DEEP SPACE NINE: "Inter Arma... " - REV. 01/08/99 - ACT THREE    25.

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					KOVAL
			Good. I look forward to hearing
			your lecture.

	And with that, Koval walks away, leaving Bashir to
	stare after him. Cretak comes up to Bashir.

					CRETAK
			You're going to make a fine
			operative, doctor.

	Bashir tries not to appear as surprised as he is.

					BASHIR
			Pardon me?

					CRETAK
			The Chairman of the Tal'Shiar
			rarely speaks with anyone in
			public -- much less anyone
			wearing that uniform. Starfleet
			Intelligence should recruit you
			immediately.

	It takes him a beat to realize that she's being wry.

					BASHIR
			What makes you think I'm not
			working for them already?

					CRETAK
			Somehow, it wouldn't surprise me
			if half the people in this room
			turned out to be operatives.

					BASHIR
			You are joking... ?

					CRETAK
			It may be impolitic to say
			this... but there're those who
			see this alliance as merely a...
			momentary truce.

					BASHIR
			Are you one of those people?

					CRETAK
			I could ask you the same
			question.