DEEP SPACE: "THE Search, II" - 07/18/94 - ACT ONE         11.

10   CONTINUED:	(2)

	Odo looks to Kira who nods in agreement.  Satisfied, the 
	Female Shape-shifter gives Kira a dismissive glance and turns 
	her attentions to Odo.

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER
				(pleasantly)
			Tell me, Odo, have you made good use 
			of our arboretum?

					ODO
				(not sure what she 
				means)
			In what way?

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER
				(surprised by his 
				response)
			By assuming the various shapes 
			surrounding you.

					ODO
			Why would I do that?

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER
				(as if explaining to 
				a child)
			To become a thing is to know a thing.  
			To assume its form... is to begin to 
			understand its existence.

					ODO
			Understand it?  How?

	A beat.  The Female Shape-shifter studies Odo with sadness 
	and sympathy.