All right, all right, youve made your point. Ill carry the transmitter for a while. And i get to wear the jacket. But i get the trousers. You did a good job today, nog. Youve an excellent grasp of mechanical engineering. Ferengis have a natural talent for figures, sir. So whats your posting tomorrow . Cargo bay six customs inspection. Ah, well, that could be interesting. Hey, nog. Not again. When i left this morning, this place was spotless. Yeah, that was nine hours ago. You cant keep our quarters clean for one day . Hey, a mans got to live and sometimes, living is messy. Im going to the replimat to eat. When i come back i expect to see this place straightened up. Im working on a story right now. Ill do it in the morning. This isnt a story. Its computerized domjot sometimes, when i get stuck, i play domjot. It clears my mind. While youre at it, clear a path to the bedroom. I told you, im busy. sighing jake, this isnt what we agreed to. E to anything. Youve been shouting orders ever since you moved in here. Im not in starfleet. Lucky for you. You wouldnt last a day at the academy. Youre right. Id die of embarrassment wearing those pajamas. You know, i dont have to take that from an undisciplined jerk like you. Enjoy your domjot. Where are you going . Anywhere but here ill get my things in the morning. Ill pack them for you. Dont bother. Whats that over there . Its just another stone. I cant believe it. Ive been walking for three days and i havent seen a single beetle. I could really go for a beetle right now any kind of beetle just as long as it had a little meat on it. There are no beetles, quark. A nice slug would do. There are no slugs, either. Nothing but rocks and trees, and we cant eat any of it. If i collapse from hunger you got to carry me and the transmitter. You are not going to collapse. Were almost to the tree line and after that weve only got a few more hours of climbing left before we can set up the transmitter. A few hours . You mean like three . More like six. I could do six. Forget about six hours. 10,751. 10,752. Quark. 10,753. Quark i just want to know how far were going. Every step down means an extra step up. Fine. Then count to yourself. I dont want to hear it anymore. Fine. Dont talk to me. Its hard keeping track. By the time the grand jury gets through with you youll be counting years instead of steps. You know whats going to make all this worthwhile . What . Ha let you go . I dont think so. And you call yourself a detective. The Orion Syndicate tried to kill me. They never kill their own. They dont need to. Any one of them would take their own life before testifying against the syndicate. Dont you get it . Im not a suspect. Im a witness. 10,785. Thank you. Now, let me get this straight. You were never a member of the Orion Syndicate . I hate to disappoint you. But you must have tried to join. I dont want to talk about it. Ah. chuckling now, if i remember correctly the Orion Syndicate has a membership fee quite a substantial one and the Ferengi Commerce Authority laughs oh, its even worse than that, isnt it . You never could afford to join, could you . All those years of scheming and lying and cheating and youre still too smalltime for the orions. laughs well. I guess youre not as successful a businessman as you think you are. Which means you spent the last ten years of your life h a nobody. With little success, i might add. So you tell me which one of us is the bigger failure . 10,788. 10,789. 10,090, 10,091. Make it a double. Captain, may i join you . Be my guest. I wanted to ask you. About nog. You know, my son . I think ive met him. Have you noticed anything. Strange about him lately . He seems fine to me. Hes just more dedicated than when he left. Ive noticed. A year at the academy will do that to people. You think its the academy . What else could it be . I was afraid he might be the changeling. So, while he was asleep, i drew some blood just to make sure. Its been eight hours. So far, so good. Rom, hes still your son. Nogs moved back in with me, you know. Its horrible. He put me on report the other day. Said my tool kit was untidy. Thats the exact word he used untidy. Oh, i wouldnt worry about it. Hes just going through a phase, thats all. I was hoping living with jake would relax him. Im afraid jakes going through a phase of his own. I dont know whats so difficult about putting a dirty dish back into the replicator. Nog says jake is a slovenly, undisciplined, unfocused. Writer. Not an unfair assessment. You know, i sometimes wish jake had a little more of nogs selfdiscipline. And i wish nog had jakes ability to enjoy himself. Those two could learn a lot from each other. groaning shuddering quark, wake up. Weve got a mountain to climb. Quark. Quark . Quark . Quark. Wake up. Wake up. Wake, quark stop hitting me i thought you were dead. And you saw that as an opportunity to vent years of hostility towards me . Towards me. Towards. Me. Hostility. Whats wrong . What . I said whats the matter. Im deaf. Im deaf in my right ear. I cant hear anything. Hello. Hello . Hello . Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Would you stop doing that . We got to get out of here. My bodys shutting down. Its too cold. Theres not enough to eat. Im dying we both are were not dying here, here. You can have the rest of my rations. These arent rations. These are crumbs. You cant climb a mountain on crumbs. Fine. Ill go by myself. Youre going to leave me . What do you want me to do . Stay here and trade insults until we both starve to death . Id rather take my chances on the mountain. Yours. Figures. Figures . Figures. groaning i hate this transmitter, and i hate this mountain and most of all, i hate the Orion Syndicate for stranding us here. I think we both know whos really to blame. Dont try and blame this on me, constable. You never told me the Orion Syndicate was after you. You never asked. If i had, would you have told me the truth or would you have lied like you. Lie about everything . Have i ever told you how much i hate that smug, superior attitude of yours . Have i ever told you how much i hate your endless whining, your pathetic greed your idiotic little schemes . Well, i hate. What do you hate . Well, thats fine with me, because i hate you too. Youre nothing but a petty thief. Youre an arrogant prude. Lecher freak. Fraud fascist failure fascist failure fascist quark . What . Are you all right . Im fine. gasping im not. That should hold it together. Now. We just have to get you on it. Stop looking at the leg. Youll pass out again. Not looking at it doesnt help. I still know its there. Panting im the one whos in excruciating pain. Speaking of pain, this is probably going to hurt. groaning quark. Theres no way youre going to be able to drag me up that mountain. Just watch me. Stop trying to be a hero youll get to the top faster if you leave me behind. Dont you get it . Im not trying to rescue you. Im taking you along as emergency rations. If you die, im going to eat you. Youre joking. Waste not. Want not. Comfortable . Not really. Join the club. whispers higher. Hold on, odo hold on. grunting grunts quark. Its over. What do you mean, its over . I cant move. Well have to set up the transmitter here. Were not high enough. You have to. Leave me here and go on yourself. Dont you understand . I cant do it. Im half frozen. I havent eaten for days. My muscles wont work anymore odo . If we stay here. Were dead. I cant go any further. If sisko were here, do you think hed give up . Or worf, or dax . Theyre not here. Thats right. Its just us. Give me the transmitter just. Give it to me. What are you doing . grunting what does it look like . Youll never make it. Maybe not. Youre trying to embarrass me, arent you . Youre trying to shame me into carrying that thing the rest of the way on my own. You might as well accept the inevitable and die with dignity. Thats what im going to do. Im just going to lie here and die grunting my brother will get the bar. My nephew will be completely corrupted by the federation and become a starfleet captain. Es. Will lie here and freeze. Unsold and unmourned. Try not to break your other leg while im gone. Okay. groans good luck. door chimes come in. Hey, jake. Dad . I thought you were going to call first. M. Well, whats wrong . According to station regulations these quarters require two occupants or more. Im afraid youll have to move out. Smaller quarters. All right. If i have to. Thats the problem. There are no smaller quarters available. So, where do i go . I guess back home with me. laughing youre kidding. Well, unless we can find you a roommate. Cadet sir, i really must protest. Neither do you. Now. I know you two are very different people but youre still friends and somehow, youll make this work. I dont know. Neither do i. Well, i do and im your captain. And im your father. And what i say goes. Good day, gentlemen. Well. Place hasnt changed much, has it . I guess not. Are you going to start cleaning again . No. Ive got to study. Good, because itll take a long time to clean up this pig sty. Its not that bad. Its bad. laughing yeah. chuckling you want to go to the gym . Healthy body, healthy mind. I have a better idea. How about a game of domjot . Ill let you break. Youre on. Quark quark begin recording. Chief of securitys log, final entry it looks like quark didnt make it. Cant say im surprised. Youll find his body farther up the slope. No doubt hed want to vacuum desiccate his remains and auction them off. As for myself. Cremate me, stick my ashes in my bucket and shoot me through the wormhole. I might as well end up where i began. Prepare an i. V. Drip of polynutrient solution. Im alive. Yes. Im going to see you stay that way. Quark . We found him slumped over a subspace transmitter. You mean he made it . If not for his signal we wouldnt have found you. He saved your lives. Odo. Odo you awake . I am now. We survived. We did. I bet you were surprised. I actually made it all the way to the top. Astounded. You remember back there. When i told you i hated you and you told me you hated me . Vividly. I just wanted you to know. I meant every word of it. So did i. laughs [captioning sponsored by the u. S. Department of education and paramount television vulcan the kolutshan. A cornerstone of our beliefs. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations. I know all about vulcan philosophies. Why have you come here . I was sent against my will. Then i suggest you leave. Only of your emotions or so i have been told. My emotions free me. I see. Its regrettable that i wont be able to teach you. Where should i go . Are you seeking my counsel . I. Cant return home. My father has banished me. Your school . They revoked my seat. Why . Because i refuse to deny myself passion the way you and men like my father do. You reject logic . If i was meant to deny feelings why was i born with them . Wheres the logic in that . Hidden for you to find. Or in plain sight for you to ignore. You speak in riddles because the truth frightens you. Youre right. It does frighten me. You are surprised yes. Emotions can be a powerful tool. To deny their existence is illogical but you must learn to control them. Why . Do you wish to be taught . I would question everything you say. You would not be a worthy pupil otherwise. [captioning sponsored by paramount television