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       DEEP SPACE: "Necessary Evil" - REV. 09/17/93 - ACT TWO       15.

20   CONTINUED:	(2)

					ODO
			"Wives serve, brothers inherit." 
			Rule of Acquisition number one hundred 
			thirty-nine, if I'm not mistaken.

					ROM
				(brightens up)
			I hadn't thought of that.

					ODO
			Really.  I had.  Because, it's a 
			solid motive for murder.

					ROM
			Yes, actually, I have heard of a few 
			untimely deaths that seemed... wait 
			a minute, you're not suggesting that 
			I...

					ODO
			I've had my eye on you for a long 
			time, Rom.  You're not as stupid as 
			you look.

					ROM
			I am too.  I would never...

	Sisko moves easily into the good cop-bad cop routine... puts 
	a comforting hand on Rom's shoulder...

					SISKO
			Constable, it's his own brother...

					ROM
			My own brother...

					SISKO
			I hardly think...

					ODO
			Stay out of this, Commander.  I know 
			these Ferengi.  They'd sell their 
			own flesh and blood for a Cardassian 
			groat...

					SISKO
			Odo, he's a family friend.  His son 
			is very close to my boy...