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the changeling appears to tense up more than usual ─ if such a thing were even possible.
⠀⠀⠀❛ madame troi. I wasn't told you would be arriving on the station─ ❜
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another harrumph, the signature reaction.
⠀❛ who I were then? ❜ he echoes, voice treading close to disbelief. ❛ an infant changeling in a test tube? I think not. ❜
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a pang of understanding rips through her. she keeps herself moving to keep from thinking of the life she's left behind
to be here now.
to be who she is now.
‘ would you trade who you are now
for who you were then?
if you could? ’
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⠀⠀⠀❛ hmpf. why am i not surprised. since you are unable to provide a copy of the document, I'm afraid you'll spend the next two weeks in a holding cell. ❜
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⠀⠀⠀❛ if its true that captain sisko gave you permission for this purchase, he would have no doubt given you a physical copy of the permit. In which case, as station's head of Security, I demand to see it. ❜
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⠀⠀❛ karemman brandy is strictly prohibited in the federation due to sanctions against the dominion. who gave you this supposed 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵 ? ❜
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discomfort as he sheds the layers of unobstructed professionalism. he is still, not accustomed to wearing his 'heart' on his sleeve.
⠀⠀❛ I often wonder if I
made the right choice. ❜
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