



[id: 11 gifs from season 3, episode 6 āthe abandonedā from the tv series āstar trek: deep space nineā, the gifs show jadzia dax and benjamin sisko walking through the promenade.
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th gif: jadzia and sisko are walking in tandem, sisko says, āi never thought iād hear myself saying this, but i miss taking care of jake when he was a baby. i miss holding him, singing to him at night, feeding him.ā he gestures with his hands as he speaks, and smiles when recollecting the pasting.
5th gif: ālistening to him cry, changing his diapers, worrying when he was sick.ā jadzia counters, she is teasing sisko.
6th gif: "i havenāt forgotten.ā sisko says as they come to a small pause, they turn towards a window that overlooks space. sisko puts his hand on jadziaās shoulder.
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th gif: sisko turns to face jadzia, he starts speaking once more, ābut there are times when i would give almost anything for the days when i could make jake happy just by lifting him over my head.ā sisko gestures with his hands, and the camera cuts to show jadzia smiling at sisko.
11th gif: āgood night.ā sisko bids jadzia and takes his leave. jadzia turns a bit to watch him walk away. /id end]
[ID: six gifs from season 2, episode 20 “The Maquis, Part I” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine", the gifs show, in order from left to right, kira nerys, miles o’brien, julian bashier, jadzia dax, odo standing around in a circle. they are all watching commander benjamin sisko in his office, who is off screen.
1st gif: “what do you think they’re telling him?” julian wonders. kira shifts herself so she is facing julian and replies, “with two kidnappings and a ship exploding in the course of a week, i’m sure they’ve got a few things to say.”
2nd gif: “it’s their own fault. i’ve been warning them since the beginning.” odo comments, still watching commander sisko in his office. o’brien is surprised by odo’s words, and asks him “what are you talking about – their fault? you’re in charge of security.”
3rd & 4th gif: odo turns to look at o’brien and replies, “if you will let me be in charge of security, i will give you a safe station. you people tell me to do my job,
then give me a federation rule book listing all the things i can’t do. untie my hands before you start to blame me, mr. o'brien.” as odo speaks, he keeps turning to look at commander sisko.5th gif: “i’m sure no one meant to blame you, odo.“ jadzia tries to decrease the tension by interjecting. odo keeps going none the less, “give me the right to set a curfew. let me do more searches of arriving passengers. give me 50 more deputies.”
6th gif: kira interjects saying “and this station will be just the way it was during the occupation.” odo disagrees with her, “say what you like. it was safer then.” “unless you happened to be a bajoran.” kira bitterly reminds him. /end ID]
[ID: four gifs from season 2, episode 18 “blood oath” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show parallels from the episode with benjamin sisko and jadzia dax. in the first two sisko is sitting on a chair looking at jadzia, who is standing and carrying a bad on her shoulder. in the last two, they are both standing ]
1st gif: “let’s say you even survive this insanity. you expect to come back here and resume your duties, as though nothing’s happened?”, sisko asks dax, he is angry and worried for dax
2nd gif: “i guess that’ll be up to you.” dax repies and walks away.
3rd gif: sisko sees dax, he walks away saying nothing.
4th gif: dax goes to sit in her seat, relieved to be back./end ID]
After 356 years and seven lifetimes⦠I still lead with my heart.
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“We carry the dead with us only until we die too, and then it is we who are borne along for a little while, and then our bearers in their turn drop, and so on into the unimaginable generations.”
― John Banville,