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        DEEP SPACE NINE: "Rejoined" - REV. 08/31/95 - ACT TWO      26A.

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					DAX 
			Oh, he wasn't that bad. I tend to 
			exaggerate his rebellious 
			qualities.
				(beat) 
			But you may have a point... Curzon 
			never did have much use for 
			scientists.

	Lenara looks up at her sharply... then sees the 
	mischievous smile on Dax's face and realizes the inside 
	joke.

					LENARA 
			Well, that's interesting 
			considering what you do now.

					DAX
				(laughs) 
			Curzon would be horrified to know 
			that I'm a scientist. The very 
			idea of doing research made him 
			ill.

					LENARA 
			Torias was not much different. I 
			can remember talking to him about 
			my wanting to study theoretical 
			quantum physics and his eyes 
			glazed over.

					DAX
			The irony is that you and I have 
			more in common than Torias and 
			Nilani ever did.

					LENARA 
			That's right...

	They both smile, but at the same time, this has touched 
	on a topic that is once again edging toward some tricky 
	territory. Fortunately for both of them, a com voice 
	breaks in.

					NURSE'S COM VOICE 
			Infirmary to Doctor Bashir.

					BASHIR
				(to com) 
			Bashir here, go ahead.