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      DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT THREE     30.

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					ROM
				(laughs)
			We throw them into the cutthroat 
			competition of Ferengi commerce... 
			and anyone who survives, graduates.  
			Are you prepared to teach that to my 
			son?

					KEIKO
				(dry)
			I'm sure I couldn't improve on what 
			you've taught him in that 
			department...

					ROM
			Thank-you.  Thank-you.  I've taught 
			him everything I know. It's so 
			important that we prepare our youth 
			for the challenges of the future.

	Keiko moves closer, conspiratorial, quietly...

					KEIKO
			Exactly.  Consider the advantage 
			your son will have over other Ferengi 
			once he's been exposed to other 
			cultures... once he learns how others 
			run their economies, conduct business, 
			negotiate...

					ROM
			You will teach my son these things?

					KEIKO
			Knowledge is power, Mister Rom.

	Rom thinks a long beat... finds the thought attractive... 
	but... moves away, breaks the "conspiracy"...

					ROM
			It can't work... he will not listen 
			to you...

					KEIKO
			Why not?

					ROM
			You are fe-male.