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"The Homecoming"/"The Circle"/"The Siege" Line-by-Line!

SISKO: Then I guess some of us won't quite be done by the time they get here.

To Be Continued...

In "The Siege", SISKO Continues: Starfleet feels it has no other choice. The Federation is here at the invitation of the Bajoran provisional government.
 
SISKO: Governments can break off relations with an edict. It's not so easy when it comes down to our level. Lieutenant Bilecki here is engaged to a young man from Bajor. Ensign Kelly. Ensign Kelly's daughter and a Bajoran girl worked together on a prize-winning science fair project. All of us who have served on the station for the past year have made Bajoran friends. We've come to care about what happens to these people. I know I do. So I've decided to stay. Just to make sure the evacuation is conducted properly.
 
SISKO: Before you volunteer too quickly, understand what you're getting into. We'll be trying to delay the takeover of the station as long as possible. Hopefully as long as it takes to expose the Cardassians' involvement in all this. It won't be easy. The Bajoran assault forces have been told that the Federation is their blood enemy. Jaro and the Circle would love nothing more than to have my head and yours and present them to the Chamber of Ministers. This is your last chance to leave here in one piece. Some of you have families. Some are on temporary assignment. I wouldn't blame anyone for getting out now while you can. I mean that. Anyone who wants to evacuate is dismissed.
(No one moves.)
SISKO: Non-Bajorans won't be safe here. Our families, children have to be evacuated. I'm sure many of the Bajorans who have worked with us will want to leave too. There's a lot to get done. The assault vessels will be here in less than five hours. Dismissed.
 
[Promenade]

(Everyone is heading for the airlock - except...)

QUARK: Hundreds of people to evacuate and only three tiny runabouts available. Do you know what that means?
 
ROM: It means a lot of people will be left behind. Tragic. Yes, brother, your compassion never ceases to amaze me.
 
QUARK: Rom, do you actually believe that I would sacrifice my own brother's life for personal profit? (Rom nods.) It would have to be the deal of a lifetime.
 
QUARK: Listen to me. We're both going to escape. But our bags will be packed with all the gold-pressed latinum we can carry.
 
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