DEEP SPACE NINE: "Chimera" - REV. 12/16/98 - ACT FOUR       37.

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	Odo doesn't have the heart to defend them anymore.

					ODO
			Hopefully this will all get
			straightened out at your hearing.

					CHANGELING
				(dry)
			I'm sure it will be fair and
			impartial.

					ODO
			Just tell them exactly what
			happened.

					CHANGELING
			My word against a humanoid's?
			Who do you think this magistrate
			is going to believe?

	Considering what happened, Odo's afraid the answer
	is all too clear.

					ODO
			I shouldn't have convinced you to
			stay here. If I'd let you go,
			none of this would've happened.

					CHANGELING
			My only consolation is that this
			may finally make you understand
			you don't belong here. You saw
			the hatred in that Klingon's
			eyes. Maybe now you'll recognize
			it when you see it hiding in the
			faces of your so-called friends.

	He moves close to the plain of the forcefield,
	trying to drive home his point.

					CHANGELING
			They tolerate you because you
			emulate them. What higher
			flattery is there? "I, who can
			be anything, choose to be like
			you."
				(beat)
			But even when you make yourself
			in their image, they know that
			you aren't truly one of them.
			What you appear to be doesn't
			reflect what you really are.
			It's only a mask.