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** Oh he's ''utterly'' [[My God, What Have I Done?|ashamed of himself]]- from the start he'd never considered Nog's request to join Starfleet as anything other than some devious Ferengi scheme for profit and in this scene he virtually ''bullies'' Nog into explaining himself, even physically grabbing and shaking him. Then he finds out that Nog's reasons are heartbreakingly personal and tragic and he realizes he's forced the young man to admit that his own father (whom Nog still loves dearly) is a failure because of his own cultural and racial prejudices. Fortunately, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|he does make it up to Nog.]]
** It's also [[Hilarious in Hindsight]], considering that Nog's failure of a father becomes the Grand Nagus and leads a successful top-down revolution of the way Ferengi do business.
** The way Nog can see and articulate what's so wrong with the Ferengi one-Hat-fits-all culture, and is willing to work to free himself to use his own talents in Starfleet, strays into CMOA territory. Also, the obvious regard he has for his father that allows him to recognise Rom's real talent belongs on this page.
* Time's Orphan, 8-year old girl stranded, alone, 300 years in the past. Brought back as a feral girl 10 years (relative to her) later. Eventually, her parents have to send her BACK as her only shot at being happy. Sorry chief, looks like being [[The Woobie]] runs in the family.
** This one ends up inverted though. Feral-Molly ends up arriving in the past mere minutes after her younger self and ends up performing a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to send the little girl home, choosing to negate her own existence in the process. So it's a happy ending, but still tear jerking on behalf of Feral Molly.
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