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     DEEP SPACE NINE: "In the Pale... " - REV. 2/11/98 - ACT ONE      9.

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					SISKO 
			How?

					DAX
			That's your problem. But before 
			I plunge my people into a conflict 
			that'll kill millions of loyal 
			Romulan citizens, I'll need 
			something more concrete than the 
			self-serving arguments of a 
			Starfleet officer. I'll need 
			proof of Dominion duplicity. Not 
			more words, proof!

	They glare at each other for a beat before Sisko breaks
	the moment and lets go of the emotion of the moment.

					SISKO 
			Not bad, old man. You'd have made 
			a decent Romulan.

					DAX
				(relaxing) 
			Thanks. But I prefer spots to 
			pointed ears.

					SISKO
			Okay you convinced me. They're 
			going to need evidence...
				(beat) 
			But, if there is evidence of a 
			Dominion plan to attack Romulus, 
			it's probably buried deep in the 
			bowels of their headquarters on 
			Cardassia Prime.

					DAX
			Not exactly the most accessible 
			place in the galaxy.

	Beat.

					SISKO 
			Not for us, maybe. But there is 
			someone on this station who 
			specializes in gaining access to 
			places he's not welcome.

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