DEEP SPACE NINE: "Favor the Bold" - REV. 9/5/97 - ACT THREE    39.

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					JAKE 
			From the look on your faces I can 
			see you haven't had much luck 
			getting Rom out of jail.

					QUARK
			And the news just keeps getting 
			worse.

					JAKE 
			It's not all bad.

					KIRA
			Trust us, Jake. It is.

					JAKE
				(confidentially) 
			Not for me. I'm getting a message 
			out to my Dad.

	Kira and Quark exchange a look.

					KIRA 
			How?

					JAKE
				(cocky) 
			I'm a reporter. I have my ways.

					KIRA
				(forceful) 
			Jake -- this is no time for games.

	Jake smiles, turns and points a finger at --

38   ANGLE ON MORN

	seated at a table, struggling to wrap a ribbon around 
	a large present.

					KIRA (O.S.) 
			Morn?