"A few weeks." It really had been that long, hadn't it? Even so, Jadzia wouldn't have noticed him missing, what with the difference he guessed was at work here--he certainly hadn't ever noticed her missing, so they must be getting put back precisely when and where they were taken from.

It's about to get even more complicated. "Right, under Captain Picard. As to why, I have no idea, I've not talked to him. You remember how that went the last time, I'm sure." Or maybe she doesn't, but he didn't much feel like getting hypnotized or whatever he'd done again.