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    DEEP SPACE NINE: "Behind the Lines" - REV. 8/21/97 - ACT TWO    17.

14   CONTINUED:

					ODO
			You're a long way from home. Here 
			to keep an eye on the war effort?

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER 
			I'm content to leave the details 
			of the war to the Vorta.

					ODO
			Then what brings you to Deep Space 
			Nine?

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER 
			You.

	Odo reacts -- given their past history, this is a 
	potentially ominous remark.

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER 
			I was trapped here in the Alpha 
			Quadrant when Captain Sisko mined 
			the entrance to the wormhole. 
			I've spent too much time among 
			Solids. I came because I felt the 
			need to be with one of my own.

	Given their backstory, Odo can't believe what he's
	hearing.

					ODO
				(sardonic) 
			That's ironic, considering what 
			happened the last time we crossed 
			paths.

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER 
			You caused the death of a fellow 
			changeling, Odo. Turning you into 
			a Solid was the only punishment 
			severe enough for your crime.

					ODO
				(incredulous) 
			And now that I'm a changeling 
			again, you come here as if nothing 
			ever happened?

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER
				(simply)
			We've forgiven you.

					ODO
			Well I haven't forgiven you.