DEEP SPACE: "The Storyteller" - REV. 2/04/93 - ACT FIVE      49.

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					VARIS
			Jake think's very highly of you.  
			He... trusts you.

					SISKO
				(smiling)
			That's always nice to hear.

	Varis takes a seat.  For the rest of the scene, her words 
	are spoken softly and with great thought behind them.

					VARIS
			Hearing Jake speak of you reminded 
			me how much I miss my own parents.  
			My father was a great man.  A great 
			leader.

					SISKO
			I'm sure he'd be very proud of you.

					VARIS
			I try to be strong... the way he was 
			strong... but it's... difficult.

					SISKO
			From what I've learned about your 
			father, he wasn't afraid to 
			compromise.

					VARIS
			That's because he knew the Navot 
			feared him.  If I were to make 
			concessions, Woban would think I was 
			weak.

					SISKO
			I doubt he would be that foolish.
				(a beat)
			But he is determined to get back 
			that land.

					VARIS
			I'm not afraid of Woban or the Navot.

					SISKO
			I never said you were.
				(a beat)
			So your answer is still no.

					VARIS
			You don't lose by saying no.