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[For a moment, Julian's eyes are old. His voice is quiet when he speaks--it's so very obvious to him that Garak is blaming himself for quite a lot.]
You couldn't have known what would happen, Garak.
[He's not going to say 'it wasn't your fault' because he knows that will be rejected. And, well...it was. But that was in a future that now wouldn't happen.]