DEEP SPACE: "Destiny" - REV. 12/19/94 - ACT TWO          19.

9    CONTINUED:	(3)

					YARKA (Cont'd)
				(continuing)
			I understand... you want him to know 
			that he can count on you as an officer 
			under his command.  You want to keep 
			your work and your faith separate.

					KIRA
			Yes, and for three years now I have.

	She looks at him, wondering how he can know so much.  He 
	takes her hand...

					YARKA
			I'm afraid that's no longer possible.  
			The Prophets have chosen you to help 
			the Emissary make this decision -- a 
			decision that has profound 
			implications for all of Bajor.
				(beat)
			You must convince him to make the 
			Cardassians leave before the Sword 
			of Stars appears...

					KIRA
			Vedek, if you're asking me to --

					YARKA
				(interrupting)
			It is not I who is asking... but the 
			Prophets.  If you turn your back on 
			them now, you'll be abandoning your 
			faith.  And without your faith, 
			Nerys... what do you have left?

	And with that, Yarka turns and moves away... leaving Kira 
	with a lot to think about...

10   INT. QUARK'S

	where O'Brien, Dax, Ulani and Gilora are sitting at a table 
	after having spent the last few hours working.  
	SUPERNUMERARIES as needed.  Dax seems comfortable, carrying 
	on conversation easily... but O'Brien looks like he'd rather 
	be just about anywhere else.

					DAX
			I prefer the serialist poets from 
			the First Republic... like Iloja of 
			Prim.  He's easily my favorite 
			Cardassian writer.