



what she says: i’m fine
what she means: according to memory alpha there is exactly one (1) instance of quark ever breaking the law prior to opening his bar on terok nor (that time when he and his cousin barbo sold defective warp drives to the tarahongians). quark managed to avoid all charges for that incident by betraying barbo - so, technically, he had a clean criminal record, meaning that he started Doing Crimes in earnest only AFTER he met odo, which can only mean that petty crime was his way of getting odo to pay attention to him…right?
The place is almost deserted. There hasn’t been a ship in for three days and yet you just sit here like a Baneriam Hawk looking for prey. This is your chance to relax. I could set you up with a terrific holosuite programme.
That man loves me. Couldn’t you see? It was written all over his back.