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Julian Bashir finds his place in the Great Cardassian Union through the humble influence of seven important individuals.
Part 4: The Spy
Chapter 5: the Handoff"Tomorrow," Sloan clasped his hand between his, voice far away through the thundering of Julian's heart. "I wish I could take you now but this all ends tomorrow. You've done so well."
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Trapped without medical supplies, Julian uses an experimental device to save Garak’s life. It has an unintended side effect.
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It’s genuinely very handy being the only endotherm on a planet populated entirely by ectotherms. Except for when it causes misunderstandings. Misunderstandings that could have been easily avoided if someone had simply explained things before they got to this point, Garak.
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Julian Bashir finds himself expelled from Starfleet and the Federation, stranded on Cardassia without as much as a translator. In his depression, he just wanders, until he finds a little kid in need of help...
Written for the Babel Trek Open Project!
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The child turns back to his small pile of possessions, digging through the old clothes until he finds something. The boy gives him an old and worn book. " Yiah’go." If Julian remembers correctly, that's the imperative form of read.Julian winces because he can’t tell a story. He doesn’t know the language well enough — then he sees it’s a grammar book. Probably something salvaged in the rubble, since a child that young wouldn’t be attending school anyway, even if his circumstances had been different.
"Yiah’go." The kid leans on him, rubbing his eyes and letting out a small noise that sounds suspiciously like a yawn.
Julian sighs to himself, taking a few deep breaths. He can do this. Julian starts to make up a story in his own language, moving his hands through the air. At this point he doesn't think the child will care.
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Everyone has a daemon, an animal that represents their soul and serves as their lifelong companion. Most everyone also has a soulmate, their daemons imprinted onto each other's wrists in beautiful detail.
Miles has one on each wrist, but only one of them has settled, leaving Miles lost to their identity. Garak has one and resents that he has that many. And Julian wears cuffs around his wrists and never touches the hummingbird on his shoulder.
Eventually, all three of these things start to change.
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