STAR TREK: "Heart of Stone" - 11/17/94 - ACT FIVE         47.

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					SISKO
			Nog I've given your request a lot of 
			thought.

					NOG
			I appreciate that, Commander.

					SISKO
			But I'm afraid I have to turn you 
			down.

	This is not what Nog expected.

					NOG
			Turn me down?  Why?  Did I do 
			something wrong?

					SISKO
			It's not anything you did, Nog.  
			You're just not Academy material.

	Sisko places Nog's latinum on his desk.

					SISKO
			Here.  This belongs to you.

	Nog doesn't reach for the latinum.

					NOG
			Commander, can't we talk about this?

					SISKO
			There's nothing to talk about.  We 
			both know you'd never make it through 
			the Academy.  You couldn't handle 
			the workload or the discipline.  You 
			wouldn't last two weeks.

					NOG
				(desperate)
			That's not true.  I'm a hard worker.  
			I proved that to you.

					SISKO
			It doesn't matter.  I'm not going to 
			place my reputation on the line just 
			to satisfy some whim of yours.

	Nog, who until now has been on the defensive, begins to get 
	angry.