Anonymous asked:

flashfic: root beer

thornfield13713 answered:

“Ugh! Garak, that’s vile - What is it?”

“You don’t know?”

“No! Is this revenge for the ice-cream thing? I swear, I didn’t think it’d give you brain-freeze after just one spoonful-”

“Quark assures me this is a human drink. He claimed it was called ‘root beer’.”

“Well, it’s horrible. Wait, why did you think I’d know it? It’s not exactly a common drink where I come from.”

“I thought it was from Earth.”

“Well, yes, but there’s Earth and there’s Earth, you know? It’s not like all Cardassian food is the same.”

“Well, that is a weight off my mind. Not that I don’t always enjoy your company, my dear, but there are limits to what I will tolerate in the name of our friendship.”

“It’s not as if rokassa juice is really any better…”