DEEP SPACE NINE: "A Simple... " - REV. 1/20/97 - ACT TWO      24.

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					ODO
			Why?

					ARISSA
			Because if I don't... I'm dead.

	Odo reacts -- this is getting serious.

					ODO 
			Maybe you'd better start at the 
			beginning.

	She lets out a long breath...

					ARISSA 
			I work for a man named Draim. 
				(off Odo's reaction) 
			I see you've heard of him.

					ODO
			He's with the Orion Syndicate. If 
			I'm not mistaken, he specializes 
			in blackmail and extortion. Where 
			do you fit into his organization?

					ARISSA
			I access computer systems and 
			steal information for him... 
			government data, business plans -- 
			whatever he asks for.

					ODO
			I hope you're well paid. That's 
			a dangerous line of work. Trigger 
			the wrong security protocol and 
			you could end up with permanent 
			brain damage.

					ARISSA
			I think about that from time to 
			time. But then there's not much 
			I can do about it. You don't quit 
			the Orion Syndicate unless they 
			say you can.

					ODO
			Do you want to quit?

					ARISSA
			That's why I came to meet Tauvid.

					ODO
			Who was he?