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         DEEP SPACE: "The Storyteller" - 2/02/93 - ACT FOUR         36.
                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

55   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

					SISKO (V.O.)
			Station Log supplemental.  We have 
			completed a second day of talks 
			between the Paqu and the Navot.  So 
			far, we're no closer to finding a 
			solution than we were when 
			negotiations began.

56   INT. VARIS'S QUARTERS

	A thoughtful Varis is seated at a table studying a monitor 
	displaying a map of the disputed border.  The door CHIMES.

					VARIS
			Enter.

57   NEW ANGLE

	Jake and Nog tramp in, their happy-go-lucky attitudes in 
	sharp contrast to Varis, who shuts off the monitor.

					JAKE
			Hi, you want to do something?

					VARIS
			I'm sorry.  Not right now.

	Nog's disappointed, but Jake sees that she means it.

					JAKE
			Okay, we'll stop by later.

	He turns to go, but Nog isn't ready to admit defeat.

					NOG
			Is there anything we can do to cheer 
			you up?

					VARIS
				(appreciates the 
				concern)
			I don't think so.

					NOG
			You're sure?