[Quark is in the Security Office]
None of these charges are gonna stick! I haven't broken any laws! [beat] I have a license to run holosuites.
But you don't have a license to sell weapons, do you?
[pause] I defy you to prove that I've brought a single weapon onto this station.
It's a mere technicality; we both know what you're doing. And I promise you, you're going to face the consequences.
[Sisko and Kira enter while Odo is saying this]
Not today, he isn't! [pause] Let him go.
[incredulous] Let him go?!
Major, tell the constable what you told me.
The Bajoran government insists that Deep Space 9 not interfere with the lawful transactions of Hagath and his associates. Hagath supplied arms to the resistance—without him or people like him, we would all be dead, and the Cardassians would still be in power. [beat] We owe him.
I don't like it any more than you do.
[smug] Better luck next time. [a furious Sisko spins Quark's chair around to face him]
[angrily] You'd better hope there isn't a "next time," mister! I have cut you a lot of slack in the past—I even looked the other way once or twice when I could have come down hard on you—but those days are over! Now, we may not be able to get you for selling weapons, but you so much as litter on the Promenade, and I will nail you to the wall!!
GGaila
[nostalgic] I'll never forget how many people told us we were making a mistake. "Sell weapons to the Bajorans?"
HHagath
"What chance do they have?", they said. "Invest in a winner, sell to the Cardassians."
But why? They couldn't have had any money...
HHagath
My dear Quark, not every deal is about making money. Sometimes, you have to look at the big picture. And, at times, gaining a friend is more important than making profit.
GGaila
I admit, it's not the Ferengi way, but it's good business nonetheless.
HHagath
I knew eventually the Cardassians were going to lose, and do you know why?
Because they were overly confident?
HHagath
Exactly! They underestimated the Bajoran thirst for freedom, I didn't.
You're facing some serious charges here, Quark: incitement to riot, endangering the public safety, disregarding...
How was I supposed to know everyone was going to start shooting? I just wanted them to cross paths so that the deal would fall through.
It fell through all right. Hagath and Gaila barely managed to get off the station alive!
I hear General Nassuc sent a Purification Squad after them.
I wouldn't count on seeing your former business partners again.
What about the Regent's death?
A Purification Squad caught up with him this morning.
I can live with that, too. And I can think of twenty-eight million other people who won't mind, either.
Twenty-eight million and one.
