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DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Magnificent Ferengi" - REV. 10/24/97 - ACT TWO 26.

34   INT. QUARK'S

	A dejected Quark is tending bar, Rom is seated across 
	from him.

					QUARK 
			We're wasting our time, Rom. We 
			couldn't get anywhere near Moogie, 
			let alone rescue her.

					ROM 
			I guess we're not cut out to be 
			heroes after all.

	From behind the bar, Quark picks up a jar containing 
	a viscous, bright red liquid.

					QUARK
				(philosophical) 
			And to think... just a few short 
			days ago, I was sitting on top of 
			the world. The king of squill. 
			You should've been there, Brother. 
			It was a very delicate 
			negotiation. It could've gone 
			either way... but I took my time, 
			picked my moment, then went in for 
			the kill.

	That gives Rom an idea.

					ROM 
			Brother -- we've been going about 
			this the wrong way. We're not 
			commandos, we're negotiators. We 
			make deals. That's what we're 
			good at. The Dominion has 
			something we want -- so we need 
			to find something they want.

	QUARK sparks to this right away.

					QUARK 
			And then we make a trade. That 
			way, everyone goes home happy.

					ROM 
			Happy and alive. Now what do we 
			have to trade?

	And off this moment, we go to --