Vedek Bareil Antos

Star Trek Deep Space Nine

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They’re dead. They weren’t a part of this rebellion. The Dominion knew that. The Founder knew that. Weyoun knew that. To kill her and my son… the casual brutality of it… the waste of life. What kind of state tolerates the murder of innocent women and children? - Damar

“You see, Captain, when I was seven years old I was given a piece of sugar candy and I was led by a Cardassian into a room where my father was sitting. And he looked at me with eyes I’d never seen. The Cardassian began to ask him questions, and during the next two hours, as I was forced to watch, my father was tortured until he died. And I remember feeling so ashamed of him as he begged for mercy. I was ashamed of him for being weak. I was ashamed of being Bajoran. Later I began to understand how misguided those feelings were. And yet somehow, they have remained a part of me. I don’t want to be ashamed of my heritage any longer, Captain. I serve the Federation. But I am Bajoran.”