DEEP SPACE NINE: "Tacking into... " - REV. 03/22/99 - TEASER     7.

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	Garak looks him over for a beat.

					GARAK
			If I may ask... ?

					ODO
			Why have I... deteriorated so
			rapidly? I've been assuming
			dozens of different shapes over
			the past few weeks. Changing
			form seems to... accelerate the
			progress of the disease.

					GARAK
			Perhaps you should stop.

					ODO
			And do what? Lie here and wait
			to die? No, thank you. I'm here
			to work and work is what I'm
			going to do.

					GARAK
			I see.
				(beat)
			I take it that Commander Kira is
			unaware of your... true
			condition?

					ODO
			That's right. And I prefer that
			it stay that way.

					GARAK
			I won't breath a word.

					ODO
			See that you don't. She has
			enough on her mind without
			worrying about me. And I don't
			want her...

					GARAK
			Pity?

	Odo looks away and clearly Garak is right.