Oh, we don't! Dax doesn't really have its own thoughts and opinions or have any say on what my body is doing. It's just a parasite — well, symbiont. [ Oops. ] In fact, our brainwaves are completely in sync. That's to say they're just the same brainwaves. They can't be separated by any known medical means, and it's been argued in courts that a host and a symbiont, while joined, are the same person, rather than separate. That's a whole can of worms!

[ Haha. Worms. ]

More experienced hosts with proper training and practice can separate the memories and wants and desires and experiences of each past host and communicate with them actively in their headspace, but I can't even really figure out what part is me right now, let alone do all that.

[Okay, Ezri. Shoot your shot. Don't fuck this up. ]

Would you... happen to describe yourself as a non-linear being?