 Vash and Quark auction the artifacts and the crystal receives bids in excess of one thousand bars of gold @-@ pressed <unk> . Casually joining the bid process , Q ups the ante on Vash 's crystal to 2501 bars before bidding one million . Soon after , however , the source of the gravimetric field and power losses is traced to the crystal itself . The crystal is quickly beamed into space before it can destroy the station . Once outside , it transforms into an alien life form and travels into the wormhole . After the incident , Bashir finally awakens from his slumber . Unaware of what has just transpired , he yawns and tells Dax that he feels like he has been asleep for days . A bemused Dax gives him a strange look to which Bashir replies " <unk> I miss something ? " 
