DEEP SPACE NINE: "Ties of Blood... " - REV. 2/14/97 - ACT THREE   31.

33   CONTINUED:

					DUKAT 
			I'll make it simple then. Tekeny 
			Ghemor's not a well man... and 
			he'd be better off under the care 
			of his own people. We want him to 
			know he can come home.

					SISKO
			To attend his own execution?

					DUKAT 
			Not at all. Ghemor's case has 
			been reviewed by the new judicial 
			system... and he's been cleared 
			of any wrongdoing.

					WEYOUN
			Dominion courts are renowned for 
			their honesty and equanimity.

					DUKAT 
			So, as you can see, there's no 
			reason Ghemor can't return to 
			Cardassia.

	Sisko reacts, but not with the enthusiastic acceptance
	Dukat would've liked.

					SISKO 
			I don't think he would agree with 
			you.

					WEYOUN
			Perhaps we should find out.

	Unfortunately, Sisko can't argue with that.

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34   INT. GHEMOR'S QUARTERS

	Dukat's just made his offer and he, Weyoun and Kira 
	await Ghemor's decision. Ghemor is in agony, but he 
	tries not to show it. He musters all the strength he 
	has left to meet Dukat's gaze.

					GHEMOR 
			Dukat, I have a week to live. 
			Maybe less. Do you really expect 
			me to trade my silence for a few 
			short days under the Cardassian 
			sun?