I've been trying to decide how Garak feels about showing weakness in front of Sisko. Like, obviously he'd die sooner than show weakness to Tain - he wouldn't even beg for his mother's life - and he tried to hide the extent of his illness from Julian during The Wire. But at the same time, he's going for this whole "I'm just a harmless tailor" thing. So I'd say he'll perform weakness, but giving Sisko any hint of his true vulnerabilities is out of the question?

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