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   DEEP SPACE NINE: "Hippocratic Oath" - REV. 08/07/95 - ACT THREE  25.
                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

21   EXT. LAB AREA - NIGHT 

	Continuous from Act Two. Arak'Taral is on the verge of 
	killing O'Brien. Goran'Agar moves quickly across the 
	lab and stands very close to Arak'Taral. His voice is 
	low, but laced with steel.

					GORAN'AGAR 
				(quiet) 
			Let him go. You know the penalty 
			for disobedience.

	A beat, and then Arak'Taral DROPS O'Brien to the 
	ground. Bashir rushes over to O'Brien and checks his 
	throat, while Temo'Zuma ENTERS in the b.g. with his 
	weapon at the ready. Once he sees that everything is 
	under control, he bends down to check on the wounded 
	Meso'Clan. As all this is happening...

					BASHIR 
			Bruised trachea... but there's no 
			permanent damage.

	O'Brien coughs and chokes, unable even to make a 
	response. Goran'Agar faces Arak'Taral, who now has 
	dropped his eyes in a mixture of shame and anger.

					GORAN'AGAR 
				(re: O'Brien) 
			Return him to the holding cell.

	Arak'Taral almost hesitates to obey this command before 
	roughly grabbing O'Brien and dragging him out.