DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Bar... " - 1/08/96 - ACT FOUR         41.

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					FROOL
			Spare me. I'm old, I'm fragile,
			I'll push the rest of them off
			myself.

	Grimp leans over Frool.

					GRIMP
			I thought you said you weren't
			afraid of the F.C.A.

					FROOL
			I lied.

	Rom sees that if he doesn't do something soon he'll
	lose control.

					ROM
				(to the strikers)
			Don't let him intimidate you.
				(to Brunt)
			We're not on Ferenginar.

					BRUNT
				(to all)
			Lucky for you.
				(a beat)
			The F.C.A. understands that living
			on this station has...
				(looks lasciviously as
				Leeta)
			corrupted you. You've been
			tempted by unwholesome Bajoran
			ideals...
				(tears his eyes away
				from the dabo girls)
			Exposed to the twisted values of
			the Federation. And because of
			that, we're willing to forgive.

	There's a stunned silence. No one expected an offer of
	forgiveness.

					FROOL
				(a glimmer of hope)
			Really?

	Brunt ignores Frool.

					BRUNT
			But don't confuse our mercy with
			weakness.