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    DEEP SPACE NINE: "Ties of Blood... " - REV. 2/14/97 - ACT ONE     8.
                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

	(NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes)

6    INT. INFIRMARY (OPTICAL)

	BASHIR is examining an MRI-like scan of Ghemor's
	internal organs while Kira and Ghemor look on.

					BASHIR
				(wishing he had better 
				news) 
			I'm afraid the prognosis isn't 
			good.
				(to Ghemor) 
			The disease has already spread 
			throughout your digestive tract, 
			your circulatory and respiratory 
			systems, your cartilaginous 
			tissue...

	This only confirms what Ghemor already suspected. He 
	winces as a sharp stabbing pain shoots through his 
	insides.

					GHEMOR 
			How much time do I have left?