captain's log: supupemental. with thedefiant'scomputers still not fully operational we're relying on odo, back at deep space nine to decipher the maquis message. in the meantime, we're combing the d.m.z. encounter r th eddington but with each passing hour, our hopes are fading. sir, incoming transmission. it's odo. captain. odo, we need some good news around here. tell me that you have some. possibly. i've analyzed the maquis message. and? it appears to be a simple breen nursery rhyme. a heterophonic, five-line verse. ( music playing) what does it mean? metrical analysis shows an alternating tetrametere but the computer could find no meaningful pattern in the words. they appear to be just what they are-- nonsensical phrases strung together because they rhyme-- at least to the breen. and the music? it's written on a lyxian scale. i ran it through the computer, too. no meaningful pattern. so we're nowhere? now, i wouldn't say that. "the best place to hide something is in plain sight." and since this is abreennurser