DEEP SPACE NINE: "Trials and... " - REV. 08/30/96 - ACT THREE    29.

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					WORF
				(heated) 
			They do nothing but consume food, 
			and breed. If you feed that thing 
			more than the smallest morsel, 
			within a few hours, you will have 
			ten Tribbles... then a hundred... 
			then a thousand...

					ODO 
			Calm down.

					WORF
			They were once considered mortal 
			enemies of the Klingon Empire.

					ODO
				(holds up Tribble) 
			This... a mortal enemy of the 
			Empire?

					WORF
			They were an ecological menace! 
			A plague that had to be wiped out!

					ODO 
			Wiped out? What're you saying?

					WORF
				(with relish) 
			Hundreds of warriors were sent to 
			track them down throughout the 
			galaxy. An armada obliterated the 
			Tribbles' homeworld. By the end 
			of the twenty-third century, they 
			were eradicated.

					ODO
				(dry) 
			Another glorious chapter in 
			Klingon history. Tell me, do they 
			still sing songs about the great 
			Tribble hunt?

	At that moment, the station suddenly goes to RED ALERT. 
	Worf and Odo react in surprise.

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