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  DEEP SPACE NINE: "Prodigal... " - REV. 11/05/98 - ACT FIVE 54-54A.    
                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

27   INT. TIGAN OFFICE - DAY

	A few moments later. O'Brien is pointing out
	information to Ezri on the computer screen.

					O'BRIEN
			There. Nine months ago, Morica
			Bilby shows up on the payroll as
			a "shipping consultant."

					EZRI
				(off screen)
			Five bars of latinum a week...
			"for services rendered." What
			services... ?

	She works for a beat.

					EZRI
			There's no cross-reference... no
			indication of what she was doing
			for the company...

					O'BRIEN
			Whatever it was, she must've been
			doing a good job -- look here.
			Her salary increases to ten bars
			a week... then to twenty... then
			thirty...

					EZRI
			The last payment entry is six
			weeks ago.

					O'BRIEN
			The day before she was killed.

	Ezri gets up from the desk and takes a few steps,
	trying to digest this information.

					O'BRIEN
			Who's in charge of the payroll?

					EZRI
				(grave)
			My mother... ultimately. But she's
			turned over most of the day to day
			operations to Janel... and Norvo's
			been doing the bookkeeping.