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      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Prodigal... " - REV. 11/05/98 - ACT FOUR     50.

24   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			What about your father? Is he
			involved with the business?

					EZRI
			No. He... has other interests
			that keep him away from home for
			extended periods.
				(laughs at herself)
			I don't know why I'm sugar-
			coating it. He stays away
			because he doesn't want to be
			around my mother.

					O'BRIEN
			I'm sorry to hear that.

					EZRI
			It's all right. I can't believe
			I still feel the need to make
			excuses for either of them.
				(beat)
			You know, if there's one thing
			being joined does... it makes you
			look at things as they are,
			instead of the way you want them
			to be. After eight lifetimes,
			you start to develop a pretty low
			tolerance for denial.
				(beat)
			And there's a lot of denial in
			this house.
				(bitter)
			But we do have money...

	As O'Brien continues to work the computer...

									CUT TO:

25   INT. TIGAN MINES

	Yanas has cornered Norvo in an out of the way area
	of the mine. This is still a work zone, however,
	and there are N.D. Workers moving to and fro
	throughout the scene and a great deal of b.g. NOISE
	going on. Yanas keeps her voice under control and
	level, but she's clearly pushing her youngest son.
	(Yanas in coveralls and helmet, Norvo in casual
	clothes and helmet.)