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DEEP SPACE NINE: "Ferengi Love... " - REV. 02/18/97 - ACT FOUR 45.
31 CONTINUED: (3)
ZEK
Isn't that what I said? Oh, a
lifetime of numbers. You can't
blame me for forgetting a few.
Now let's get down to business --
who's the first petitioner?
Quark looks at the PADD.
QUARK
Daimon Igel. He wants to know if
he should sell his duranium
interests on the open market or on
the Futures Exchange.
ZEK
An interesting question...
(to Quark)
Well, don't just stand there,
let's see how duranium's been
doing.
Quark hits some more keys.
QUARK
Over the last three trading cycles
there's been an increase of seven-
and-three-quarters... a decrease
of two-and-an-eighth and then
another increase of eleven-and-
three-eighths.
ZEK
That's a gain of eighteen points.
QUARK
(gently)
Actually, it's seventeen.
ZEK
(feathers ruffled)
What are you talking about? Seven
and three quarters... minus two
and...
The Nagus continues MUMBLING the numbers to himself,
looking more and more confused. Quark, who is now
realizing that the Nagus is not on top of his game,
looks to Maihar'du. Maihar'du looks back at him
imploringly, as if asking him to do something --
anything -- to help ease his master's struggle. But
what can Quark do?