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         DEEP SPACE: "The Circle" - REV. 07/14/93 - ACT ONE          9.

10   CONTINUED:

					DAX
				(to Kira)
			Did they offer any alternative?

					KIRA
				(to Odo)
			I do care.
				(to Bashir)
			No, they haven't.
				(to Dax)
			No, they didn't.
				(to all)
			Look, I really ought to finish 
			packing...

	The door CHIMES.

					BASHIR
				(to Odo)
			You said "If she doesn't care"... 
			You mean about leaving...

					KIRA
				(calls o.s.)
			By all means, come on in.

					ODO
				(to Dax)
			She's done well here... she ought to 
			stay here...
				(challenging him)
			And I'd say she needs a little support 
			from her friends, Doctor.

					BASHIR
			Well, yes, certainly, but if her 
			orders...

	Stops mid-sentence and turns to see --

11   INCLUDING O'BRIEN

	Startled to see so many others present, he stands tentatively -- 
	silently -- on the threshold for a beat, with:

					O'BRIEN
			Uh...

					KIRA
				(genuine smile)
			Chief.  Come in.