to protect a defeated and broken people from a cruel aggressor. You know as well as I do that if Cardassia falls, Bajor is next. Help me stop the Klingons before you become their next target.
Kira Nerys: You're really serious about this.
Gul Dukat: Absolutely! Look, Major, I'm not asking you to like me or to be my friend. I'm asking you to join me, to fight at my side. You know what I'm doing is right, and it's what you want to do as well. I know that our past makes it difficult for you to accept me as an ally. I also know that every fiber of your being is telling you to say "No, No, No," but somewhere I know there's a "Yes." You need to listen to that "Yes," not for my sake, not for Cardassia's, not even for Bajor's, but for your sake.
Gul Dukat: You know how to organize a resistance cell, you're an expert at terrorist tactics, you have close ties with Bajoran and Federation officials and besides all that, it would give you a chance to do what you were meant to do.
Kira Nerys: No thanks. I've already got a job.
Gul Dukat: What do you mean? On that space station? We both know your talents are being wasted there, co-ordinating docking assignments and leading training exercises. On Deep Space Nine you're nothing but a bureaucrat, an administrator. If you come with me, you can be a soldier again. Think about it, Major, the chance to fight again against a superior foe in a righteous cause, to protect a defeated and broken people from a cruel aggressor. You know as well as I do that if Cardassia falls, Bajor is next. Help me stop the Klingons before you become their next target.
Kira Nerys: You're really serious about this.
Gul Dukat: Absolutely! Look, Major, I'm not asking you to like me or to be my friend. I'm asking you to join me, to fight at my side. You know what I'm doing is right, and it's what you want to do as well. I know that our past makes it difficult for you to accept me as an ally. I also know that every fiber of your being is telling you to say "No, No, No," but somewhere I know there's a "Yes." You need to listen to that "Yes," not for my sake, not for Cardassia's, not even for Bajor's, but for your sake.
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Julian Bashir: What you have there is a sebaceous cyst.
Miles O'Brien: I know it's a cyst, but it's getting bigger.
Julian Bashir: There's nothing to worry about. Dermatalogically speaking you're perfectly healthy.
Miles O'Brien: Oh, I'm perfectly healthy, except I've got a disgusting cyst on the back of my neck. Now either I paint a nose, eyes, and mouth on it and pretend I've got two heads or you take it off.
Julian Bashir: I'll get you some paint.
Miles O'Brien: Julian! Get it off me!
Julian Bashir: Alright, alright. But you know what they say: two heads are better than one.
Miles O'Brien: Julian, I'm waiting!
Miles O'Brien: I know it's a cyst, but it's getting bigger.
Julian Bashir: There's nothing to worry about. Dermatalogically speaking you're perfectly healthy.
Miles O'Brien: Oh, I'm perfectly healthy, except I've got a disgusting cyst on the back of my neck. Now either I paint a nose, eyes, and mouth on it and pretend I've got two heads or you take it off.
Julian Bashir: I'll get you some paint.
Miles O'Brien: Julian! Get it off me!
Julian Bashir: Alright, alright. But you know what they say: two heads are better than one.
Miles O'Brien: Julian, I'm waiting!
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Unidentified: 211 - Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success; don't hesitate to step on them.
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Kira Nerys: That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it, you can't understand it, and if you do have it, no explanation is necessary.
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[O'Brien's quarters are a mess. He begins to straighten up for his wife Keiko, who is returning after a year away]
Julian Bashir: It is sort of a shame to pack this stuff away.
Miles O'Brien: Wish we didn't have to.
Julian Bashir: It's like a sculpture, a monument to your year as a bachelor.
Miles O'Brien: I suppose it is.
Julian Bashir: Who are we to dismantle this piece of art?
Miles O'Brien: I don't know. But if we don't, Keiko will dismantle me.
Julian Bashir: It is sort of a shame to pack this stuff away.
Miles O'Brien: Wish we didn't have to.
Julian Bashir: It's like a sculpture, a monument to your year as a bachelor.
Miles O'Brien: I suppose it is.
Julian Bashir: Who are we to dismantle this piece of art?
Miles O'Brien: I don't know. But if we don't, Keiko will dismantle me.
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Benjamin Sisko: Part of being a captain is knowing when to smile. Make the troops happy! Even when it's the last thing in the world you want to do. Because they are your troops, and you have to take care of them.
Worf: Life is a great deal more complicated in this red uniform.
