[after punching out Bareil] Sorry, Benjamin. He was just beginning to annoy me.
“Fascination” · Season 3, Episode 10
In this episode: Benjamin Sisko (2), Quark (2), Julian Bashir (2), Jake Sisko (2), Kira Nerys (1), Miles O'Brien (1), Jadzia Dax (1), Lwaxana Troi (1)
Dad, you promised Nerys would be here!
She will be. And stop calling her “Nerys”.
Zanthi Fever?!? Oh, that— that's ridicu- that's impossible. That only affects older Betazoids.
Well, that may be, but according to my tests, you show all the symptoms. Zanthi Fever is a virus which affects the empathic abilities of um... mature Betazoids. It causes them to project their emotions onto others.
Then Mrs. Troi's amorous feelings for— [knowing smile] someone on the station were being passed along to the people around her.
Not everyone, only those within close proximity to her when she had an attack; and even then, there would have had to have been some pre-existing latent attraction.
[concerned] You're saying Dax—
Only on a subconscious level. Best not think about it too much, if you ask me.
I'm terribly sorry, Commander. I hope I haven't caused too much trouble.
I'm sure no permanent harm was done. Right, Doctor?
A simple wide-spectrum anti-viral agent should cure Mrs. Troi, and as for everyone else, well, they'll be back to normal in a day or two. Excuse me. [to Sisko] I promised Nerys that I'd meet her in her quarters this evening.
[stopping him] I think you ought to postpone that visit... for a day or two.
[disappointed sigh]
[Infatuated with Keiko]
My ears tingle at the sight of you.
Nervous, Chief?
What are you talking about?
That's your fifth cup of coffee in twenty minutes.
I didn't realize you were keeping track.
Oh, nervous and irascible.
If you hadn't seen your wife and child for two months, you'd be irascible too.
Well, believe me, I'm looking forward to Keiko and Molly's visit as much as you are.
Ha, I doubt that.
How many games of raquetball have we played in the last two months?
I don't know. Fifteen, maybe twenty.
Try seventy. I've been keeping track of that, too, and do you know what all those games have proved to me? That I'm a poor substitute for your wife.
I could have told you that sixty games ago.
Now, Jake, what can I do for you?
I need some advice. See, there's this older woman and I think we're perfect for each other.
Ah, and she doesn't.
I don't know what she thinks.
Well, Jake, my advice to you is to tell Marda how you feel. That way you'll know...
Marda and I broke up.
You broke up? Well then, who?
You.
...Me?
I love you, Nerys. Wanna go out with me?
You humans, you never learn. You let your women go out in public, hold jobs, wear clothing, and you wonder why your marriages fall apart.
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