DEEP SPACE: "Improbable... " - 01/25/95 - TEASER           2.

2    CONTINUED:	(2)

					GARAK
			You're going to give yourself 
			indigestion.

					BASHIR
			And I'll have you to thank for it.  
			If you hadn't been late, I'd be able 
			to enjoy my lunch.

					GARAK
			This isn't the first time I've seen 
			you rush through a meal.  You never 
			take the time to savor your food.  
			It seems to be a human characteristic.

	Garak looks over and sees that at another table, a HUMAN is 
	having lunch with an N.D. ALIEN.

					GARAK
			Look over there... that Talarian 
			isn't even half finished with his 
			meal, but his human companion's plate 
			is empty.

					BASHIR
			Maybe he and I should get together 
			for dessert and leave you and the 
			Talarian to wile away the afternoon.

					GARAK
			It's a very interesting sociological 
			trait, don't you think?  For 
			generations now, humankind has had 
			more than enough food... yet you all 
			eat as if you were afraid someone 
			was going to come along and take 
			your plate away.

	Bashir, who's finished his meal, eyes Garak's nearly untouched 
	plate.

					BASHIR
			Garak, why don't you eat for a while 
			and let me talk?

					GARAK
				(musing)
			Fear of starvation amid plenty... it 
			points to some dark secret hidden in 
			the human soul... a gnawing hunger.  
			Someone should do a study.