DEEP SPACE NINE: "A Simple... " - REV. 1/20/97 - ACT FOUR      49.

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					ARISSA 
			Wait a minute... are you saying 
			you've never been with anyone 
			before?

					ODO
			Not a humanoid. Once, on my 
			homeworld, I had an experience 
			that you might consider sexual.

					ARISSA
			But you've never been with a woman 
			before?

					ODO
			You seem surprised.

					ARISSA
			I am.

					ODO
			I'm glad to hear it... I must've 
			done all right.

	She leans in and nuzzles his ear...

					ARISSA 
			You did better than all right.

	They kiss for a moment, then Odo pulls back and 
	smiles... he's as happy as we've ever seen him.

					ODO 
			I don't ever want to leave this 
			room... can we just stay here 
			forever?

	Thought Odo means this playfully, it reminds Arissa of 
	her predicament, and a shadow passes across her face.

					ARISSA 
			I wish we could...

					ODO
			Arissa, everything is going to 
			work out.

					ARISSA
			I wish I could believe that. But 
			I know what the Orion Syndicate 
			does to people who turn against 
			the organization. I don't want to 
			spend the rest of my life looking 
			over my shoulder.