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      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Time's Orphan" - REV. 4/15/98 - ACT TWO     19.

29   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
				(trying to convince 
				himself that it's still 
				an option) 
			But our Molly would be back.

	Keiko's instincts as a mother rise to the fore as she 
	looks at the girl's sleeping form.

					KEIKO 
			This is our Molly. We may have 
			missed ten years of her life, but 
			we don't have the right to take 
			them away from her.

	O'Brien knows she's right, and does his best to accept 
	it. Keiko reaches for a nearby CLOTH and begins 
	tenderly cleaning Molly's skin as Bashir prepares to 
	present more bad news.

					BASHIR 
			She's been deprived of human 
			contact for a long time. It's not 
			going to be easy for her to 
			re-assimilate.

	The O'Brien's share a pained look.

					BASHIR 
			Her language skills are going to 
			be rusty. The two of you are the 
			best hope we have of helping her 
			recover them.

					KEIKO 
			She didn't seem to remember us.

					O'BRIEN
			She was so scared I doubt she even 
			saw what we looked like.

	Bashir doesn't know how to break it to them...

					BASHIR 
			That's true, but don't expect her 
			to accept you right away. It's 
			possible that she blocked out the 
			memories of her earlier life in 
			order to cope with her isolation.

	This isn't happy news, but the O'Briens take the hit 
	and steel themselves to do what has to be done.