Reassociation
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Reassociation is the resumption of a romantic relationship between a person and at least one joined Trill by its subsequent host. Platonic friendships without a romantic element are not subject to this rule, and may be resumed. Since the point of each successive host is for the symbiont to acquire new lifetimes of experiences, Trill consider re-connecting with relationships from a past life "unnatural". Joined Trill who reassociate are exiled from Trill society, and their symbionts die with the current host since they no longer have access to new hosts. This is a dire consequence, since for Trill nothing is more important than protecting the life of the symbiont. (DS9: "Rejoined")
Some things about reassociation seem to conflict with what was seen in TNG: "The Host", when the Odan symbiont appeared willing to rejoin with Beverly Crusher after its transference into a new host. It is possible that this law only applies to two joined Trill. This would make sense considering three of Dax's hosts were friends with Benjamin Sisko. This is also consistent with what René Echevarria said about Michael Piller's original idea for DS9: "Rejoined": "He felt they'd have a very strict taboo in order to avoid an aristocracy of the joined. Otherwise, they'd only want to hang out with each other, their dear old friends from five hundred years ago, and it would become a really screwed up society." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion): a relation between a joined Trill and a non-Trill (or even an unjoined Trill) would not present this risk.
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