 When Quark is exposed to the Orb, he has a vision in which Zek describes the New Rules of Acquisition as a "gift".Quark deduces that Zek visited the wormhole and contacted the Prophets so that he could use their knowledge of the future for profit, and that they are responsible for Zek's transformation.Quark forcibly takes Zek back to the wormhole to ask the Prophets what they did to him.