DEEP SPACE: "Melora" - REV. 08/30/93 - ACT ONE           11.

11   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			Not at all.

					MELORA
			It looked like the meeting had already 
			begun.

					SISKO
			Dax and Bashir were just telling me 
			about your request to pilot a runabout 
			alone.

					MELORA
			Wouldn't it have been appropriate to 
			include me in that conversation?

					SISKO
				(even)
			I was getting a briefing by my senior 
			officers, Ensign.  We talk about 
			personnel matters all the time.

					MELORA
				(without sarcasm)
			I'm sorry if I seem overly sensitive.  
			But I'm used to being shut out of 
			the "Melora" problem.  The truth is 
			there is no "Melora" problem.  Until 
			people create one.

	They are now at the top of the stairs... and they go into 
	the office and the doors close...

12   INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

	And she continues to be charming as she maintains her 
	aggressiveness.  She moves to a chair and sits.

					MELORA
			This may sound ungrateful, because 
			Doctor Bashir has been wonderfully 
			helpful in the preparations for my 
			arrival, but frankly, I wonder why a 
			medical opinion is necessary in this 
			discussion.