Rurigan says the questions from Odo can wait until morning. She shies away from Odo and won't talk to him because she believes her mother will eventually come back. After Dax scans for EM traces and detects nothing, Odo talks to Taya, Rurigan's granddaughter. He confirms that his daughter was the latest victim to disappear.

The first-person Dax and Odo talk to is Rurigan, the elder of the village.

Odo offers his assistance as an investigator. They convince the Protector they did nothing, leaving Colyus disappointed the Starfleet officers had been his last possible suspects in twenty-two unsolved disappearances occurring over a period of months. Odo demonstrates their innocence by temporarily beaming himself back to the runabout, saying if they wanted to escape capture, they would have already. They both insist they have committed no crime and had just arrived. However, Jake seems to do it because he has to rather than because he wants to.īack on the planet, Colyus interrogates Dax and Odo. He eventually talks Jake into becoming Chief Miles O'Brien's apprentice, saying it would look great on his entrance request to Starfleet Academy. Commander Sisko also talks to his son Jake about getting a job. Meanwhile, on Deep Space 9, Major Kira Nerys keeps her eye on Quark and stops his cousin Kono from smuggling stolen merchandise from a museum on Cardassia V onto the station. Odo suggests they leave, but Dax insists on scanning it in more detail, and they are discovered by Protector Colyus who is brandishing a weapon. Once on the planet, they find a small village, and with their limited tricorder functions determine the source to be some sort of reactor at the center of the village. These particles are very rare, and they appear to be interfering with other scans, so the pair beams down to the planet. When Dax and Odo investigate the particle field on a nearby planet, Dax detects omicron particles isolated in a small valley.

Odo has come along to the Gamma Quadrant hoping to find clues to his origin.' Commander Sisko has assigned me to investigate an unusual particle field detected on the other side of the wormhole. Summary Teaser ' Science officer's log, Stardate 47603.3.

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