Hviezdny dátum neuvedený: Po návrate z konferencie, na ktorej sa diskutovalo o „nezaujatom pohľade“ na cardassijskú okupáciu Bajoru, sú Sisko, Odo, Garak a Dax bez života. Posádka v bezvedomí sa prebúdza na Terok Nor, zrejme v čase, keď Odov predchodca Thrax bol stále v službe, pred viac ako deviatimi rokmi. Potom, čo Daxa odviedli do kancelárie Gula Dukata, traja muži zistia, že v tejto realite sú traja Bajorani menom Ishan Chaye, Jillur Gueta a Timor Landi. Odo si spomína, že títo traja boli falošne obvinení z pokusu o atentát na Gula Dukata a boli popravení – stalo sa to však v čase, keď už bol Odo šéfom bezpečnosti stanice. Thrax sa premení na meňavca a Odo chce nedopustiť, aby sa to znova stalo. Nakoniec sú však traja väzni zoradení na popravu v prítomnosti Dukata a ďalšieho Oda, rovnako ako sa to stalo pred siedmimi rokmi. Štvorica sa prebudí na Deep Space 9. Doktor Bashir zistí, že počas plazmovej búrky Odove morfogénne enzýmy vytvorili niečo ako miniatúrnu verziu Veľkého spojenia so svojimi kolegami z posádky a znovu prežili udalosť z minulosti, za ktorú stále cíti vinu. .

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Stardate not given: Returning from a conference on which a "dispassionate view" of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor was being discussed, Sisko, Odo, Garak and Dax are found lifeless in their runabout. The unconscious crew wake up on Terok Nor, apparently at a time when Odo's Predecessor Thrax was still on duty, more than nine years ago. After Dax has been taken to Gul Dukat's office, the three men discover that, in this reality, they are three Bajorans named Ishan Chaye, Jillur Gueta and Timor Landi. Odo recalls that these three were falsely accused of attempting to assassinate Gul Dukat and were executed - but this happened at a time when Odo was already the station's head of security. Thrax morphs into a changeling, and Odo is eager to not let it happen again. But in the end the three prisoners are lined up for execution in the presence of Dukat and another Odo, just as it happened seven years ago. The four wake up on Deep Space 9. Dr. Bashir finds out that during a plasma storm Odo's morphogenic enzymes created something like a miniature version of the Great Link with his crewmates, and they relived the event from the past that he still feels guilt about.

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