DEEP SPACE: "The Wire" - 03/01/94 - ACT THREE           30.

30   CONTINUED:	(2)

					GARAK
				(nods, almost ashamed)
			I created a device which allowed me 
			to trigger the implant whenever I 
			wanted.  At first, I only used it a 
			few minutes a day.  But I began 
			relying on it more and more... Until 
			finally, I just turned it on and 
			never shut it off again.

					BASHIR
			How long's it been on?

					GARAK
				(defiant)
			Two years.

					BASHIR
				(putting the pieces 
				together)
			And now the implant is breaking 
			down...

					GARAK
			That's correct.

					BASHIR
			Then why not just shut the damn thing 
			off?

	Garak pauses for a long beat here.

					GARAK
				(still in pain)
			It's too late, now.  My body's become 
			dependent on the higher endorphin 
			levels generated by the implant.

31   NEW ANGLE

	As Bashir reacts to Garak's statement.

					BASHIR
			That's it then?  You're going to 
			just give up and let them win.

					GARAK
			"Them," Doctor?