DEEP SPACE: "The Homecoming" - 07/02/93 - ACT FIVE         54.

66   INT. SISKO'S QUARTERS

	Sisko ENTERS.  It's late.  He's tired.  The first thing he 
	sees is a mopey Jake lounging on the couch.

					SISKO
			Jake?  What are you doing up?

					JAKE
			I couldn't sleep.

					SISKO
			So, how was your date?  It was 
			tonight, wasn't it?

					JAKE
			It was supposed to be.  She couldn't 
			make it.

	Sisko sits down, ready to give his son a fatherly pep talk.

					SISKO
			It happens.

					JAKE
			She said her father wouldn't let her 
			go out with me.

					SISKO
			Why not?

					JAKE
			Because I'm not a Bajoran.

	Sisko sighs in weary frustration.

					SISKO
			That's not much of a reason.
				(a beat)
			Jake... there are things happening 
			on Bajor... bad things... I'm sorry 
			you've become a victim of them.  You 
			don't deserve it.  Nobody does.

	He leans over and pulls Jake to him, kisses him on the head, 
	holds on to him tightly.  A beat, then...

					SISKO
				(continuing)
			Now it's time for bed, okay?

	Jake gets up and heads for his room.