Benjamin Sisko: Wait till you get four pips on that collar. You'll wish you had gone into botany.
Worf: Life is a great deal more complicated in this red uniform.
Benjamin Sisko: Wait till you get four pips on that collar. You'll wish you had gone into botany.
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[O'Brien is preparing to commit suicide]
Julian Bashir: Chief?
Miles O'Brien: Get outta here, Julian.
Julian Bashir: You don't want to do this, Chief.
Miles O'Brien: The hell I don't.
Julian Bashir: Look, I don't claim to know what you're going through, but whatever it is, it's not worth dying for.
Miles O'Brien: You don't understand at all. I'm not doing this for me. I'm doing it to protect Keiko and Molly and everyone else on this station.
Julian Bashir: Protect us from what?
Miles O'Brien: From me. I'm not the man I used to be. I'm dangerous. I nearly hit Molly today. All she wanted was a little attention, and I nearly hit her.
Julian Bashir: But you didn't. You're a good man, Miles Edward O'Brien, and whatever it is you think you've done wrong, you don't deserve to die.
Julian Bashir: Chief?
Miles O'Brien: Get outta here, Julian.
Julian Bashir: You don't want to do this, Chief.
Miles O'Brien: The hell I don't.
Julian Bashir: Look, I don't claim to know what you're going through, but whatever it is, it's not worth dying for.
Miles O'Brien: You don't understand at all. I'm not doing this for me. I'm doing it to protect Keiko and Molly and everyone else on this station.
Julian Bashir: Protect us from what?
Miles O'Brien: From me. I'm not the man I used to be. I'm dangerous. I nearly hit Molly today. All she wanted was a little attention, and I nearly hit her.
Julian Bashir: But you didn't. You're a good man, Miles Edward O'Brien, and whatever it is you think you've done wrong, you don't deserve to die.
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Mirror O'Brien: Shields are down to 40 percent. That cruiser has us in weapons range. Do we make a run for it?
Captain Sisko: We run all right...right at it.
Mirror O'Brien: [sarcastic understanding] Ahh...pattern "suicide". (reference to earlier confusion over what "Pattern delta" was)
Captain Sisko: We run all right...right at it.
Mirror O'Brien: [sarcastic understanding] Ahh...pattern "suicide". (reference to earlier confusion over what "Pattern delta" was)
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Mirror Jadzia: I heard you were back. (slaps Sisko) That's for making love to me under false pretenses! I was suspicious of you from the start.
Captain Sisko: You hid it well.
Captain Sisko: You hid it well.
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[Eddington has joined the Maquis]
Michael Eddington: I know you. I was like you once, but then I opened my eyes. Open your eyes, Captain. Why is the Federation so obsessed about the Maquis? We've never harmed you. And yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism. Starships chase us through the Badlands, and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed. Why? Because we've left the Federation, and that's the one thing you can't accept. Nobody leaves paradise. Everyone should want to be in the Federation. Hell, you even want the Cardassians to join. You're only sending them replicators so that one day they can take their rightful place on the Federation Council. You know, in some ways you're worse than the Borg. At least they tell you about their plans for assimilation. You're more insidious... you assimilate people and they don't even know it.
Benjamin Sisko: You know what, Mr. Eddington... I don't give a damn what you think of the Federation, or the Maquis, or anything else. All I know is that you betrayed your oath, your duty and me. And if it takes me the rest of my life, I'll see you standing before a court-martial that'll break you and send you to a penal colony where you'll spend the rest of your days growing old and wondering whether a ship full of replicators was really worth it.
Michael Eddington: I know you. I was like you once, but then I opened my eyes. Open your eyes, Captain. Why is the Federation so obsessed about the Maquis? We've never harmed you. And yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism. Starships chase us through the Badlands, and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed. Why? Because we've left the Federation, and that's the one thing you can't accept. Nobody leaves paradise. Everyone should want to be in the Federation. Hell, you even want the Cardassians to join. You're only sending them replicators so that one day they can take their rightful place on the Federation Council. You know, in some ways you're worse than the Borg. At least they tell you about their plans for assimilation. You're more insidious... you assimilate people and they don't even know it.
Benjamin Sisko: You know what, Mr. Eddington... I don't give a damn what you think of the Federation, or the Maquis, or anything else. All I know is that you betrayed your oath, your duty and me. And if it takes me the rest of my life, I'll see you standing before a court-martial that'll break you and send you to a penal colony where you'll spend the rest of your days growing old and wondering whether a ship full of replicators was really worth it.
