DEEP SPACE: "Destiny" - REV. 12/19/94 - ACT FOUR          45.

34   INT. COMMANDER'S OFFICE (OPTICAL)

	where Sisko is thoughtfully reading off his desktop MONITOR.  
	The text on the screen is in Bajoran lettering.

	After a beat, Dax ENTERS.

					DAX
			Chief O'Brien said he'd have the 
			modifications to the Defiant's phasers 
			ready within half an hour.

	Sisko looks over...

					SISKO
			Half an hour ahead of schedule...

					DAX
				(wry)
			The chief is a born engineer.  He 
			always gives himself a comfortable 
			margin on his repair estimates.

	Sisko's attention wanders back to the monitor... Dax glances 
	at the screen, notices the Bajoran writing...

					DAX
			Let me guess... you're reading up on 
			Bajoran prophecies concerning the 
			Emissary...

					SISKO
				(nods)
			There are hundreds of them.  Most of 
			them are vague... some are 
			contradictory... but there's just 
			enough truth in a few of them to 
			make me wonder...

					DAX
			You mean some of them have come true?

					SISKO
			If you interpret them a certain way, 
			yes.

					DAX
			And so now you're wondering if 
			Trakor's prophecy is coming true as 
			well...