DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Emperor's... " - REV. 11/23/98 - ACT FOUR   41.

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					ZEK
			In a million pieces. She
			worships me, you know. And I
			worship her right back. Besides,
			this is all your fault. If it
			weren't for you, I never would've
			been able to get to this
			universe. Remember the last time
			you came home to visit your
			mother?

	Rom nods.

					ZEK
			Well, one night while you were
			sleeping, I got up to get a bite
			to eat. And there, on the
			kitchen table, was a Starfleet
			PADD.

					ROMM
			My engineering notebook?
				(realizing)
			With the schematics for the multi-
			dimensional transporter that
			Chief O'Brien gave me to study.
				(a beat)
			You stole it...

					ZEK
			I'm your Nagus, you have no
			secrets from me.