DEEP SPACE NINE: "Hard Time" - REV. 2/05/96 - ACT TWO      18A.

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					O'BRIEN
			It's just a habit I picked up.
				(trying to explain)
			When I was in prison... the guards
			didn't much care if I lived or
			died. Sometimes they wouldn't
			deliver food for days... even
			weeks. So when they did get
			around to feeding me... I'd eat
			as little as possible and save the
			rest.