DEEP SPACE: "Equilibrium" - REV. 08/11/94 - TEASER          2.

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					ODO
			May I?

					SISKO
			By all means.

	He hands him the bowl, and Odo takes the whisk in hand.  He 
	begins whipping, a little tentatively.

					SISKO
				(continuing)
			Keep it smooth.  That's right... 
			it's all in the wrist.

	Odo starts to get the hang of it, gets a rhythm going.  Sisko 
	smiles, and Odo can't help but smile back.  Sisko turns the 
	fish in the skillet and starts expertly chopping something.

					BASHIR
			Where'd you learn to do that?

					SISKO
			I used to work summers at my father's 
			restaurant in New Orleans.

					KIRA
			What are we having?  It smells 
			delicious.

					JAKE
			Blackened redfish... with creamed 
			spinach and sauteed beets.

	Bashir responds with a notable lack of enthusiasm.

					BASHIR
			Beets... ?

					SISKO
				(with humor)
			You don't like beets, Doctor?

	Jake turns toward Bashir as if to warn him of something --

					JAKE
			Careful --

					BASHIR
				(uninterrupted)
			They're not exactly a personal 
			favorite of mine.