Alright already. I can take a hint.

Thanks!

Whaddaya gonna do?

Why I oughtta…

Puts off a man-child Will Ferrell vibe, but more petulant.

The dryness really sells it. Bit long, though. Love the Data contractions segment.

Kim should count his lucky stars that Janeway even believes his report.

Sometimes they swim back.

I’ll count it if you count this:

Smoldering, possibly charred flesh, but uncertain. I just chalk it up to “Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.”

This one’s being stubborn. Perhaps a bit o’ dirty talk will loosen him up.

Was just about to post the text from the episode before your edit. So it was a bargained extortion.

edit: here it is anyway

SISKO: Maybe I don’t know much about Ferengi culture but I do know who holds the lease on your bar.

QUARK: The Federation. And I couldn’t ask for better landlords.

SISKO: That’s because we don’t ask you to pay your rent, or to reimburse us for your maintenance repairs, or the drain on the station’s power supply.

QUARK: You’re a very generous people.

SISKO: Until today. Let’s see. Five years of back rent, plus power consumption, plus the repairs. Do you know how much latinum that is?

QUARK: A lot.

Good memory. I vaguely recall some sort of extortion/bargaining scene.

It would make The Doc over at Voyager proud.

Meanwhile, Quark’s out one holosuite for a chunk of potential customers, footing the bill for power consumption, and chipping away at his profits.