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7A   CONTINUED:   (2)   

	Sisko can't deny that what Odo's saying is true.  Odo heads 
	down the Corridor again, but Sisko won't let it go at that.  
	He follows and tries to make a personal connection.


					SISKO
			I'm sorry, Odo.  This wasn't my idea.

					ODO
			I'm sure it wasn't.  You're just... 
			following orders.

					SISKO
			An order I strongly disagreed with.  
			I did everything I could to fight 
			this... I even took it to the Chief 
			of Starfleet Security herself.  But 
			their decision... was final.

	Odo's eyes smolder in anger and he stops and turns on Sisko.

					ODO
			May I ask why?

					SISKO
			They had some... concerns regarding 
			several recent security breaches.

					ODO
			If I was given the authority I asked 
			for, instead of being tied to 
			Starfleet regulations, there wouldn't 
			have been any security breaches.

					SISKO
			Odo, your resistance to following 
			Starfleet regulations is part of the 
			problem.

					ODO
			I think there might be a simpler 
			explanation, Commander.  Starfleet 
			decided to bring in someone they 
			could trust... someone besides "the 
			shape-shifter."