"Second Skin" Line-By-Line

(She smashes the mirror with her fist and cries.)

GHEMOR: Iliana!

 

KIRA: No.

 

GHEMOR: It's all right. Everything will be all right. (He tries to comfort her.) I'm a selfish old man. I can't keep you here any longer, no matter how much I want to. Entek will never rest until he's broken you. If he takes you to Order Headquarters. We must get you away from Cardassia.

 

KIRA: You'd do that for me? Why?

 

GHEMOR: You're my daughter, Iliana. There's nothing I wouldn't do for you. Even if it means losing you again.

(some time later)

(Kira is looking at the carving again when Ghemor comes in.)

GHEMOR: Iliana? Here. For you. (It's a bracelet.)

 

KIRA: It's beautiful.

 

GHEMOR: It was your mother's. I want you to have it to remember her by.

 

KIRA: I can't take this.

 

GHEMOR: There's no use arguing. I can be as stubborn as you. It runs in the family.

 

ARI: Legate?

 

GHEMOR: Iliana this is Ari. He's a friend. He's going to help get you off Cardassia.

 

KIRA: Without the Order's knowledge? How's that possible?

 

GHEMOR: I have friends who can arrange things, friends who think the same way I do.

 

ARI: The Obsidian Order and the Central Command have been given too much power over our lives. We're going to change that.

 

KIRA: You're a dissident?

 

ARI: Your father is a great man. He has everything any Cardassian could want, yet he's willing to risk his life for what he believes.

 

GHEMOR: People like Ari are the heroes. My position protects me. The risk is theirs.

 

ARI: Legate, I have to get your daughter to our next contact.

 

GHEMOR: Goodbye, Iliana. I love you.

 

KIRA: Legate, I...