DEEP SPACE NINE: "Return to Grace" - 12/07/95 - ACT THREE     29.

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					KIRA (Cont'd)
			It's more complicated, so it's not
			as good a field weapon. Too many
			things can go wrong.

	Ziyal looks at Kira with awe.

					ZIYAL
			I can see why my father likes
			having you around.

	Kira tries to keep the conversation focused on the
	rifles.

					KIRA
			I think you should stick with the
			Cardassian rifle. It's smaller
			and easier to use. And if we get
			boarded, I don't want you to have
			to think too much about the weapon
			you're using.

	But Ziyal won't let it be.

					ZIYAL
			You don't like my father much, do
			you?

	A beat. Kira hesitates but decides the truth is best.

					KIRA
			No. I guess I don't.

					ZIYAL
			I understand. He did some very
			bad things during the occupation.

					KIRA
			Yes he did.

					ZIYAL
			It bothers him, you know.

	Kira is only slightly skeptical.

					KIRA
			Does it?

					ZIYAL
			Very much. He talks about it
			sometimes. He'd never admit it to
			anyone else, but he thinks the
			occupation was a mistake.