Title: Playing Games
Episode: Sacrifice of Angels
Note: Written for Gen Drabbles Challenge 36 (Gift).
"This was in the hidden compartment in my desk." Sisko turned the sphere in his hand. "Dukat left it for me. It isn't a bomb. It isn't a bug. Can you tell me what it is?"
"What makes you think to ask me? Plain, simple —"
"Just tell me."
Garak made eye contact — finally — and smiled. "Why, it's a kaurnat ball."
"Kaurnat?"
"An old Cardassian game — entirely unlike baseball."
So.
Sisko wondered if the gesture was one of hubris or humility. It would have been meaningless, after all, if . . .
"I know this much about Dukat," added Garak. "He's no kaurnat player."