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    DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Emperor's... " - REV. 11/23/98 - ACT ONE   10.

9    NEW ANGLE

	as they slowly inch their way down the corridor.

					ROM
			I told you cloaking the cloaking
			device was a good idea.

					QUARK
				(straining)
			Brilliant. But couldn't you have
			done something about its weight?

					ROM
				(seriously
				considering the
				notion)
			Uh... nope. But if it makes you
			feel any better, the cloaking
			device on the Defiant is a lot
			heavier.

					QUARK
			Tell that to my hernia.

					ROM
			You know what's bothering me...
			it seems wrong to be stealing a
			cloaking device for the Alliance.

					QUARK
			We're not stealing it for them,
			we're stealing it to save Zek.

					ROM
			But what about this other Ezri?
			She's a Trill.

					QUARK
			So?

					ROM
			So shouldn't she be with the
			rebels fighting against the
			Alliance?

					QUARK
				(dry)
			Be sure to point that out when
			you meet her. Just don't forget,
			she carries a knife.

	Suddenly Quark stops in his tracks --