DEEP SPACE NINE: "Return to Grace" - 12/07/95 - ACT FIVE      51.

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					KIRA
				(smiles)
			You had your moments. But the
			fact of the matter is, I've
			already been where you're going.
			I've already lived the life you're
			choosing. Fighting hit and run,
			always outgunned, living on
			nothing but adrenalin and hate.
			It's not much of a life, and it
			eats away at you so that every day
			a little part of you dies.

					DUKAT
				(smiles)
			Very inspiring, Major. But I have
			no choice in this. No more than
			you did when you where fighting
			against us.

	Kira studies Dukat. He's a committed man.

					KIRA
			No, I don't suppose you do.

	A beat as a moment passes between them.

					DUKAT
				(with regret)
			Then all that's left is for you to
			wish me luck.

					KIRA
			That's not quite all. There's
			still Ziyal.

					DUKAT
			What about her?

					KIRA
			The life you're choosing isn't for
			her. She deserves better.

					DUKAT
			She deserves to be with her
			father. You taught me that.
				(a beat)
			I love her.

					KIRA
				(simply)
			I know you do. That's why you
			have to let her go.