#ds9kin

i really, really, really miss my life on DS9. it was a surprisingly cozy place. the crew was so close-knit, it was the closest thing to a family i ever had.

they kept me safe from Section 31. Doctor Bashir did his best to help me overcome the trauma of my creation and early life. he definitely had a scientific interest in me, but he also cared about me a lot as an individual. we were both GMOs with complicated origins so we had something in common. no one had ever successfully engineered a changeling/human hybrid — everyone believed it was impossible — so my existence was kind of a medical miracle. i was the subject of a lot of study, but Dr Bashir never forced me into any of it

Odo might have been grumpy and anti-social to others, but to me, he was the closest thing i had to a father. he was also fascinated by me. we were both changelings but i was extremely limited in my abilities; he could turn into any object, but i was limited to mammals from Earth. he never had to eat or drink, but i had a ferocious metabolism and needed a huge amount of food compared to my small size. for a long time i was the closest thing he had to another shapeshifter and i think having each other made us both feel a little less lonely.

Jadzia Dax was very fun. once i'd bonded with the crew, i became a little bit of a menace. i was easily bored and i had no official duties. Jadzia deeply enjoyed my antics and was known to enable me quite a bit. on especially slow days, sometimes she would sneak me into Ops to cause trouble. that was always fun. she also helped me a lot. so much of my trauma with Section 31 involved physical training. she made practicing fighting a lot more fun, and she was very good at it. she was like a cool aunt.