DEEP SPACE NINE: "Statistical... " - REV. 10/23/97 - ACT ONE    14.


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					BASHIR (Cont'd) 
			They all suffered unintended side-
			effects. By the time they were 
			five or six years old, their 
			parents had to come forward and 
			admit that they'd broken the law 
			so their children could get 
			treatment.

					SISKO
			Sounds like they waited too long.

					BASHIR 
				(agreeing) 
			There wasn't much the doctors at 
			the Institute could do for them -- 
			cases like theirs are so rare 
			there's no standard treatment.

					KIRA
			I can't imagine it was a very 
			challenging environment for them.

					BASHIR
			That's exactly what Doctor Loews 
			felt when she first came to the 
			Institute. She got permission to 
			separate them from the other 
			residents so she could work with 
			them.

					ODO
			Why did she bring them here?

					BASHIR
			She thought they might respond to 
			meeting someone who was like them, 
			but was living a normal life. 
			She's hoping that someday they'll 
			be able to live on their own and 
			be productive.

	O'Brien smiles, shakes his head --