DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/22/92 - ACT ONE       7.

13   POV - O'BRIEN AND KEIKO

	at a table in a quietly, intense argument out of earshot...

14   RESUME ODO AND QUARK

	Quark leans in and whispers to Odo with a smarmy grin...

					QUARK
			Grapevine says Chief O'Brien and the 
			Missus are having problems...

					ODO
				(a beat, nods, studying 
				them)
			I'll never understand the humanoid 
			need to...
				(beat)
			...couple...

					QUARK
			You've never... coupled?

					ODO
			Choose not to.  Too many compromises.
				(off Quark's curious 
				reaction)
			You want to watch a Karo-Net 
			tournament, she wants to listen to 
			music.  So you compromise.
			You listen to music.  You like 
			Earth Jazz, she prefers Klingon 
			opera... so you compromise.  You 
			listen to Klingon opera.  So here 
			you were ready to have a nice 
			evening watching the Karo-Net 
			match and you wind up spending 
			an agonizing night listening to 
			Klingon opera...
				(a beat, watching the 
				O'Briens)
			What could they be going on about 
			like that anyway?

					QUARK
			She doesn't like it here.

	Odo nods, a beat.