From “Empok Nor” (5x11)
Garak’s just reported in to O’Brien on killing Killer Cardie #1. He then delivers another report.
Garak: By the way, I took a tissue sample from the soldier’s body. The analysis was rather fascinating, in a grim sort of way. It seems the unfortunate soul had been given a massive dose of psychotropic drugs.
O’Brien: Why?
Garak: I’m not sure, but I can tell you one thing. It wasn’t to make him amicable. The drug’s protein structure seems designed to amplify my people’s xenophobic tendencies. My guess is that the soldiers that were left here were part of a Cardassian military experiment. The High Command was probably looking for a way to further motivate their troops.
O’Brien: So they gave them a drug to make them hate anybody but Cardassians?
Nog: Then why did they attack you?
Garak: That’s a good question.
O’Brien: Maybe it’s an experiment that went wrong. That’s why they were left in stasis. They were uncontrollable.
Garak: I’d love to stay and hypothesize all afternoon, but once I’ve set my mind to a task, I hate to leave it unfinished. What is it, Chief?
O’Brien: You look different.
Garak: How so?
O’Brien: That’s not the face of a tailor.
Garak: I’m not a tailor. Not for the moment, anyway.
And that last bit, right there, is my favorite dialog of the episode. “I’m not a tailor.” Indeed!
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