- [Weyoun swallows a whole glass of a drink just proven to be poisoned]
- Gul Dukat: Wha...?
- Weyoun: Oh my! That is quite toxic, isn't it?
- Gul Dukat: Are-you-insane?
- Weyoun: The Vorta are immune to most forms of poison. Comes in handy when you're a diplomat.
- Captain Sisko: Especially when you're working with the Cardassians.
- Major Kira: He got so quiet... toward the end. I-I could hear him whispering things - his wife's name, Iliana's, even mine. Then the pain just got too much for him and he just lay there, breathing. And at the end of every exhale... there was this pause, and I thought, "That's it. It's over." Then he'd force another breath. And another... I started counting them. One hundred... two hundred... three hundred... He fought for every last second. I don't think he even knew that I was there.
- Doctor Bashir: He knew. You gave him what he needed. He didn't die alone.
- Ghemor: [to Dukat, on the Dominion] I don't like the company you're keeping. You and I might have come to an agreement, one Cardassian to another. But now, dealing with you means dealing with them. And that makes the price too high.
- Weyoun: [to Dukat, about Ghemor] He doesn't seem to like you very much. We're going to have to do something about your public image.
- Captain Sisko: Still calling yourself Gul? I'm surprised you haven't promoted yourself back to Legate by now.
- Gul Dukat: I prefer the title 'Gul' - So much more hands-on than 'Legate', hm? And less pretentious than the other alternatives - President, Emperor, First Minister - Emissary!
- Captain Sisko: How about 'Dominion Puppet'?
- Lt. Commander Worf: Major Kira - friends with a Cardassian - seems wrong.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: You should have known her five years ago. Back then I never thought she'd be friends with anyone.
- Major Kira: [sobbing] I missed my father's death by less than an hour. Did you know that? Less than an hour! I always told myself that it was... bad luck, bad timing - will of the Prophets. But the truth is... I didn't have to go when I did. I could have stayed a while longer. I saw my chance to get out and I took it... I saw so much death during the Occupation, I felt so much pain... But my father... he was my strength. And I... I couldn't stand to see that strength slipping away. So I ran.
- Doctor Bashir: Just like you tried to run from Ghemor.
- Major Kira: He reminded me so much of my father... Going through it again, I... I just couldn't face it.
- Doctor Bashir: But in the end, you did. You were there for Ghemor.
- Major Kira: I owed it to him. I owed it to my father - to get it right this time.
- Captain Sisko: Ghemor just doesn't want to be debriefed. He wants someone to talk to - someone to be with until the end.
- Major Kira: And that someone... is me...
- [Kira has a flashback to a moment during the occupation, where her father was badly wounded, leaving a younger Kira rather helpless]
- Captain Sisko: Are you up to it?
- Major Kira: [tearfully] I have no choice... I'm all he's got.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Cardassian politics are very complex.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: I think they like it that way.
- Major Kira: You are really enjoying this, aren't you? Hm? All your sick little games...
- Gul Dukat: I must admit, I do get a certain... perverse pleasure out of it.
- Major Kira: I promise you, Dukat, I will make you pay for all of this one day.
- Gul Dukat: Maybe. But not today.
- Doctor Bashir: Regardless of what Ghemor has done in the past, he doesn't deserve to die alone. Nobody does.
- Gul Dukat: It takes a great man to admit he's wrong. And that's what Ghemor did. I'm speaking of his last minute change of heart - his deathbed decision to embrace the new Dominion government.
- Captain Sisko: That's very moving. Except for one small problem: it never happened!
- Weyoun: As you say, it's a... small problem.
- Captain Sisko: [after intercepting a poisoned drink meant for a Cardassian defector] What's wrong, Ducat? Are you afraid Ghemor is going to say something that might undermine your new cozy position?
- Gul Dukat: Tread with care, Captain. You're coming dangerously close to accusing the head of the Cardassian government of attempted murder.
- Captain Sisko: Is that what I'm doing?
- Ghemor: [Ghemor is trying to get a glass of water when he knocks it over] Nerys!
- Major Kira: [from the next room] I'll be right there!
- [annoyed at what she sees]
- Major Kira: Now what?
- Ghemor: I... I was thirsty.
- Major Kira: Just sit back.
- [she pushes him back into a lying position, her former concern for Ghemor all but gone]
- Major Kira: You're all tangled up.
- Ghemor: I'm... I'm sorry.
- Major Kira: Well, it's a little late for that now, isn't it?
- [she starts working the controls that administers Ghemor's medicine, but only with great reluctance]
- Ghemor: Nerys, is something wrong?
- Major Kira: [while still working] Yes, there's something wrong. You lied to me.
- Ghemor: About what?
- Major Kira: About everything. But let's start with Kiessa monastery.
- Ghemor: Kiessa?
- Major Kira: Ah... you were there, weren't you?
- Ghemor: Dukat told you.
- Major Kira: The Cardassian army burned Kiessa to the ground. 17 monks were killed.
- Ghemor: But they were hiding weapons for the Resistance - weapons that were being used to kill my friends.
- [tries to sit up]
- Ghemor: It... it was... it was war. It was easy to despise you. But you... you weren't the monsters... we were.
- [she forcefully reapplies his IV drip, causing him to yelp slightly]
- Ghemor: I wish I had never joined the military... never volunteered for duty on Bajor. But I did and I can't change that no matter how much I might want to.
- Major Kira: So, instead you hid the truth from me?
- Ghemor: No, Nerys. I didn't want you to hate me.
- Major Kira: [pours him a fresh glass of water and shoves it into his hand] It's what you deserve.
- [she storms out]
- Ghemor: Nerys!
- [her mind is set and Ghemor has never felt so alone]