#bashir tells garak about it that night and he thinks its an absolute hoot

[fauvester]

Lim wondering if this is how yadek felt in the obsidian order when disposing of the regnars before refusing to draw any parallels between himself and garak for another decade

WAKHDJKDHFKJH years later lim confessing to julian about his crime and resulting dIsplay of adolescent psychopathology and julians like. That's so funny, that's EXACTLY what garak said about all the assassinations. And lim Realizes

#ELIM GARAK 'NO RELATION TO ELIM GARAK' MY ASS! THATS HIS FUCKING SON!!! #bashir tells garak about it that night and he thinks its an absolute hoot #he holds that lim would have been a promising operative because hes aggressively average in looks and behavior #i mean. not like garak ever TOLD julian about what he did in the OO. not directly. #but maybe after a few decades he's comfortable enough to obliquely discuss it as a joke #perhaps to lovingly poke fun at his beloved son whos coming around to accepting moral ambiguity #lim in his 30s like Yes well yadek i know what you went through as a state spy. because of the hotpot lizards. i know #garak: oh of course. you're a cold blooded murderer. the blood of tain and whatnot. #lim: if youd gone abroad as a cook instead of a tailor would you dispose of bodies in your slow cooker #garak: well it would have to be a very large slow cooker. i suppose if i were a professional chef it would have to be though. #lim: you could never be a professional chef. you're too precious about stains and you lack the strength of conviction the kitchen requires #(the kids refer to garaks exile as Living Abroad. like its a fun anthropologic vacation)