DEEP SPACE NINE: "A Simple... " - REV. 1/20/97 - ACT TWO      23.

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					ODO 
			Given that all it contains is 
			information about a missing girl, 
			Tauvid went to great lengths to 
			secure it.

	Arissa can barely manage to lie with conviction... on 
	some level, she's given up.

					ARISSA 
			You know how Idanians are... 
			they're a secretive race.

					ODO
			You realize that it would be a 
			simple matter for me to have a 
			Doctor examine you to determine if 
			you've ever been pregnant?

	She fixes him with a look --

					ARISSA 
			You keep threatening to have me 
			stripped down and examined. I'm 
			trying not to read too much into 
			that.

	Odo stays on track --

					ODO
			You don't have a daughter, do you?

	She knows she's caught, decides she might as well admit 
	it.

					ARISSA 
			No.

					ODO
			That's probably the first true 
			statement I've heard you make.

					ARISSA
			Not quite. I meant what I said 
			about your eyes.

	Odo does his best to ignore this, keep pressing.

					ODO
			What's on the crystal?

					ARISSA 
			I don't know. But I need to find 
			out.