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        DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/10/92 - ACT ONE        18.

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					SISKO
			Well, actually I thought I'd say 
			hello first and then take the 
			office... but we could do it in any 
			order you'd like.

					KIRA
				(exaggerated)
			Hello.

					SISKO
			Is something bothering you, Major?

					KIRA
			You don't want to ask me that, 
			Commander...

					SISKO
			Why not?

					KIRA
			Because I have a bad habit of telling 
			the truth... even when people don't 
			want to hear it.

					SISKO
				(pleasant)
			Perhaps I want to hear it.

	A beat.  All right, fine...

					KIRA
			I don't believe the Federation has 
			any business being here.

	Sisko nods, takes a beat, then...

					SISKO
			The provisional government disagrees 
			with you...

					KIRA
			The provisional government and I 
			don't agree on a lot of things... 
			which is probably why they've sent 
			me to this god-forsaken place.