DEEP SPACE: "Dax" - 11/18/92 - ACT FIVE              51.

85   CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO
			Then what is it that's holding you 
			back?  Help me.

	She goes silent again and Sisko loses it... raises a fist...

					SISKO
			Dammit, if you were still a man...

					DAX
				(calm, straight)
			I see your temper hasn't improved...

					SISKO
			Don't talk to me about my temper...

					DAX
			Curzon always warned you about it...

					SISKO
			You're not going to get me off track 
			here...

					DAX
			Do you remember that Argosian 
			lieutenant who threw a drink in your 
			face...

					SISKO
				(beat, pauses, grins)
			... And you knocked me down with a 
			right cross before I could kill him... 
			I still have a little scar here from 
			your ring finger...

	He shows her his chin... as she touches it...

					DAX
			I tried that ring on after Curzon 
			died... it slipped right off my 
			finger...

	Their eyes connect... she turns back inward...