"Improbable Cause"/"The Die is Cast" Line-by-Line

[Alienesse]

ROMULAN: Why should we hide it? Retaya was wanted for crimes against the Romulan Empire. His execution was perfectly legal.

 

[Gul Re'jal]

SISKO: We have information that he may have worked as an assassin.

 

[Alienesse]

ROMULAN: I have nothing to corroborate that, though it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Gul Re'jal]

SISKO: Shortly after he came here, someone tried to kill a Cardassian who lives aboard the station.

 

[Alienesse]

ROMULAN: That would be Mister Garak. A cobbler, I believe.

 

[Gul Re'jal]

SISKO: A tailor, actually.

 

[Alienesse]

ROMULAN: I'll correct our records. That is, if he's still alive.

 

[Gul Re'jal]

SISKO: He is.

 

[Alienesse]

ROMULAN: Well, is there anything else?

 

[LeadHead]

Odo: One more thing. How long had the Tal Shiar been looking for Retaya?

 

[Alienesse]

ROMULAN: Nearly a year. Why?

 

[LeadHead]

Odo: Isn't curious that you finally caught up with him here, just hours after he attempted to kill Mister Garak.

 

[Alienesse]

ROMULAN: We're just grateful to have found him at all. Now, if you're finished, Commander, I have other matters to attend to.

(Transmission ends)

 

[LeadHead]

Sisko: I take it you don't believe her either.

 

[Alienesse]

ODO: No.

 

[CoveTom]

SISKO: But the question still remains: Why would the Romulans want to have Mr. Garak killed?

 

[LeadHead]

Odo: I don't know. Considering those uniforms of theirs, you'd think they'd appreciate a descent tailor.

 

[Alienesse]

SISKO: So, where does this leave your investigation?

 

[LeadHead]

Odo: At a standstill. We don't know that the Romulans hired the Flaxian. We don't even know that it was Retaya who tried to kill Garak. All we do know is that a bomb went off in Garaks shop.

 

[Leandar]

Sisko: All right, then let's start with him. What do we know about Garak? He was exiled from Cardassia. For what reason, we're not sure. He never leaves the station. He avoids contact with other Cardassians. And it's possible he was once an intelligence agent of the Obsidian Order.