STAR TREK: "Heart of Stone" - 11/17/94 - ACT TWO          20.

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					NOG

			I wasn't joking.

					JAKE
				(smiles)
			Come on, Nog.  You don't really expect 
			me to fall for that one.

					NOG
				(anxious)
			Did you tell your father I was joking?

					JAKE
			Yeah, kind of.

					NOG
			How could you do that to me?  I want 
			you to go back to your father and 
			tell him that you were wrong.

					JAKE
			All right.  Take it easy.  I mean 
			how was I supposed to know you were 
			serious?  You never said you wanted 
			to join Starfleet before.

					NOG
			I'm saying it now.

					JAKE
			So what brought this on?

					NOG
			I have my reasons.

					JAKE
			Okay.  Name one.

					NOG
			Why should I?

					JAKE
			Cause I'm your friend.  And friends 
			don't have secrets from one another.

					NOG
			It isn't a secret.  I just don't 
			want to talk about it.

					JAKE
			Why not?