Winn är medvetet utformad som en gåtfull karaktär, så det är svårt att läsa om exakt vad hon verkligen tänker på. Titta på showen, mitt intryck var att hon verkligen trodde att hon agerade i Bajors bästa och var villig att vrida några bevis för att bevisa att profeterna stödde henne. Det är givetvis precis vad hon ville alla att tänka.
Den mest upplysande blicken i hennes huvud ligger i en sen episod av DS9, där hon har en lång konversation med Kira om hennes handlingar som Kai. Även om detta är en mycket sen konversation, efter att Winn har kommit till några viktiga insikter om sig själv, gäller mycket av det fortfarande. Höjdpunkterna inkluderar:
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Hon accepterar att hon gjort några tvivelaktiga beslut i namnet på att öka sina egna mål, men tror att hon är Bajor bästa alternativet.
Winn: I have often sensed that you don't approve of how I conducted myself as Kai, that you believe I put my own political interests ahead of the spiritual well being of our people. I wish I could disagree with that assessment. I have strayed from the path the Prophets laid down for me.
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Winn: Oh yes, I have given in to the temptations of power.
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Winn: But Bajor needs me.
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Hon är helt villig att vrida eventuella bevis (eller frånvaro av bevis) till profeternas godkännande
Winn: I've resolved to change. Don't you see? Once I have regained the Prophets' trust, I'll be better able to serve them if I remain Kai. If the Prophets wanted me to step down, surely they would have told me so.
I slutet av serien verkar hon förklara att hon aldrig trodde på profeterna, eller åtminstone att hon aldrig varit en särskilt konsekvent hängiven:
Winn: I rid myself of the Prophets and shed a lifetime of hypocrisy.
Deep Space Nine Season 7 Episode 25: "What You Leave Behind"
Självklart fortsätter hon att försöka förstöra Pah-Wraiths, så gör den förklaringen vad du vill. En tidigare konversation med Anjohl Tennan (en förtäckt Gul Dukat) tycks indikera att hon försökte tjäna profeterna, men kände ingen stor hängivenhet för dem:
Winn: I remember the first time I saw the Gate of the Celestial Temple. I was on the Promenade. When it burst into view, this whirlpool of colour and light, the people around me were in awe. They said they could feel the love of the Prophets washing over them. Do you know what I felt, Anjohl? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. But I smiled and pretended I did because it was expected of me. I've never admitted that to anyone.
Dukat: I can understand why.
Winn: They've never spoken to me. Never offered me guidance. Never trusted me with the fruits of their wisdom. And now, I'm supposed to step down as Kai in order to be blessed by them? No. I have worked too hard, waited too long to give it all up now.
Dukat: You shouldn't have to. Merciful gods don't ask their children to make such sacrifices.
Winn: The Prophets have turned their backs on me. After all I've done for them, all the pain I've endured for them.
Dukat: They are not worthy of you, Adami.
Winn: I'm a patient woman. But I have run out of patience. I will no longer serve gods who give me nothing in return. I'm ready to walk the path the Pah wraiths have laid out for me.
Från skådespelerskan mun
För vilken duktighet du tillhör skådespelarintervjuer, frågas Louise Fletcher ofta för hennes tolkning på Kai, och hennes konsekventa svar är att Winn har faking det hela tiden. i en intervju , säger hon:
"I thought she was trying to believe," says Fletcher. "She made that speech about how she pretended to believe because that was what was expected of her, and when people said they heard the Prophets' voices, she just smiled and pretended she did too. She would say different things depending on who she was talking to. Except when the Emissary started to hear them, she was so jealous! She was contemptuous that he would have been chosen."
Och i en säsong 7 DVD extra , säger hon:
Fletcher: I think Kai Winn just basically has a resentment for anyone else who has power. She wants to be the be-all end-all of power, and the fact that the Prophets, that she became interested in the Prophets and her basic belief structure, which we find out toward the end has all been hypocrisy anyway, she never really believed, it was all just lip-service and appearance. But what she was basically interested in was just having that power for herself.