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       DEEP SPACE NINE: "Prodigal... " - REV. 11/05/98 - TEASER       7.

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					SISKO
			Your personnel file says she owns
			the fifth largest pergium mining
			facility in the entire sector...

					EZRI
			Actually, it's the sixth now.
			The Ferengi discovered a large
			deposit on Timor Two a few years
			ago. My mother nearly had a
			heart attack when she found out
			we'd been knocked out of the top
			five.

					SISKO
			Do you think she'd be willing to
			intervene with the local
			authorities -- get them to look
			into what happened to the chief?

					EZRI
			I'm sure she would.

					SISKO
			That's the first good news I've
			heard all day.

	Sisko is somewhat relieved, but Ezri suddenly looks
	troubled.

					SISKO
			Something wrong?

					EZRI
			No. Yes. I don't know.
				(beat)
			I haven't talked to my mother in
			almost six months.

					SISKO
			Oh.

					EZRI
			The last time I saw her was just
			after I was joined. She came to
			visit me on Trill. I was still a
			little... confused. When she
			walked into my room, I put on a
			big smile, looked her straight in
			the eye and said, "Hi, Mom, it's
			me -- Curzon!" Things kinda went
			downhill from there.