Removing dependencies manually from portage cache.
First, the portage cache is located in /var/cache/edb. I was trying to install gnome once and orca would not install. It said I needed a certain module compiled into python. Anyway, I just went into that directory /var/cache/edb/dep/usr/portage/app-accessibility and removed the entry I needed from the RDEPEND and DEPEND variable.
This may not be the best thing to do, but it was my only option at the time and may be of use to someone else.
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