DEEP SPACE: "Necessary Evil" - REV. 09/22/93 - ACT ONE        7.

8    CONTINUED:

					ROM
			You have one on the storeroom door.

					QUARK
			So?

					ROM
			Sometimes when you forget to leave 
			me the desealer, I have to get the 
			storeroom open.

					QUARK
				(deadly)
			You've unsealed the storeroom without 
			my knowledge?

					ROM
			Only to serve a customer's needs...

					QUARK
			In ten seconds?

					ROM
			You forget fairly often.

	They're again moving surreptitiously to...

8A   FRONTING SHIP'S STORE

	Quark removes the satchel from Rom's shoulder -- will dig 
	into it for something, as:

					QUARK
			Ten seconds.
				(searching satchel)
			We'll see how you handle this 
			desealing rod.

					ROM
				(fishes in pocket)
			That's all right; I have my own.

					QUARK
				(stops; gapes)
			What?

	Rom pulls forth a little penknife-looking gizmo -- which he 
	opens to reveal a short strip of metal, having key-like ridges 
	along both sides, and an icepick-like tip.