DEEP SPACE: "Meridian" - REV. 09/26/94 - ACT FIVE         58.

54   CONTINUED:

					O'BRIEN
			According to Deral's calculations, 
			the dimensional shift should occur 

			within the next forty-seven minutes.

					DAX
				(to O'Brien)
			Think you'll be done overhauling the 
			station by the time I see you again?

					O'BRIEN
			I doubt it...

	They share a smile.  She squeezes Sisko's hand as she moves 
	past him and onto the transporter pad.  When she's in 
	position:

					DAX
			Tell Quark I'll be back to collect 
			the three strips of latinum he owes 
			me... with sixty years interest.

	They all smile, but it's bittersweet.  After a beat.

					SISKO
			Energize.

	O'Brien works the controls.

55   ON SISKO AND THE OTHERS

	as they watch her DEMATERIALIZE... knowing they won't see 
	her again for a very long time.

56   EXT. VILLAGE COMMONS - DAY

	where Dax has just MATERIALIZED.  Deral sees her, and 
	approaches, a smile on his features.

					DERAL
				(wry)
			I was beginning to think you were 
			having second thoughts...

	Dax smiles, still feeling the sadness of leaving her friends.

					DAX
			No... just saying good-bye.