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        DEEP SPACE NINE: "Chimera" - REV. 12/16/98 - ACT FOUR       41.

46   CONTINUED:

					KIRA
				(pointing it out)
			That vent. It'll lead you
			through some conduits to an
			airlock.

	Before going, he studies her face for a beat, trying
	to make sense of her unexpected gesture.

					CHANGELING
			Why?

	A beat.

					KIRA
			Because I love him.

	He stares at her as if she's belying everything he's
	ever thought about humanoids. And off the moment
	between them we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR