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      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Dogs... " - REV. 04/09/99 - ACT ONE      17.

24   ZEK ON A MONITOR (OPTICAL)

	His image is partially obscured by STATIC, and his 
	VOICE is often DROWNED out by it. (The words we 
	shouldn't be able to hear are in parentheses.)

					ZEK 
			Is that you, (Rom)?

					QUARK
				(loud) 
			It's me.

					ZEK
				(peering into the 
				camera) 
			(I can) barely see you.

					QUARK 
			It's the static.

					ZEK 
			Sorry about the (static). It's 
			raining here.

					QUARK
				(so?) 
			It's always raining there.

					ZEK 
			Not this kind of rain. (There 
			was) an accident at the power 
			plant. The contractor used 
			substandard (relays), the greedy 
			(bastard). There's a toxic 
			(electrostatic) cloud hanging 
			over the city. What a (frigging) 
			mess.

					QUARK 
			So to what do I owe the 
			pleasure... ?

					ZEK 
			The pressure? That's an 
			ungrateful thing to (say). I'm 
			not pressuring you.

					QUARK
				(louder) 
			No. The pleasure.

					ZEK 
			You're not making any sense. 
			Shut up and listen. I'm 
			retiring.