DEEP SPACE: "Meridian" - REV. 09/21/94 - ACT THREE         39.

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					ODO
			Not until you start telling the truth.

					QUARK
			You want the truth?  I'll tell you 
			the truth.
				(to Kira)
			I was trying to get your image for a 
			special holosuite program I'm 
			designing.

					ODO
			I can just imagine what kind of 
			program that would be.

					QUARK
			I'm sure you can, but you'd be 
			mistaken.  The fact is that I'm 
			working on a simulation of the 
			station's Operations Center.  People 
			want to know what goes on up there -- 
			they want to imagine themselves 
			fending off a Cardassian attack, or 
			facing a fleet of Jem'Hadar ships.

					ODO
			Naked, I assume.

					QUARK
				(to Odo)
			Isn't there some petty thief you can 
			harass?

					ODO
			Just you.

	Quark ignores him, turns back to Kira.

					QUARK
			What do you say, Major?  Give the 
			public what they want.  They're not 
			asking for much -- just the chance 
			to work side-by-side with you.

					KIRA
			They want to work with me, let them 
			apply to the Bajoran Military Academy.
				(pointed)
			That way I can be sure everyone in 
			Ops will be wearing their uniform.