DEEP SPACE: "Defiant" - 09/29/94 - ACT ONE              8.

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					DAX
			Who's in with Benjamin?

					KIRA
				(a little embarrassed)
			Oh... it's Wil -- Commander Wil Riker 
			from the Enterprise.

	Dax smiles at the name.

					DAX
			Wil Riker...

					KIRA
			You know him?

					DAX
			Met him at Quark's about a year ago.  
			Quite a dabo player.
				(beat)
			Do you know him?

					KIRA
				(casual)
			Yes... a little.  We met at Quark's... 
			last night.

	Kira focuses on the console in front of her... Dax picks up 
	on the subtext and she presses a little.

					DAX
			You met... last night... and...

					KIRA
			And we talked.

					DAX
			And then...

					KIRA
			And then nothing.  We just talked.
				(beat)
			For three hours.

	Dax nods with a knowing smile on her face.

					KIRA
				(stern)
			We... just... talked.  And yes, he's 
			a very warm... very charming man... 
			but I'm involved with someone.