I think this is one of the greatest, most insightful moments into who Dukat really truly is. They hemmed and hawed for the first five years over if he was truly good or truly evil, and then they had this moment which was the first real peak behind the curtain. It was followed up by “Waltz” which truly nailed the coffin lid shut on the question of who he was as a character, cementing him as not a shade of gray, but as a mark of darkness.
(Source: empiregrotesk)