DEEP SPACE NINE: "Prodigal... " - REV. 11/05/98 - ACT TWO      28.

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					NORVO
			Oh. I should probably get a
			clean one.

					EZRI
			I don't care.

	He pours her a glass then one for himself.

					EZRI
				(re: PADD)
			Norvo, this doesn't mean--

					NORVO
				(lifts glass)
			To my sister -- a shining angel
			in a dark sky.

	Ezri clinks his glass and they each take a sip.

					EZRI
				(re: PADD)
			All right. The Andorian Academy
			rejected your application... that
			doesn't mean your work is
			"amateurish." There are other
			art schools.

					NORVO
			It's the best.

					EZRI
			You shouldn't just give up.

	Norvo swirls the brandy around the glass with a
	deprecating smile.

					NORVO
			I'm not very good, Zee. I never
			was.
				(re: paintings)
			All this... it's an indulgence.
			Just like my other "hobbies" --
			poetry... music...