DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Ascent" - REV. 10/14/96 - ACT FIVE      52.

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					QUARK
			Don't you understand? I can't do
			it. I'm half frozen and I haven't
			eaten for two days. My muscles
			won't work anymore.

	There's no answer from Odo.

					QUARK
			Odo?

	Finally Quark forces himself to sit up so he can face 
	Odo.

					QUARK
			Well say something.

					ODO
			What's there to say? If we stay
			here, we're dead.

					QUARK
			I can't go any farther.

	With a groan, Odo forces himself to turn over on his
	stomach.

					ODO
			If Sisko were here, do you think
			he'd give up? Or Worf? Or Dax?

					QUARK
			They're not here.

					ODO
			That's right. It's just us.

	Odo makes a decision.

					ODO
			Give me the transmitter.

					QUARK
			What for?

					ODO
			I said, give it to me.

	Quark takes off the transmitter and drops it in front 
	of Odo. Odo shoves the transmitter a few inches ahead 
	of him, and then drags his body up to it.

					QUARK
			What are you doing?