 Much to his dismay chief O Brien is ordered by Sisko to escort Bashir to a Bajoran village. He is to help out with a medical emergency that endangers the entire community. After arriving there s only one person sick, the Sirah. He seems very pleased with the arrival of O Brien and designates him as  the one . It soon becomes clear the Sirah is the only person capable of defeating the Dal Rok, a terrible monster that attacks every year after the harvest and doesn t show up on tricorder. Meanwhile on DS9, Sisko tries to negotiate between the Paqu and the Navot, two rivaling Bajoran factions. Ninety years ago they agreed to a river being the border between their lands, but after the Cardassians diverted the river, Paqu territory became bigger. The leader of the Paqu, Tetrarch Varis Sul, is a young girl and Nog and Jake try to impress her.