DEEP SPACE: "The Storyteller" - 2/02/93 - ACT FIVE         48.

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					VARIS
			I want you to know Commander, that I 
			take complete responsibility for 
			what happened in the security office.

					SISKO
			I think there's more than enough 
			blame to spread around.  Jake should 
			have known better.

					VARIS
			I'm afraid he and Nog were just trying 
			to impress me.

					SISKO
			That's not much of an excuse.

					VARIS
			Didn't you ever do anything foolish 
			to impress a girl?

	Sisko has to concede the point.

					SISKO
			I may have.

					VARIS
			Jake's a nice boy.  So's Nog, in his 
			own way.  I enjoy their company.

					SISKO
			I suppose you don't get much of a 
			chance to be with people your own 
			age.

					VARIS
			True.  But that's not why I wanted 
			to be with them.
				(off Sisko's reaction)
			I wanted to learn about you.

	Sisko can't help but be impressed.  Beneath all the bad 
	attitude, this is one savvy girl.

					SISKO
			And... ?