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37   CONTINUED:	(2)

					DERAL
			In sixty years...

	They move into each other's arms.

					DERAL
			I want you with me now...

	She holds him close...

					DAX

			That's what I want, too... but there's 
			nothing we can do...

	A beat.

					DERAL
				(decisive)
			Yes, there is.  I can leave 
			Meridian... go back to the Alpha 
			Quadrant with you.

	She looks at him, can't believe he'd be willing to leave his 
	home for her.

					DERAL
			If you'll have me.

	She breaks into a smile.

					DAX
			What do you think?

	They hold each other close... realizing that they can be 
	together after all... off this moment...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE