Stardate 47603.3: On an unexplored planet in the Gamma Quadrant the Yaderan village administrator Colyus asks Dax and Odo to investigate the case of 22 people who have vanished. The two interview Taya, the granddaughter of Rurigan, one of the village's founders. She was the last to see her mother. Rurigan, however, says he believes no one will ever return. When Dax notices that a Yaderan scanning device disappears outside the village boundaries, and Taya's arm disappears as well, it is clear that the village is holographic. Dax shuts down the simulation to restart it later. Everything vanishes, and only Rurigan is still there. He recreated what he had lost when the Dominion took over Yadera Prime. He is ready to return to what is left of his homeworld, but Odo convinces him that the simulation may be just as real as he wants it to be.

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