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     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Assign... " - REV. 09/12/96 - ACT FIVE    48.
                           ACT FIVE                             

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44   INT. HOLDING CELLS - CONTINUOUS

	O'Brien's mind works rapidly.

					O'BRIEN 
			What are you talking about? A 
			chroniton beam is harmless.

					ROM 
			To us -- but its temporal 
			disruption would kill a wormhole 
			alien instantly.

					O'BRIEN 
			Of course, why didn't I think of 
			that.
				(angry with himself) 
			She's had me so on edge I couldn't 
			see the forest for the trees.

					ROM 
			Who's "she?"

	But with time running out, O'Brien has no time for 
	explanations.

					O'BRIEN
			Look, I don't have time to 
			explain. The question is why 
			would anyone want to kill the 
			wormhole aliens?

					ROM 
			Everyone has enemies, even the 
			Prophets.