[Garak's shop]
Am I interrupting?
Ah. You must be Ezri Dax. The Captain told me that you'd be dropping by to counsel me.
Is that all right? Oh, it all depends on what
it involves. I'm a very private person. I understand. So is it helping?
The sewing. Is it making you feel better? Thankfully, yes.
You're lucky, nothing helps me. Are you claustrophobic too?
Why would you say that? You just said
No, I get spacesick. Ever since I was joined. I'm very sensitive to motion. I can even feel
the station spinning. Really?
It's because of what happened to Torias. He was killed in a shuttle accident.
But why would that make you spacesick? Because I blame myself for what happened.
You were piloting? Yes. No. Depends on how you look at it.
Torias was my fifth host. Didn't I say that? No.
Well, he was. And I think the reason that his death has stayed with me for
so long is because I just can't seem to forgive him for getting himself killed.
But you said it was an accident. So if he's not to blame, then you're not to blame, either.
I know. But somehow I can't help but punish myself for it.
By getting spacesick. Exactly.
Don't take this the wrong way, but it sounds to me as if you're
the one that needs to see a counsellor. You're probably right. But I didn't come here
to talk about myself, I came to talk about you. So you did.
Do you remember anything traumatic counselor to you when you were young. Something
involving getting trapped in a confined space. If I had been that careless, my? father would
have left me there to teach me a lesson. Sounds like he was strict.
He didn't get to be the head of the Obsidian Order without a sense of discipline.
Did he discipline you? He punished me when I misbehaved.
What father wouldn't? Tobin.
My second host. He could not bring himself to discipline his children, no matter what they did.
But that's another story. How did you say that your father punished you?
He'd lock me in a closet. Why didn't you mention that when I asked
if you'd ever been trapped in a confined space. I wasn't trapped. I knew he'd let me
out as soon as I learned my lesson. Learned your lesson? Did you think you
deserved to be locked in that closet? I could be very stubborn.
You blame yourself. Just like I blame myself for that shuttle
accident. Maybe you get claustrophobic for the same reason that I get spacesick.
We're both punishing ourselves for things that weren't our fault. That's it. Don't you see? We
both have to let go of all this misplaced guilt. And if we do, our problems will simply disappear?
Not overnight, but it's a step in the right direction.
Well, I'll certainly give your advice some thought.
Me too.
Are you all right? To tell the truth,
I'm starting to feel a little claustrophobic.
Probably because we've been talking about it. I'm starting to feel a little space sick myself.
If it's all the same to you, I think I'll go back to my sewing.
Good idea. Thank you for stopping by.
My pleasure. (Music)