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       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Prodigal... " - REV. 11/05/98 - TEASER       8.

5    CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO
			I'm sure she understood what you
			were going through. You weren't
			prepared to be joined -- she
			couldn't blame you for being
			confused.

					EZRI
			She didn't. Not really. But she
			did want me to come home to
			recuperate.
				(beat)
			We had a disagreement.

					SISKO
			Not for the first time... ?

					EZRI
				(sighs)
			No, not for the first time.

	Beat.

					SISKO
			If there was any other way, I
			wouldn't ask you to do this.

					EZRI
			It's all right. My family
			problems aren't as important as
			finding the chief. I'll call my
			mother right away.

					SISKO
			Thanks, old man.

					EZRI
			Anytime.

	Sisko EXITS. OFF Ezri's face as she gets ready to
	make the call she's been dreading...

									CUT TO:

6    INT. EZRI'S BEDROOM - CLOSE ON VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	on it is the face of YANAS TIGAN, a lean and regal-
	looking Trill woman in her late fifties. She wears
	a tastefully tailored CASUAL SUIT. She's beautiful,
	and radiates the iron resolve of a self-made woman.
	Yanas looks upon her only daughter with unreserved
	affection. But instead of basking in her mother's
	attention, Ezri seems uneasy.