DEEP SPACE: "Meridian" - REV. 09/28/94 - ACT ONE          12.

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					DERAL
			With only limited success, I'm afraid.  
			My theory is that the dimensional 
			shifts are caused by fluctuations in 
			Meridian's quantum matrix... 
			fluctuations that are somehow 
			triggered by our sun.

					BASHIR
			This other dimension of yours, what's 
			it like?

					SELTIN
			It's hard to explain... it is... 
			without form.  We exist as pure 
			consciousness...

	Our people take this in, fascinated.

					SISKO
			And Meridian?

					SELTIN
			It becomes non-corporeal as well, 
			but when we return to this dimension, 
			everything is just as we left it.  
			The buildings, the trees... even our 
			bodies.

	Our people are genuinely intrigued by what they're hearing.

					O'BRIEN
			Are you saying that when you return 
			here, it's as if no time has passed?

					SELTIN
			Yes... we only age when we're in 
			corporeal form.

					BASHIR
				(smiles)
			Sounds like this other dimension has 
			its advantages...

	Deral turns to Dax.

					DERAL
			Yes... but we always look forward to 
			this existence... and its many 
			pleasures.

	Dax is trying to get a scoop out a spoonful from the core of 
	a meaty looking FRUIT.