DEEP SPACE: "THE Search, II" - 07/19/94 - ACT ONE          9.

9    CONTINUED:

	Kira examines the landscape with wonder, but Odo is 
	oblivious to the loveliness surrounding him.  His gaze is 
	off in the distance as if impatiently waiting someone's 
	arrival.

					KIRA
				(re: the garden)
			This is beautiful.

					ODO
				(edgy)
			How long do they plan on making us 
			wait here.

					KIRA
			It's only been a few hours.

	Odo harumphs.

					ODO
			I finally return home and I'm still 
			treated like an outsider.

					KIRA
			Believe me, you're not the outsider 
			here.  I am.

					ODO
			You?

					KIRA
			I'm the one they don't trust, not 
			you.

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER (O.S.)
			How perceptive, Major.

10   NEW ANGLE

	Kira turns to find the Female Shape-shifter entering the 
	garden.

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER
			If our history has taught us anything 
			it's to avoid contact with Solids 
			whenever possible.

					KIRA
			Solids?