"The House of Quark" Line-by-Line

[May 20]

[O'Brien's quarters]

(Keiko is tending a bonsai when O'Brien comes home.)
O'BRIEN: Hi, honey.

 

[Athena28]

KEIKO: Hi.

 

[sekundant]

O'BRIEN: Oh, what a day. Synthale, tall glass. We had three Kobheerian freighter captains who all wanted to use the same docking port. Someone stole a case of medical supplies from the Infirmary. Two power failures. How was school?

 

[May 20]

KEIKO: I closed it.

(I had forgotten that this was the B story. I may be in the minority, but I actually like their relationship.)

 

[mattman8907]

O'BRIEN: You closed the school? Why? What happened?

 

[May 20]

KEIKO: My last two Bajoran students left today. Their families relocated back to Bajor. That left Jake, Nog, and a lot of empty chairs.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

O'BRIEN: What about Jake and Nog?Don't they have to?

 

[sekundant]

KEIKO: I told them I'd be happy to tutor them from now on. Two students are not enough to sustain a school.

 

[May 20]

O'BRIEN: I'm really sorry, Keiko.

 

[Athena28]

KEIKO: It's not your fault. Everyone's just afraid of the Dominion. People aren't going to be moving their families to the station anymore. That means no more children, which means no more school. Don't look so upset. It's not like I was planning to be a teacher for the rest of my life.

 

[Kertrats47]

O'BRIEN: Keiko.

 

[sekundant]

KEIKO: I'm fine, really.
(And goes over to another bonsai, because she's lying.)

 

[May 20]

[Quark's]

(Business is great, despite Odo standing there, arms folded.)
QUARK: Don't worry Constable, I won't be dispatching anymore customers today. You don't have to keep an eye on me.

 

[Kertrats47]

ODO: Thank you for putting my mind at ease, but I didn't come here to protect the patrons from your violent temper.

 

[May 20]

QUARK: Then what can I do for you?

 

[Kertrats47]

ODO: I just thought you'd like to know who it was that you killed in self defense.

 

[May 20]

ODO: His name was Kozak. By all accounts a thoroughly disreputable character, a notorious drunkard.

 

[sekundant]

QUARK: Well, sounds like someone who was going to get himself killed sooner or later. It's a shame it had to happen here.

 

[mattman8907]

ODO: Isn't it? I thought that you would also like to know that Kozak wasn't just some drifter passing through. In fact, he was the head of a Klingon family. A rather powerful family from what I can gather. Now, do you want to change your story or do you want to wait for Kozak's family to show up and ask to see the Ferengi bartender who killed him?

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

QUARK: I told you what happened, Constable. Now either order something or make room for a paying customer.