Patrick McMillan realised that as the Counsellor aboard the Rabid Pelican, using his skills as a people person would come in handy when trying to make friends, or possibly even enemies based the kind of people Agent Pikelsimer had warned the crew that they might encounter. Paddy had never really ventured much outside of Federation Space, and hadn’t had much of an opportunity to visit Deep Space Nine in his Starfleet career thus far, so to say he wasn’t sure wasn’t sure what to expect from The Cloud was proving to be a rather large understatement

Wandering around, Paddy came to a large centre square, several traders appeared to be either setting up for the day, or already in the process of selling their wares. Paddy realised there was no time like the present, and approached one of the closest stalls.

-Lieutenant Patrick McMillan: Counsellor-