Stardate not given: Quark purchases the wreckage of a ship from the Gamma Quadrant and finds an alien infant whom he takes to the infirmary. To Dr. Bashir's surprise the child grows to the equivalent of an eight-year-old boy who can speak in a matter of a few hours. The boy is a young Jem'Hadar. Odo, who is afraid that the boy may end up as a lab rat like he used to be one himself, receives Sisko's approval to work with the young Jem'Hadar. But despite all his efforts to educate him, the boys only interest is violence. While a Starfleet vessel is already on the way to pick up the young warrior, the boy threatens Sisko with a phaser and demands access to a runabout to leave for the Gamma Quadrant. Odo is aware that the young Jem'Hadar would either kill someone or be killed on his way, so he insists on accompanying him.

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