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       DEEP SPACE: "Necessary Evil" - REV. 09/17/93 - ACT FIVE      50.
                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

A56   INT. PROMENADE - NIGHT LIGHTING - WIDE SHOT

	seeing the figure of Odo looking down at the last people on 
	the Promenade... the last shop's lights going out... and a 
	slow PUSH IN to him...

					ODO (V.O.)
			Nobody ever had to teach me the 
			"Justice Trick."  That's just 
			something I know.  A racial memory 
			from my species, I guess.  It's really 
			the only clue I have to what kind of 
			people they are.  Are these kinds of 
			thoughts appropriate for a Starfleet 
			log?  I don't care.

56   INT. SECURITY OFFICE

	Lights are low -- as Odo ENTERS; moves to his chair... places 
	his hand on the top of its backrest; looking down at it...

					ODO (V.O.)
				(beat, sighs)
			There's no room in Justice for loyalty 
			or friendship or love... Justice, 
			as the humans like to say, is blind.  
			I used to believe that.  I'm not 
			sure I can anymore.

	He turns and looks to --

57   FLASHBACK BEGINS - CLOSE ON KIRA

	sitting in the old security/storage area... already on the 
	defensive...

					KIRA
			Yes, I lied about my alibi... but 
			that doesn't make me a killer...

					ODO
			Where were you when he was murdered?

					KIRA
			Asleep.  Alone.