DEEP SPACE: "The Wire" - 03/01/94 - ACT FOUR            46.

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					GARAK
			The truth.

					BASHIR
				(can't help but smile)
			I've about given up on learning the 
			truth from you, Garak.

					GARAK
			Don't give up now, Doctor.  Patience 
			has its rewards.  Now listen 
			carefully.

	Garak pauses to marshal his dwindling strength.

					GARAK
				(continuing)
			Elim wasn't my aide.  He was... my 
			friend.  We grew up together... We 
			were closer than brothers.  For some 
			reason, Enabran Tain took a liking 
			to us... Before long, Elim and I 
			were both powerful men in the Obsidian 
			Order... They called us the "Sons of 
			Tain." Even the Guls feared us.  And 
			then...
				(tries to summon the 
				energy to continue)
			There was a scandal.  Someone in the 
			order was accused of letting some 
			Bajoran prisoners escape.  There 
			were constant rumors of who was going 
			to be implicated... fingers were 
			being pointed at me...

	Garak is both physically and mentally drained and these 
	memories are the most painful of all.

					GARAK
				(continuing)
			By then Tain had retired to the 
			Arawath Colony.  He couldn't protect 
			me.  So I panicked.  I did everything 
			in my power to make sure Elim would 
			be blamed instead of me.  I planted 
			evidence... altered records... only 
			to discover that he'd beaten me to 
			it.

					BASHIR
			He betrayed you first?

	Garak musters a nod.