In Quark's, Odo meets a beautiful woman named Arissa and is impressed by her powers of observation. Later, he is surprised when the same woman is arrested for trying to break into the station's computer. Quark questions her about the man she was waiting for in Quark's — an Idanian named Tauvid Rem. Arissa tells Odo that Tauvid has information about the daughter she gave up fifteen years before. Odo takes her to Tauvid's quarters, where they discover he has been killed. While Odo investigates the situation, he falls in love with this mysterious woman who he discovers has been targeted for murder.

Dey Young (Arissa)
John Durbin (Traidy)
Nicholas Worth (Sorm)
Randy Mulkey (Idanian #2)

• Arissa is running from Draim of the Orion Syndicate.
  
• Odo has his first sexual encounter with a humanoid.