Ishka's just come through a war. This seems like the place to be. Come through it relatively well. It had never really reached Ferenginar. Something else was happening there instead. Now she was meant to be taking a long earned break but was here instead.

But even if Ferenginar was fine, was better than it had ever been, she had ties to the Federation now. And the Starfleet Nog served in would be feeling this for a long time yet. And she couldn't forget that she'd gotten caught up in it in a very personal way for a time.

Still when she contemplates what to write on the parchment, the words never quite materialize. Something has changes. But what was she really leaving behind?