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    DEEP SPACE NINE: "Behind the Lines" - REV. 8/21/97 - ACT TWO    26.

19   CONTINUED:	(3)

	There, he said it -- something he's never been able to 
	say to anyone else.

					ODO
			I'm so vulnerable to her... all 
			she has to do is smile at me and 
			I'm happy beyond reason... a minor 
			disagreement between us and I'm 
			devastated.
				(angry with himself) 
			It's absurd. Sometimes I wish I 
			could reach inside myself and tear 
			out my feelings for her. But I 
			can't.

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER
				(moving to him) 
			Poor Odo.

					ODO
			I don't want your pity.

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER 
			I'm not offering pity.

					ODO
				(exasperated) 
			What I need is some peace.

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER 
			What you need is clarity. I can 
			give you that...

	She takes his hand. He looks at her, realizing what 
	she's offering. She studies his face, ready to pull 
	away if that's what he wants. But Odo says nothing.

20   CLOSE - THEIR HANDS (OPTICAL) 

	As hers begins to MORPH around his still solid flesh...

21   CLOSE - THEIR FACES

	Just inches apart. We hear the SOUND of the morph 
	continuing off-screen. Even though Odo has yet to 
	release his shape and meld with her, the effect of her 
	touch is profound.

					FEMALE SHAPE-SHIFTER 
			Do you want me to stop... ?