[ @tongowheel & @astralglam filed reports . from eros: 💞 you know. you know. from xiao: 💞 snarling at you. About quark
“ About Quark, I know, I know. What’s there to tell? ” Odo waves a hand, leans back at the bar. There’s a little upturn at the corner of his mouth. “ That is a joke. The truth is, Quark’s the closest friend I’ve ever had. He’s known me the longest, he’s... seen me at my absolute worst. He’s been there for me at my worst. And at my best. He’s the first person I want to share things with, when good things happen, and he’s the last person I want to see suffering -- unless I’m the cause of it. But really, while we may have our disagreements, they’re never the core. We’re more alike than either of us might care to admit -- we see things the same way. Quark doesn’t judge me for what I am, or who I’ve been; or if he does, he says it to my face, and I can trust that no matter what happens, in spite of life, there will always be one person who I can count on to see me as I am, especially when I... can’t see it for myself.
“ And he knows he can count on me to do the same, that I’ll look out for him, pluck him up when he strays a little close to a fox’s den, unwaveringly. I missed him, while I was gone. I was... missing a piece of myself. I thought I’d find it, in the Link, and I still feel I did what I had to do, but I do regret... not coming back sooner. Not recognizing sooner in my life that I don’t have to walk it alone. But I’m here now, and that’s what matters. I need Quark in my life. There’s no one like him. And no one else makes me feel more at home. ”
