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       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Wrongs... " - REV. 1/20/98 - ACT THREE      34.
                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

49   INT. WARDROOM

	Later. A party for the high-ranking Cardassians is in
	full swing. The officers are drinking and laughing
	with some of the Bajoran comfort women. Most of the
	women are doing their best to be accommodating; they
	know that to resist the drunken kisses and the
	wandering hands is to invite severe punishment.

	CAMERA COMES TO REST on Kira and Meru, who stand in a 
	corner looking at the activities swirling around them. 
	Kira clutches a bottle of kanar; it's uncertain if she 
	intends to pour drinks or clobber the first Cardassian 
	to come within range.

	Meru, though distressed by what she's witnessing, keeps 
	looking down at her elegant clothes, smiling.

					KIRA
			Would you mind telling me what 
			you're smiling about?

					MERU 
			The Prophets. I never realized 
			they had such a sense of humor. 
			When I was a child, I would dream 
			of having enough food to eat and 
			pretty clothes to wear.
				(looking down at herself) 
			And now, look at me... I have 
			everything I ever wanted...
				(smiling at the irony)
			... and I feel horrible.

	Kira smiles.

					KIRA
			It is kind of funny... in a 
			horrible sort of way.

					MERU 
			I suppose if I can survive 
			starvation, I can survive this...

	Kira looks at her mother with newfound respect.