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Cptn Corizon

post Deos

Editors note: This log is set during Excalibur’s last mission.

 

The Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen. (Deut. 4:27)

 

Lexin looked towards the other three Vorta with a tilted head. Taenix, Keevan and Weyoun returned similar expressions. Between the four of them they had lived the lives of forty men, and still they found themselves surprised, it was an uncomfortable feeling for all of them.

 

“So what we have feared has come to pass,” Taenix finally said, breaking the uncomfortable silence. “The Founders have abandoned us.”

 

Weyoun cocked his head to one side at the remark. Surprise would be overstating his feeling. After meeting with the female Founder, he’d left discouraged and on some level questioned his belief in the Founders for the first time. He’d been hopeful that Odo would heed the call of the Vorta and return to lead them. Disappointed, he decided, would fit him better, not that it made him feel any less uncomfortable at the news from the younger Lexin.

 

Nearly two weeks had passed since Lexin had returned to the Dominion after his journey aboard the Excalibur and his brief, heart wrenching reunion with the Founders via the device. He knew that what he had to tell Taenix and Keevan would be difficult for them. His own questions of faith still gnawed at him, and he knew they’d feel the same way – they were programmed too. Weyoun’s presence had been unexpected, but he had, he knew, been brought into the small circle of Vorta who knew the truth about the disposition of the Founders.

 

“We cannot tell the Council,” Lexin said, knowing what must be going through the other Vortas’ thoughts. “We cannot tell anyone, just yet.”

 

Still reeling from the realization that his gods had left them to fend for themselves, Keevan exhaled deeply, trying his best to conceal his emotions. “I must agree. Our position is precarious, at best… if our rule is further questioned.”

 

“It is rare for me to agree with Keevan,” Weyoun added. “But I must in this case. The other Vorta are not yet ready to learn of this new challenge the Founders haven given us.”

 

“This new challenge,” Taenix said abruptly. “They have left us to our own devices.”

 

The younger Vorta looked to the normally placid Taenix. It was yet another reminder of her elder lineage that she more easily espoused emotions. The younger models, as it were, had less of an inclination to emote.

 

“They created us,” Keevan challenged. “They would not just leave us.”

 

Weyoun held a hand up. “I think this illustrates to us what would happen if we reveal this to the Council.”

 

Lexin nodded. “I must agree.”

 

The female Vorta bit at her lip for a moment, then added her agreement. “Then we must keep this to ourselves. The Council still does not know of your assignment, Lexin, we must keep it this way?”

 

“And Odo’s commandment to take the device to the Hundred so that he can commune with them?”

 

She shook her head. “I will have to ruminate on this.”

 

Lexin nodded. “We cannot afford to lose more of our people to this conflict,” he said gently. “With the cloning facilties being nearly destroyed during the war…”

 

They all nodded. “To say nothing of how we must now proceed,” Weyoun added. “We cannot simply be sustained as a race of clones and my generation is nearing the end of our cycle.”

 

Taenix again exhaled and looked towards the other members of the room. “So the Founders had not yet prepared the next generation of clones?”

 

They shook their heads. “Until the revelation that you existed, we had not been told of the cycling.”

 

Frowning she nodded. “We must compile a report.”

 

Keevan looked over at her. “And what will we tell them as our motive?”

 

Plainly, and without missing a beat, she spoke. “The Founders have directed us to begin research into the viability of the current line of clones. With all the damage that has been done to our cloning facilities, it’s a prudent and wise suggestion, don’t you think?”

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