"I did. I believe that all too often children aren't treated like real people in the medical establishment. They might not have an adult's sensibilities or knowledge of the situation, but hauling them about like so much baggage does them a disservice." While Bashir might (occasionally) snip at adult patients that he knows well and that should know better, he is genuinely good with children.

"At the moment, I'm just filling whatever niche needs a space body at the hospital, but I wouldn't be opposed to settling into a family practice here." Wherever he goes, there are always people that could use healing. "The culture here is different, but it's not all that far off from a 'standard' human society. If we'd been marooned on a Tendu world, that would've been a change: humans are allergic to mostly everything there, the Tendu communicate via skin colouration, and they eat their under-developed young as a typical food source."