STAR TREK: "Heart of Stone" - 11/17/94 - ACT FOUR         36.

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					ODO
			Then we'll have to make sure we're 
			not here when that happens.  After 
			all, we've been in worse situations 
			than this one and come out all right.

	Odo tries to look confident for Kira, but he's pretty worried.

					KIRA
			Name three.

	This throws Odo off a little.

					KIRA
			I can't think of any either.

					ODO
			It's not that.  It's just... That 
			wasn't the response I expected.

					KIRA
			What do you mean?

					ODO
			In the detective novels Chief O'Brien 
			gives me to read, when the hero says, 
			"We've been in tougher scrapes than 
			this one," his friends always agree.

					KIRA
			I never read any of those books.

					ODO
			There must be some humanoid platitude 
			I can use to cheer you up.

					KIRA
			I'm afraid I don't have much use for 
			platitudes, Odo.  I'd rather just 
			face the truth about a situation and 
			go on from there.

					ODO
			I feel the same way.

					KIRA
			I know.That's why you and I get along 
			so well.