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Six months ago on Cardassia Prime, Loen Golnon is tasked to travel to Starbase 118 and make sure Ambassador Zorkal is slowed down enough in his work to be relieved of his position. On his way into Federation territory, he meets Sokih Nellak, a girl barely past the age of emergence. He dislikes her for her service-class background but decides that she might be useful to him. | |||
In the here and now, Ferri is called to the Embassy for an appointment with the Ambassador. Lukin lets her wait in the lobby, where she admires an especially beautiful bouquet of flowers before his current aide, Ringot, tells her that Zorkal will not have any time for her today. Ferri leaves the Embassy, determined to return in the afternoon. Later that day, however, she finds herself feeling nauseous and dizzy, and informs Lukin that she will not be able to attend their meeting. He responds that he himself is feeling ill and, alarmed by his admittance of vulnerability, Ferri decides to seek him out to make sure that he is alright. | |||
When Ferri arrives at Lukin's quarters, he is visibly ill and hallucinating, and Ferri realizes that they have been poisoned. Despite her wish to protect him in his current position, he orders her to report to One-Eighteen's sickbay. After a short argument in which Lukin asserts himself, Ferri makes her way to sickbay, scared of having to reveal her condition to the federation staff she doesn't trust. | |||
Lukin snaps out of his hallucination and once more calls Ferri, now ordering her to return to Coranum District and meet with a Cardassian physician of Lukin's choosing. Once more, Ferri obeys. The physician, a doctor by the name of Dekor, isn't particularly pleasant to deal with but treats her symptoms and allows her to remain in his care to recover. | |||
Once Ferri has recovered, she reports back to Lukin, who tasks her to find the source of the toxin. Ferri scans, and eventually suspects the flowers to be the culprit. An analysis reveals that they have been manipulated on a cellular level to create the toxin, and a review of the surveillance footage showed that Sokih Nellak, one of the girls employed for housekeeping, brought the flowers into the Ambassadors office. After Ferri cleanses Lukin's office of the poison, she takes a moment to dwell at the pond in front of the Embassy. | |||
Lukin joins her, but she doesn't quite seem herself. She speaks more casually and openly with him, and tells him that she is on her way to pick up her younger sibling, after her father informed her that the girl once more ran away from home to be with her. Ferri, believing herself to be back on Cardassia Prime and studying art, confides in Lukin, who she believes to be a friend of hers, telling him about her wishes to travel, and that she plans to rent an apartment and let her little sister live with her. Lukin walks her home, satisfied with the information he was able to gain about her. | |||
Sokih is summoned for interrogation and swears that she is innocent. She claims to only have had good intentions when she brought the flowers into the Ambassador's office and no knowledge of any kind of poison. Ferri believes her, and reports back to Zorkal. The Ambassador however decides that Sokih is guilty of having poisoned him, knowingly or not, and orders Ferri to dispose of her. Ferri argues against it, but cannot bring Lukin to reconsider. He expects her to make a plan and inform him about how she would proceed, and wait for his approval before executing it. | |||
She returns to the Embassy on the next day and informs Zorkal about her plan. She is still reluctant and unsure if she can go through with it. Lukin then reveals that he never intended for her to dispose of the girl. Instead, he wanted to see if she would obey his orders. Satisfied with the results, he offers her a position as his aide, which Ferri agrees to. | |||
Loen Golnon once more meets with Sokih Nellak. It is revealed that he suggested she bring the flowers to the Ambassador, and that he is behind the poison. When Sokih informs him that she will be leaving for Cardassia Prime within a few days, he decides to tie up loose ends. A few days later, Loen and Sokih say their farewells, and Loen gifts Sokih a box of sweets. She thanks him and mentions that she will share them with her little brother, and Loen is sure to reiterate that she should, despite sharing, eat enough of them. | |||
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