DEEP - SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/04/95 - ACT ONE     18.

17   CONTINUED:

					JAKE 
			I don't know if I really want to
			try it again...

	Nog knows what his friend is going through, but he has 
	no idea what he can do to help...

					NOG 
			You know, Jake... I'm going to be 
			gone soon... we probably won't see 
			each other for a while.

					JAKE
			I know...

	Talking about these kinds of things doesn't come easy 
	for Nog, but he does his best.

					NOG
			So... what are your plans?

					JAKE 
			I was thinking about taking that 
			deferred admission and going to 
			Pennington in the fall...

					NOG
				(excited) 
			That'd be great. We'd both be on 
			Earth.

	But Jake's ambivalence soon punctures Nog's enthusiasm.

					JAKE 
			But maybe I'll just stick around 
			here... I haven't decided yet.

	Nog's face falters with disappointment... he feels 
	powerless to help his friend.

	They come to an intersection in the corridor...

					JAKE 
			It's late... I think I'll turn 
			in...

					NOG
			Okay...

	Off  Nog's features as he watches Jake move off down the 
	corridor...