"I am fine on my own," she said. Was that his angle then? Offer the parts so he could claim her ship? Or were her issues with the Ferengi overshadowing things? Had she been right to see him as Federation material or blinded by some stupid childish desire to not be alone.

She knew better.

But better than what was the question. She knew she was far from the only one of the displaced lined up to take down Q if the chance ever presented itself, but she was going to do whatever it took to be in the front of that line for this.Except it was as much of a daydream as somehow forcing him to send them all home. And she didn't indulge in daydreams. She refused to be that weak.