Ziyal was happy to not even consider the political implications of being with her father--he'd already paid that price in her own time, long ago, and came back to power again.

Telling him everything, still, she thought, might be a bit much. Would he feel guilty, knowing about the years she spent as a Breen prisoner?

What would he do if he knew that she had been nearly dead when she arrived here, saved only by Doctor Crusher and Doctor Bashir? She didn't want to hurt him.

For now, she just looked at him with love in her eyes, grateful for the second chance she'd been given--maybe the Prophets looked out for their half-Bajoran children too.

"Thank you, father."