DEEP SPACE NINE: "Chimera" - REV. 12/16/98 - ACT ONE        10.

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					CHANGELING
			Have they?
				(beat)
			Is that why you've stayed?

	Odo isn't sure what he means.

					ODO
			I told you, I want no part of the
			Founders.

					CHANGELING
			But what about the hundred that
			were sent out -- haven't you ever
			tried to find any of them?

					ODO
			No.

	The Changeling seems surprised to hear this.

					ODO
			It's a big galaxy. They could be
			anywhere.

					CHANGELING
			I found you.

	Odo finds himself feeling a bit defensive.

					ODO
			I have a life here, friends.

	The Changeling begins to realize something...

					CHANGELING
			When did you first take humanoid
			form?

					ODO
			A little over thirty years ago.

					CHANGELING
			So that's it. This is all still
			new to you. I spent the first
			part of my life living among
			humanoids, as well.

					ODO
			How long ago was that?