“Once you have their money, you never give it back.”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In “The Nagus,” Quark scolds Rom for returning a customer’s misplaced money pouch intact, and Rom recites the first rule. Cream lettering accompanies a stream of gold coins passing through a tall gold vault above a red foreground. The outward cash flow evokes the tension between Rom’s honest return and Quark’s avaricious instruction.