DEEP SPACE NINE: "When it Rains... " - REV. 03/02/99 - ACT FOUR   48.

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					SESKAL
			It's a legitimate question,
			Garak.

					GARAK

			Maybe. But I don't think it's a
			proper subject for discussion --
			not if we're all supposed to be
			getting along.

					SESKAL
				(to Rusot)
			Well, if you won't ask him, I
			will.
				(louder)
			Odo -- when you were the head of
			security on Terok Nor, what did
			you think was going to happen to
			the Bajoran prisoners that you
			arrested?

					KIRA
				(to Odo)
			You don't have to answer that.

	The moment Kira speaks, Rusot steps into the fray.

					RUSOT
			Why not?
				(pointed)
			It's a legitimate question.

					KIRA
			If you're looking to provoke an
			argument.

					GARAK
				(to the Cardassians)
			Just as I said.

					ODO
			I expected my prisoners to be
			dealt with justly, though I soon
			came to realize that Cardassians
			had little interest in justice.

	Kira allows herself a smile over Odo's reply --

					SESKAL
				(not letting it go)
			Then why didn't you resign in
			"protes?t"