DEEP SPACE: "The Storyteller" - REV. 2/04/93 - ACT ONE        8.

7    CONTINUED:	(3)

					BASHIR
			Of course not.  I'd simply prefer it 
			if you called me by my first name.

	O'Brien considers a beat then...

					O'BRIEN
				(checking console)
			All right.  We've achieved stable orbit 
			around Bajor.  We can beam down any 
			time... Julian.

	And we notice just the slightest edge in his voice as he 
	says the name.  Bashir notices it as well.  Hopes he's 
	mistaken.

8    EXT. VILLAGE SQUARE - DAY (OPTICAL)

	Bashir and O'Brien MATERIALIZE in the middle of a plaza.  A 

	few villagers are cleaning up some debris.  Nearby is a large 
	raised platform.  Bashir takes out his medical tricorder.  
	Takes readings.

					BASHIR
				(re: tricorder)
			No sign of any airborne infections, 
			the soil appears free of pollutants, 
			and the ground water's clear of 
			bacterial contamination.

					FAREN (O.S.)
			Gentlemen...

9    NEW ANGLE

	to include FAREN, a Bajoran official.