"The House of Quark" Line-by-Line

QUARK: What's done?

 

TUMEK: The ceremony is complete. You are husband and wife.

 

[Commander's office]

SISKO: And while you're at it, have alpha shift begin a series of battle drills. I'm not satisfied with their last performance evaluations.

 

(O'Brien enters.)
O'BRIEN: Oh excuse me, sir. I can come back later.

 

SISKO: No, no, no, no. We're done here. What can I do for you?

 

O'BRIEN: Well, it's kind of private.

 

O'BRIEN: How did you know?

 

DAX: I've been a husband and I've been a wife, and I know that look from both sides. Come on.

 

KIRA: What?

 

DAX: This is where we make a graceful exit, and let the boys talk amongst themselves.

 

KIRA: (stays sitting) Must be some kind of human thing.

 

SISKO: Well, I'm sure the old man will be happy to explain it to you on your way out.
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(Dax and Kira leave.)
SISKO: Chief. I guess Keiko must be very upset about the school closing.

 

O'BRIEN: That's just it sir. She's acting like she doesn't care, like there's nothing's wrong.

 

SISKO: It sounds bad.

 

O'BRIEN: I've tried to lift her spirits a bit, romantic dinners, long moonlit walks in the holosuite. I even rearranged my work schedule so I could spend more time with her. Nothing seemed to make a difference.

 

SISKO: But now you have an idea.

 

O'BRIEN: Yes, sir. I'd like permission to convert one of the empty cargo bays into an arboretum.

 

SISKO: I think bay twenty one would be ideal. The ODN conduits are shot, and the security systems never worked anyway.