Well, Jadzia's the new host. New being comparative. Most recent? She's our lead science officer, she's brilliant, and I've been told that coming from me, that's a compliment. Not that I think people are stupid generally. I'm just smarter than most of them.

[Well... it's not meant immodestly. Like stating stars are bright and water is wet, Julian is smart.

But he then listens attentively, nodding and looking increasingly uncomfortable. His hand dashes up to the spot, pressing and drawing a slight wince of discomfort. He whispers in her brief pause.]

Engineering. I'm an engineer.

[He just knows it, like he just knows so many things he's been briefly exposed to, only without the accompanying memory and flash of where he knows it from.

And then that word and he actually blanches.]

Au- augments. They- no, of course not. It's a technological, neuro-cortical augmentation implant of some kind.

[He gives a laugh that is a touch closer to hysteric than easy.]

I wonder if Garak had worked out how to hack his. He managed it with his other implant, I don't see what would stop him this time.