DEEP SPACE: "Necessary Evil" - REV. 09/17/93 - ACT FIVE      58.

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					KIRA
			You were working for the Cardassians.

					ODO
			I haven't been for more than a year.  
			You've had all that time to tell me 
			the truth.

	She looks down now at the floor... devoid of all but her 
	anguish, as:

					KIRA
				(very softly; 
				defenseless)
			I tried to tell you the truth a 
			hundred times.  What you think of 
			me... matters a lot.  I was afraid...

					ODO
			... it might affect our friendship?

	She looks at him, nods.  Odo looks at her... and a part him 
	just sighs, a part of him is angry, a part of him wants to 
	put his arm around her and comfort her... the best he can 
	do, in the most gentle voice he can muster...

					ODO
			Maybe it doesn't have to.

	She smiles, grateful... but then takes it one step too far...

					KIRA
				(almost a throwaway)
			Will you ever be able to trust me 
			the same way again?

	Odo looks at her evenly... the answer this particular man 
	tells himself is... no... and we hold for a long beat...

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