Title: A Thousand Doors
Author: Cait N.
Series: DS9
Codes: G (and character death, so be warned)
Feedback: caitn @ mindspring . com

Written for Stephen's Call of Duty Challenge on asceml. Death is the
one constant in life.

Disclaimer: Paramount owns the characters, I just take them out now
and then.


"A Thousand Doors"
Copyright August 2004
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"Death hath had a thousand doors to let out life..."
- Philip Massinger



Garak hated funerals. He knew well how fleeting life was, and didn't
need any reminders.

He consoled himself with the thought that the death had been a
peaceful one. Klingons thought that dying in your sleep was a
disgrace. To Garak, it sounded pretty damn good.

Garak took the vase from Colonel Kira. Ironic that the remains of a
man who was larger than life could fit inside such a tiny vessel. He
did his duty: sprinkled the ashes inside the airlock, stepped back,
closed the door.

And watched as the remains of Dr. Julien Bashir drifted out into
space.