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         DEEP SPACE: "THE Search, II" - 07/19/94 - ACT FIVE         57.

73   INT. CAVERN

	It's a small interrogation room.  The crew of the Defiant, 
	Sisko, Dax, O'Brien, Bashir and T'Rul are seated in a circle, 
	eyes closed, small (TECH) devices attached to their heads.  
	Borath and two other Vorta monitor the devices from a bank 
	of consoles.  Borath looks over at Kira and Odo; smiles.

					BORATH
			Please, come in.

	Kira and Odo approach their friends.

					KIRA
			Commander?  Dax?

					BORATH
			They can't hear you.

					ODO
			What have you done to them?

					BORATH
			Nothing harmful.  We're just 
			conducting a little experiment.

					KIRA
			What kind of experiment?

					BORATH
			To see how they'd respond to an 
			attempt by the Dominion to gain a 
			foothold in the Alpha Quadrant.
				(a beat)
			We were curious to see how much they'd 
			be willing to sacrifice to avoid a 
			war.

					KIRA
				(looking over at her 
				friends)
			And what have you found out?

					BORATH
			Unfortunately, they're proving to be 
			as stubborn as I feared.

					ODO
			I'm glad to hear it.

					BORATH
			Are you?  Well that is a problem.  
			But, thankfully, it's not one I have 
			to solve.