1. Actually went back to the holosuites with Julian to play James Bond games after ‘Our Man Bashir’ because…honestly, it’s the funniest thing he’s ever seen in his life. Especially the death-traps. Julian in a death trap is an absolute delight to watch, and not just because of all the contortions he has to go through to get out of them. So long as there’s no risk of actual death, it’s really all very entertaining.

2. Garak always knew he was Tain’s son, and that he must never speak of it, and that he ought to consider himself lucky he wasn’t killed in infancy. He was a servant in Tain’s house from the moment he was old enough to carry a tea-tray. That one day out in the country he mentions on Tain’s deathbed was the first time Tain actually took any real interest in him, and the first and last time he ever showed Garak anything that could pass for affection.

3. His favourite human novel is Persuasion. Nobody understands this. At all. His favourite Cardassian novel is still The Never-Ending Sacrifice, even after Cardassia is destroyed and the book has fallen out of favour.

4. Is, by Cardassian standards, a bit of a hopeless romantic. This has, notably, rarely interfered with him betraying, killing or using people he cares about for the good of the state, at least partly because such behaviour is contextualised by Cardassian culture. His behaviour with Julian, for example, is…actually a bit old-fashioned, but heavily rooted in Cardassian romantic mores. He figures he can get away with it on a Bajoran station where hardly anyone has seen Cardassians courting, as the Occupation of Bajor was not somewhere this sort of behaviour was widely engaged in even between Cardassians.

5. Has a bit of a sweet tooth and is seriously contemplating introducing chocolate to Cardassia‘s agricultural colonies at some point after the rebuilding is at a tolerable level.

6. Lost count of the number of people whose deaths he is responsible for years ago. Will make up a number if you asked him. The number of people he has killed directly he does remember, but will claim he doesn’t.

7. Had some dissident sympathies even at the height of his career under Tain. If he had truly believed killing Natima Lang and her students was what would be best for Cardassia, he would have killed them and not batted an eye, but even then he was aware, on some level, that the way Cardassia was, the Cardassia he had served, was unsustainable and would need to change or die. He rather wishes it hadn’t done both.

8. Actually likes a lot of human literature much better than he claims, but goes out of his way to be offended by it, and to find Cardassian literature that will offend Julian, just so they can bicker more. Has a hidden stash of Georgette Heyer and John le Carre he doesn’t want anyone to know about.

9. Keeps a small hydroponics garden in his quarters, though it’s not enough for him to grow his beloved Edosian orchids. After the war, there isn’t enough to spare to re-fertilise the Cardassian soil, and so he doesn’t start gardening again for years.

10. Has never really got along with riding hounds. He is awful at riding them, having been dreadful as a child and not having improved with age, and doesn’t really care for them as a species. Before the war, this didn’t matter so much. Afterwards…it’s more difficult, as due to the destruction of the Cardassian public transport system riding hounds are once again integral to Cardassian life.