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          DEEP SPACE: "Meridian" - REV. 09/22/94 - ACT FIVE         54.

46   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			I guess I just need to know that 
			you've thought this through.  If 
			Curzon told me he wanted to go off 
			with a woman he just met, I would've 
			tried to talk him out of it.

					DAX
				(smiles)
			And you would have been right; he 
			fell in love with someone new every 
			other week...
				(beat)
			But I'm not Curzon.

	Sisko has to admit to himself that she's right.

					SISKO
			No... and I can't say I've ever seen 
			Jadzia do anything without thinking 
			it through first.

	Sisko manages a small smile.

					SISKO
			I am happy for you... it's just... 
			I'm going to miss you, old man.

	She moves to him, takes his hand.

					DAX
			You've been a friend to me for two 
			lifetimes... and I can't imagine 
			what it's going to be like not having 
			you around.

	She looks at him, sadness in her eyes.

					DAX
			Leaving Deep Space Nine is the hardest 
			thing I've ever had to do... but I 
			know it's the right thing.

	After a beat, Sisko acknowledges with a small nod.

					DAX
			Besides, after eight lifetimes as a 
			humanoid, existing as pure 
			consciousness might be an interesting 
			change.