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      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Prodigal... " - REV. 11/05/98 - ACT FIVE     64.

33   CONTINUED:

					EZRI (Cont'd)
			I guess I was so busy dreaming of
			ways to get out of that house...
			I never saw what was really going
			on inside it... what was
			happening to Norvo... the endless
			humiliations... the constant
			drumbeat of criticism... the way
			his heart was carved up into
			little pieces. I should've seen
			it. I should've tried to stop
			it.

	Beat.

					O'BRIEN
			You can't blame yourself for
			that. You're not responsible.

					EZRI
			But I am. Don't you see?
				(beat)
			I should've gone home a long time
			ago.

	She gets up from the table and walks away...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         
                            THE END