"Homefront"/"Paradise Lost" Line-by-Line

Jake: So how's everything at the Academy?

 

NOG: Jake, they call it the Academy, but what it really is is school.

 

Jake: I want to hear about it.

 

NOG: It's a lot of work. Lots of classes, lots of studying. I'm doing okay. Now where are those tube grubs?

 

(Later, the last of the satisfied customers are leaving.)

Joseph: Good night. You come back soon. Come on, Ben. I've got a nice bottle of cognac I've been saving for a special occasion, and I think this qualifies.

 

SISKO: I think you're right.

 

Ben and Joseph leave...

Sometime later...
NOG: Ah. There's nothing like a full stomach to make life worth living.

 

JAKE: So, you going to tell me what's on your mind or not?

 

NOG: What do you mean?

 

JAKE: I mean you didn't stay here until closing just to get one more root beer. Something's up.

 

NOG: My friend the writer. Always looking for a good story.

 

JAKE: If you don't want to tell me, fine. Don't tell me.

 

NOG: It's nothing. It's stupid.

 

JAKE: All right. Forget about it.

 

NOG: It's just the Academy is different than I thought it would be.

 

JAKE: Different how?

 

NOG: Some of the cadets. They're kind of standoffish, especially the upperclassmen.

 

JAKE: Because you're a Ferengi?

 

NOG: That's what I thought at first. But then I heard some of the other freshmen complaining about the same thing.

 

JAKE: Complaining about what?