Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

The Search, Part II (1994)

Salome Jens: Female Shapeshifter

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• Major Kira : You belong to the Dominion, don't you?

  Female Shapeshifter : Belong to it? Major, the Changelings *are* the Dominion.

  Odo : [understanding]  You are the Founders!

  Female Shapeshifter : Ironic, isn't it? The hunted now control the destinies of hundreds of other races.

  Odo : But... why control anyone?

  Female Shapeshifter : Because what you can control, can't hurt you.

• Female Shapeshifter : To become a thing is to know a thing. To assume its form is to begin to understand its existence.

• Female Shapeshifter : No Changeling has ever harmed another.

• Odo : How do you justify the deaths of so many people?

  Female Shapeshifter : The Solids have always been a threat to us. That's the only justification we need.

  Odo : But these Solids have never harmed you. They travel the galaxy in order to expand their knowledge, just as you once did.

  Female Shapeshifter : The Solids are nothing like us.

  Odo : No - I suppose they're not. And neither am I.

• Female Shapeshifter : Your link to the Solids won't last. You will always be an outsider.

  Odo : Being an outsider isn't so bad. It gives one a unique perspective. It's a pity you've forgotten that.

• Odo : It's... different than I imagined it would be.

  Female Shapeshifter : Whatever you imagined, I promise, it will be better.

• Odo : Then teach me what I need to know.

  Female Shapeshifter : I'll do what I can. But in the end, this is another journey you'll have to make on your own. And when it is over, you'll be ready to take your place in the Great Link.

• Female Shapeshifter : We will miss you, Odo. But you will miss us even more.