Nod.

"What terrorist organization has my brother joined on Bajor, do we know anything about that?"

"I don't know if they keep very good written records in Bajoran terrorist organizations and don't have enough context to find a lot of detail. I can hunt it down if you really want."

Sigh. "I trust him to have, uh, good priorities."

"Federation word on it is that the Cardassian occupation is indefensible and inhumane but they can't justify starting a war over it."

"Judicious use of daeva can probably get whatever they need without a war but, uh, judiciousness is not among Telkam's strengths necessarily..."

"Indeed. Maybe there are judicious terrorists."

"Let us all hope."

"Not words I'd usually put together, but..."

"Resistance movements can be a noble cause. They're looked on fondly among Anitami blues, our ancestors were mostly part of one."

"Oh?"

"Aforementioned Oahk Empire? They weren't even the worst, they just get dwelled on because it was personal."

"Personal?"

"Because they conquered Anitam, I mean, and killed most all our families or tried to."

"Ah."

"So he's following a grand tradition, not that he'll care."

"Wouldn't expect him to. I wonder how he found Bajor, was he reading up on Milky Way politics?"

"Good question. Must have been - maybe one of the demons was -"

"Huh."

"He can't really read, it wasn't him."

"Maybe one of the demons has activist tendencies. They will have a grand time."

"Hopefully so does the populace of Bajor."

"Here's hoping."

Meanwhile: "I think we have a clear enough idea of what kind of infrastructure projects we're looking at to start talking with demons about installing them and what they'd want for it and whether they have design suggestions."

"Yeah, probably. Shall we start interviewing?"