With the Federation's help, Bajor plans to tap the core of one of its moons to provide much-needed electricity. A side effect of the process is that it releases gases lethal to humanoids, so the moon's inhabitants have been evacuated. Several life forms have been detected after the evacuation date, so Kira visits the moon to investigate.

She finds an elderly man and his two mute farmhands, who are intent on staying. The man, Mullibok, persistently avoids the topic of evacuation — he invites Kira to a farewell dinner before revealing it will take three hours to prepare. Despite (or perhaps because of) his stubbornness, Kira grows fond of him. He tells her he plans to die on the moon, and over dinner describes how he escaped to the moon during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. During the course of their conversation, Mullibok tricks Kira into admitting that the Bajorans beat the Cardassians because they "hung on like fanatics," drawing a parallel between their struggle and his.

Returning to Deep Space Nine, Kira reports her findings to Sisko and to Minister Toran, who is overseeing the project. She tells them of Mullibok, and Minister Toran pronounces the man will have to be beamed off the planet. After comparing such behavior to that of the Cardassians, Kira realizes she has stepped out of line and simultaneously revealed her feelings toward Mullibok. Toran orders her to remove Mullibok and sends her back to the moon, along with two security guards.

As the guards go to find the farmhands, Kira attempts to reason with Mullibok. She tells him she is doing what has to be done, to which he responds, "me too" and goes inside, shutting the door behind him. He reemerges with some tools and goes about finishing a kiln he has been building, while Kira talks. The guards emerge from a nearby cornfield dragging the reluctant farmhands. Mullibok becomes furious and jumps one of the guards. The other shoots him.

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