DEEP SPACE NINE: "In the Pale... " - REV. 2/11/98 - ACT THREE    25.

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					SISKO
			He's no friend of mine.
				(beat, then sotto) 
			But... he is working for me. It's 
			an extremely sensitive matter 
			involving Federation security. 
			I can't afford to have any record 
			of him being on the station.

					ODO
			I see.
				(beat) 
			I'm certainly aware of the need 
			for special security measures 
			during wartime... but as a matter 
			of law, if Quark chooses to press 
			charges against Tolar, I have no 
			choice but to make an arrest.

					SISKO
			Let me speak to Quark.

	Sisko moves over to where Bashir is scanning Quark with 
	a tricorder. A medkit is sitting on a nearby table.

					SISKO
				(to Bashir) 
			How is he?

					QUARK
				(re: blood) 
			How do I look? I'm a man who just 
			had a brush with death