[Solus, luckily for Steven's peace of mind, would have been much more conspicuously archaic.]

It is, isn't it? Especially if your body undergoes... alterations in the process.

[He's just tossing that out to see if Garak will react to that. He doesn't need to specify if he's talking about Garak or himself unless Garak asks. But it seemed prudent to mention, given how many of them haven't been standard human.]

Ah, may I? [he asks, indicating the chair across from where Garak had been sitting.]

But yes, [he adds,] it can be somewhat overwhelming when you're first brought here. Have you read the letter and handbook they left for you?