DEEP SPACE NINE: "Return to Grace" - 12/07/95 - ACT FIVE      47.

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					DUKAT (Cont'd)
				(a beat)
			Besides, it would give you a
			chance to do what you were meant
			to do.

					KIRA
			No thanks. I already have a job.

					DUKAT
				(scornful)
			You mean on that space station?
			We both know your talents are
			wasted there. Coordinating
			docking assignments and leading
			training exercises. On Deep Space
			Nine, you're nothing but a
			bureaucrat, an administrator.
				(a beat)
			but if you come with me, you can
			be a soldier again.

	And for a moment, just one slight moment, the
	possibility crosses Kira's mind. Dukat sees this and
	thinks he's winning her over.

					DUKAT
			Think about it, major. The chance
			to fight against a superior foe in
			a righteous cause... to protect a
			defeated and broken people from a
			cruel aggressor.
				(a beat)
			You know as well as I do that if
			Cardassia falls, Bajor is next.
			Help me stop the Klingons before
			you become their next target.

					KIRA
				(surprised)
			You're really serious about this.

					DUKAT
			Absolutely. Look, Major, I'm not
			asking you to like me -- or to be
			my friend. I'm asking you to join
			me. Fight at my side.