As they walked down the hallway, she tapped him gently on the arm. He looked down at her hand in complete surprise.

“If it makes you feel any better, Garak,” she said, “it’s not because you’re Cardassian that I don’t trust you.” She smiled. “It’s because you’re untrustworthy.”

Garak beamed at her approvingly, rather as a parent might at a small child who has just said something extremely clever.

“You’re learning, Commander! You’re learning.