DEEP SPACE: "Melora" - REV. 08/27/93 - ACT FIVE          60.

82   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (OPTICAL)

	The wormhole opening in the background as a runabout comes 
	through.

83   INT. PROMENADE - KLINGON KIOSK

	At their table.  She's back in her wheelchair.  Eating racht.

					MELORA
			Why didn't the phaser kill me... ?

					BASHIR
			I don't know.  Maybe... all the neuro-
			stimulants we've been pumping into 
			your system...

					MELORA
			That's what I was wondering too...

					BASHIR
			It might turn out to be an interesting 
			side effect of the treatment.  It's 
			worth exploring...

					MELORA
			Julian, I'm not going ahead with the 
			treatments.

	He reacts, a little disappointed.

					BASHIR
			You can always try it again someday 
			if you change your mind.

					MELORA
			I don't think I will.
				(beat)
			I like being independent.  That's no 
			secret.  But to give up everything 
			that I am to walk...
				(quoting "Mermaid")
			... on land...
				(shakes her head)
			Well, I might be more independent 
			but I wouldn't be Elaysian anymore.  
			I'm not sure what I'd be.  Besides, 
			maybe independence isn't all it's 
			cracked up to be.  I kind of like 
			how it feels to depend on someone 
			for a change.