Odo is ashamed at the idea that she will be the first person to see him revert back to his liquid form. Like Troi herself, we can hear what all the Star Trek fans reading this are asking ...

Lest we forget (Vadic certainly hadn't), Odo was ... different form. Section 31 was still involved, because of course they were. When are they not? However, according to the Star Trek: Deep ...

"Alien male, middle aged, curmudgeon… and a shape shifter," begins Odo's entry in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Series Bible. He was "the curmudgeon of all curmudgeons," Michael Piller added ...