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     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Prodigal... " - REV. 11/05/98 - ACT THREE    40A.

20   CONTINUED:	(2)

					YANAS
			Thank you, Mister O'Brien. I'll
			see you at dinner.

	Yanas EXITS to her office.

					EZRI
				(to O'Brien)
			I'm sorry about this. Our mother
			is a force of nature.

					O'BRIEN
			It's all right. It'll do me good
			to get my hands on a problem I
			can solve for a change.
				(to Janel)
			Lead on.

	Janel leads O'Brien toward the mine entrance. Ezri
	sits there alone for a beat, then looks up at the
	obvious blank spot where Norvo's painting once hung.

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21   OMITTED

21A  INT. NORVO'S BEDROOM

	Norvo is passed out on his bed as Ezri ENTERS. He
	rouses himself as Ezri sits down on the edge of his
	bed. The artwork on his walls has been taken down
	and is lying in a heap in a corner of the room --
	some of the paintings have been slashed and others
	have obviously broken frames. The now-empty bottle
	of saurian brandy is overturned on his desk.

					NORVO
			Good morning.

					EZRI
			Good afternoon.

					NORVO
			Oh.

	He sits up and tries to clear the cobwebs from his
	brain.