DEEP SPACE: "The Storyteller" - 2/02/93 - ACT THREE        27.

42   OMITTED

43   INT. QUARK'S

	Not very crowded.  Kira ENTERS and sits down at the bar.  
	Quark hurries over.

					QUARK
			Major, what a pleasant surprise.  I 
			always look forward to one of your 
			infrequent visits.

					KIRA
			Spare me the small talk and get me a 
			star drifter.

	Quark begins gathering the ingredients.

					QUARK
			So, how are the negotiations coming 
			along?

					KIRA
			Better make it a double.

	Quark nods sympathetically.

44   INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE

	Sisko studying a PADD.  The door chimes.

					SISKO
			Come in.

	Varis ENTERS.

					VARIS
			You asked to see me.

					SISKO
			Please, sit down.

	Varis doesn't move.

					VARIS
			I just spent the last five hours 
			sitting at a conference table.

					SISKO
			Yes, five long, unproductive hours.

					VARIS
			Woban is an obstinate fool.