Okay, I was reading scowling-and-noddingly along with your WTF about Fearful Symmetry (argh argh argh why etc), and then this:

it was only because of Dukat's behind-the-scenes protection that Kira made it through the Occupation.

And it went positively frakking nuclear up in this piece. I am speechless. Like, I got so angry I had to apologize to the cat. AAAAAGH.

But big yay for you and the normalfeeling and the writingtimes and your CRAZYFABULOUS novel and three-years-and-Paris and all these wonderful things. ♥