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            DEEP SPACE: "Duet" - REV. 03/29/93 - ACT TWO            14.

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					KIRA
				(beat; quietly)
			You think this is all some personal 
			vendetta on my part, don't you?

					SISKO
			I think you're too close to be 
			objective, yes.

					KIRA
			You're right; I'm not objective.  
			But I'm your first officer, and I 
			give you my word that I'll conduct 
			myself accordingly.

	Sisko sits back for a moment of silent consideration, as:

					KIRA
				(a soft plea)
			You once said we were friends.  I'm 
			asking you now as a friend.  Please 
			let me conduct this investigation.  
			I owe it to them.

					SISKO
			You mean the victims.

					KIRA
				(slow nod)
			That's right; the ones who moved too 
			slowly and never moved again... I'm 
			asking for all the Bajorans who can't 
			ask... Let a Bajoran do this.

	A long beat -- as Sisko makes his decision.  Then:

					SISKO
				(beat; taps combadge)
			Sisko to Odo.

					ODO'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead.