“Hmm…well…we Cardassians don’t share in those arcane ideas of gender bias. It isn’t uncommon for our women to serve along side their male counterparts or head important affairs for the whole of Cardassia. I find it ridiculous that they didn’t let you in the military. You’re a full capable female with obviously useful skills. Humans are so puzzling sometimes. But I am certainly glad someone recognized your usefulness”
He offered her yet another of his dazzling smiles, the perfect smile of a politician. It was the kind of smile that was handsome but it was flexible in what it was offering, was it one of friendship? Or amusement? Or flirtatious? You could draw whatever you desired out of it. “I suppose in your people’s own military Gul would equal Captain. The feeling is mutual Zinda.”