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Elim Garak: (re: a Cardassian phaser) I guess I won't be needing this then.
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Weyoun: Captain Benjamin Sisko. Your psychographic profile is required reading for Vorta Field Supervisors. I probably know things about you that you don't know yourself.
Benjamin Sisko: If you're trying to impress me, you can forget it.
Weyoun: What would you say if I offered to make you absolute ruler of the Federation? No President, no Starfleet Chief of Staff, just you.
Benjamin Sisko: I'd say your psychographic profile of me isn't as good as you think.
Weyoun: (laughs richly) Just doing my job.
Benjamin Sisko: If you're trying to impress me, you can forget it.
Weyoun: What would you say if I offered to make you absolute ruler of the Federation? No President, no Starfleet Chief of Staff, just you.
Benjamin Sisko: I'd say your psychographic profile of me isn't as good as you think.
Weyoun: (laughs richly) Just doing my job.
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Worf: It has come to my attention that Omet'iklan has made a threat against your life.
Benjamin Sisko: I didn't think it was public knowledge.
Worf: You told Commander Dax.
Benjamin Sisko: Well, that explains it.
Benjamin Sisko: I didn't think it was public knowledge.
Worf: You told Commander Dax.
Benjamin Sisko: Well, that explains it.
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[Dax is trying to work, but Virak'kara is staring at her]
Jadzia Dax: Am I really that interesting? You've been standing there staring at me for the last two hours.
Virak'kara: You are part of my combat team. I must learn to understand your behaviour - anticipate your actions.
Jadzia Dax: There must be something you'd rather do. Maybe get some sleep?
Virak'kara: We don't sleep.
Jadzia Dax: How about getting something to eat?
Virak'kara: The white is the only thing we need.
Jadzia Dax: Don't sleep... don't eat... What do you do for relaxation?
Virak'kara: Relaxation would only make us weak.
Jadzia Dax: You people are no fun at all - I'm glad I'm not a Jem'Hadar woman.
Virak'kara: There are no Jem'Hadar women.
Jadzia Dax: So what do you do? Lay eggs?
Virak'kara: Jem'Hadar are bred in birthing chambers. We are able to fight within three days of our emergence.
Jadzia Dax: Lucky you. So let me get this straight: no sleep, no food, no women. No wonder you're so angry. After thirty or forty years of that I'd be angry too.
Virak'kara: No Jem'Hadar has ever lived thirty years.
Jadzia Dax: [puzzled] How old are you?
Virak'kara: I am eight.
Jadzia Dax: I would have guessed at least fifteen.
Virak'kara: Few Jem'Hadar live that long. If we reach twenty, we are considered honored elders. [leans in] How old are you?
Jadzia Dax: I stopped counting at three hundred.
Virak'kara: [amazed] You don't look it.
Jadzia Dax: Thank you.
Jadzia Dax: Am I really that interesting? You've been standing there staring at me for the last two hours.
Virak'kara: You are part of my combat team. I must learn to understand your behaviour - anticipate your actions.
Jadzia Dax: There must be something you'd rather do. Maybe get some sleep?
Virak'kara: We don't sleep.
Jadzia Dax: How about getting something to eat?
Virak'kara: The white is the only thing we need.
Jadzia Dax: Don't sleep... don't eat... What do you do for relaxation?
Virak'kara: Relaxation would only make us weak.
Jadzia Dax: You people are no fun at all - I'm glad I'm not a Jem'Hadar woman.
Virak'kara: There are no Jem'Hadar women.
Jadzia Dax: So what do you do? Lay eggs?
Virak'kara: Jem'Hadar are bred in birthing chambers. We are able to fight within three days of our emergence.
Jadzia Dax: Lucky you. So let me get this straight: no sleep, no food, no women. No wonder you're so angry. After thirty or forty years of that I'd be angry too.
Virak'kara: No Jem'Hadar has ever lived thirty years.
Jadzia Dax: [puzzled] How old are you?
Virak'kara: I am eight.
Jadzia Dax: I would have guessed at least fifteen.
Virak'kara: Few Jem'Hadar live that long. If we reach twenty, we are considered honored elders. [leans in] How old are you?
Jadzia Dax: I stopped counting at three hundred.
Virak'kara: [amazed] You don't look it.
Jadzia Dax: Thank you.
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