- [last lines]
- [Worf compares O'Brien's vigil at Muñiz's casket with a Klingon tradition]
- Lt. Commander Worf: When a warrior dies in battle, his comrades stay with the body to keep away predators. That allows the spirit to leave the body when it is time to make the long journey to Sto-vo-kor.
- Chief O'Brien: It's a fine tradition.
- [Worf sits down by Muñiz's casket, beside O'Brien]
- Chief O'Brien: What're you doing?
- Lt. Commander Worf: We will both keep the predators away.
- Chief O'Brien: I'm sure Quique would like that.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: It may sound cruel; but we both know, that ship out there was worth it. Those five deaths may save five thousand lives, or maybe even five million.
- Captain Sisko: And if I had to make the same trade all over again, I would. But five people are dead - fine men and women, who deserved a lot more than to die on some lonely planet, 50,000 light years away from home!
- [Sisko and Dax are discussing the five dead]
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: [of Rooney] You know something else I remember about him? How *proud* he was to wear his uniform. And how proud he was to serve under you. The same as Hoya, T'Lor, Bertram, and Muñiz. They chose a life in Starfleet. They knew the risks. And they died fighting for something that they believed in.
- Captain Sisko: That doesn't make it any easier.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: Maybe nothing should.
- Muñiz: I'm leaking like a ruptured plasma conduit, aren't I, sir?
- Chief O'Brien: It's not that bad.
- Muñiz: You're lying.
- Chief O'Brien: What makes you say that?
- Muñiz: I called you 'sir' and you didn't even flinch.
- Kilana: Do you have any gods, Captain Sisko?
- Captain Sisko: There are things I believe in.
- Kilana: Duty? Starfleet, the Federation? You must be pleased with yourself. You have this ship to take back to them. I hope it was worth it.
- Captain Sisko: So do I.
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: [Sisko has just broken up a fight between Worf and O'Brien] Tough guys. A little pressure and they buckle.
- Captain Sisko: [turns to her] Dax, maybe you haven't noticed, but no one's laughing.
- Muñiz: I thought maybe you just stopped to catch your breath.
- Chief O'Brien: Me, out of breath? I was climbing mountains in Ireland before you were born.
- Muñiz: You mean hills, don't you? They've gently sloping hills in Ireland - no mountains. But what do I know? After all, you're the mountain man - an old mountain man.
- Chief O'Brien: You know something, Muñiz? You're due for a transfer. How does waste extraction sound?
- Chief O'Brien: Always kissing up to the officers, aren't you, Muñiz?
- Muñiz: I'm just following your example.
- [Muñiz is injured; O'Brien treats him]
- Muñiz: Don't worry, Jefe. I'll get you through this.
- Chief O'Brien: I feel better already!
- Captain Sisko: How're you doing, Muñiz?
- Muñiz: We seem to be having a difference of opinion on that one, sir.
- Quark: [to Odo] If you're going to prosecute me, I demand that you prosecute my co-conspirator.
- Doctor Bashir: I'm not a conspirator!
- Odo: What would you call yourself, Doctor?
- Doctor Bashir: An idiot!
- Chief O'Brien: [ripping off a sleeve from his shirt] Quique, do me a favor. Please... stop bleeding before I run out of clothes.
- [the Jem'Hadar are shelling the area around the ship, rattling the Starfleet crew inside]
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: You'd think they'd be tired of playing this game with us by now!
- Lt. Commander Worf: I have a game I would like to play with them, if only I could leave this prison and meet them face to face on a field of battle!
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: Right now, that doesn't sound like a bad idea.
- Captain Sisko: [about the Jem'Hadar ship] Can we use the runabout's tractor beam to haul this thing into orbit? This would be the greatest intelligence find in the last ten years. We're not going to leave it here to rot. What d'you say, Chief?
- Chief O'Brien: Well, we're not gonna haul it out with a runabout.
- Captain Sisko: Then we need something with a little more muscle.
- Captain Sisko: If you think I'm going to deliver my people into your hands without a fight, then this really must be your first mission.
- Lt. Commander Worf: That is no way for anyone to die.
- Chief O'Brien: I told you, he is not going to die.
- Lt. Commander Worf: It is only a matter of time.
- Chief O'Brien: So we should just kill him, right?
- Lt. Commander Worf: If you truly are his friend, you would consider that option. It would be a more honorable death than the one he's enduring.
- Chief O'Brien: I'm not some bloodthirsty Klingon looking for an excuse to murder my friend.
- Lt. Commander Worf: No. You're just another weak Human afraid to face death!
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: Worf, what do you say we go look at that ion exchange matrix we found? And on the way maybe we can discuss some of the finer points of diplomacy.
- Captain Sisko: I've got to get this ship back to the station, old man. Five people have died on this mission. I want to be able to tell their families why.
- Captain Sisko: The Vorta doesn't want the ship; she wants something aboard it.
- Chief O'Brien: Any idea what?
- Captain Sisko: It could be anything - encoding device, guidance system...
- Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: Maybe she lost an earring.