DEEP SPACE NINE: "Prodigal... " - REV. 11/05/98 - ACT ONE      20.

11   CONTINUED:	(2)

					EZRI
			Hello, Mother.

	Yanas manages a smile through the tears of joy.

					YANAS
				(choked up)
			I hate your hair...

	She laughs and Ezri smiles. Yanas holds out her
	arms and Ezri quickly goes to her and they embrace.
	Yanas lets go of her and looks Ezri over for a beat.

					YANAS
			Have you eaten?

					EZRI
			Not yet.

					YANAS
			Good. Because I've got Korella
			working on a very special dinner.
				(to Janel)
			Have you taken care of Lorkin?

					JANEL
			I was just about to contact him.

					YANAS
			I want him paid and gone by the
			time dinner's ready.