DEEP SPACE: "Whispers" - 11/16/93 - ACT ONE             8.

9    CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			Can I talk to you for a minute, Sir?

	Sisko acknowledges and they go into his office...

10   INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

					SISKO
			Ensign DeCurtis mentioned to me you 
			were a little upset...

					O'BRIEN
			Not upset, exactly...

					SISKO
			No, no, you had every right to be... 
			I'm sorry I assigned him without 
			advising you... I dropped the ball 
			on that one...

	O'Brien relaxes a bit, Sisko seems reasonable enough...

					O'BRIEN
				(smiles)
			I guess I just felt... a little out 
			of the loop, you know...

					SISKO
			Understood.
				(sitting down)
			I've looked through your report on 
			the Paradas... they seem unusually 
			preoccupied with security...

					O'BRIEN
				(acknowledges)
			They may be a little paranoid.  But 
			I suppose we would be too if we'd 
			been in a civil war for twelve 
			years...

					SISKO
				(nods)
			Anything else I should know about 
			them... any unusual protocols they 
			might observe when they get here...