DEEP SPACE NINE: "Children... " - REV. 03/11/97 - ACT ONE     13A.

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					YEDRIN 
			Jadzia designed it as an 
			educational program. She took 
			Quark's image from the Defiant's 
			security logs.
				(shrugs) 
			I've always thought Quark would 
			make a great math teacher, he's so 
			good with numbers.

	Jadzia smiles, crouches down next to one of the girls, 
	LISA. Her skin is dark, and she has light-colored 
	Trill-spots on her face -- fewer than Jadzia, but 
	visible.

					DAX
			I like your spots.

					LISA 
			Most people don't have them 
			because our ancestors were mostly 
			human.
				(beaming) 
			My mother says they make me 
			special.

	The other girl, MOLLY, rolls her eyes --

					MOLLY
			It's just genetics, Lisa.
				(touching her forehead) 
			Like Torvin's ridges.