[Quark is pushing a heavy chest down the access tunnel]
Quark, leave it!
I can't leave it—it's all that I have. My personal mementos, my family album—
It's full of gold-pressed latinum, and you know it.
Who told you?
Your mother did, the day you were born.
[An outraged Quark shoves the chest aside and speed-crawls down the tunnel until he's nose-to-nose with Bashir]
NEVER MAKE FUN OF A FERENGI'S MOTHER. Rule of Acquisition Number 31!
[N.B. In the published companion book, the complete rule is, "Never make fun of a Ferengi's mother. Insult something he cares about instead."]
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