DEEP SPACE NINE: "Hippocratic Oath" - REV. 08/07/95 - ACT TWO   16.

16   CONTINUED:	(4)

					BASHIR
			No supply tube ... 
				(beat) 
			I don't understand... your entire 
			genetic structure was designed to 
			collapse without Ketracel. 
				(beat) 
			Why did you stop taking the drug?

					GORAN'AGAR 
			It was not by choice. Three years 
			ago, I was on a ship that crashed 
			on this world. The rest of the 
			crew died and I was left with only 
			enough White to sustain me for 
			three days. I rationed my supply, 
			and managed to stretch out the 
			drug for eight days... then it was 
			gone, and I was ready to die. 
				(beat) 
			But death never came. I lived 
			here for thirty-five days without 
			a single drop of White. Being 
			here, on this planet cured me.

					BASHIR
			And that's why you've returned 
			here... to cure the rest of your 
			men of their addiction as well. 
				(beat) 
			But it hasn't worked, has it? 
			They still need the drug.

	A flash of intense frustration passes over Goran'Agar's 
	face.

					GORAN'AGAR 
			We have come to the same place, 
			breathed the same air, eaten the 
			same food. It should have cured 
			them as well.

					BASHIR 
			That may be over simplifying 
			the situation...
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