Chapter 4 – Epilog: Sisko On Bajor
Commodore Benjamin Sisko began his work on Bajor. Ministers and vedeks peopled his days now and he became used to treading carpeted hallways instead of metal decks. He learned to conduct meetings, not briefings, and to accept the reverence due him as the honoured Emissary. The Bajorans were good people and they were kind to him and appreciative of his presence. The rhythms of his life took on a slower tempo.
He lived in a beautiful villa surrounded by peaceful gardens. At night, no lights shone except those in the sky, and he would go outside and look up, trying to identify the alien constellations. One star in particular always drew him, a star said to represent the single tear shed by a great hero of legend as he abandoned his family for the duties of war, a tear long frozen into glittering rime feathers. Sisko liked looking at this star and pondering upon its fanciful creation. And sometimes, although he knew it was impossible, he would pretend to himself that the star was Deep Space Nine.
The End