DEEP SPACE: "Meridian" - REV. 09/21/94 - ACT FOUR         47.

40   CONTINUED:

	Quark ENTERS, looking surprisingly jovial.

					QUARK
			Tiron, I was just thinking about 
			you.

					TIRON
			And I was thinking about you.  About 
			your reputation as a man who can get 
			anything for a price.

	Quark waves this off with false modesty.

					QUARK
			Stop, you're embarrassing me...

					TIRON
				(a threat)
			I'll embarrass you even more if you 
			don't get me my program.

					QUARK
			Not to worry.

	Quark brandishes an ISOLINEAR ROD he pulls from his pocket.

					TIRON
			Is that it?

					QUARK
			No... It's a high-level decryption 
			protocol... and I'm going to use it 
			to get the final information I need 
			for your program.
				(a beat)
			It cost me dearly.

					TIRON
			If it works, it'll be worth whatever 
			you paid.

					QUARK
			I was hoping you'd say that.  I'll 
			put it on your bill.

					TIRON
			Fine.  Just get me my program.  I 
			leave in two days.

					QUARK
			You'll have it.  And I assure you 
			it'll be worth the wait.  I'll stake 
			my reputation on it.