DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Visitor" - REV. 08/22/95 - ACT THREE     38.

37   CONTINUED:

					OLD JAKE
				(firm) 
			No.

	A beat as he collects himself.

					OLD JAKE 
			I'll be fine...

					MELANIE 
			You should rest...

					OLD JAKE 
			No... you came a long way to find 
			out why I stopped writing, and you 
			deserve an answer...

					OLD JAKE 
			Later that night, after Nog had 
			left...

38   INT. JAKE'S HOUSE - NIGHT (NEAR FUTURE)

	Adult Jake at his desk, working on a stack of printed 
	pages with a pen.

					OLD JAKE (V.O.) 
				(continuing) 
			I stayed up working. My new novel 
			was going well, and when it's 
			going well you don't want to 
			stop...

	Korena approaches Jake, throws her arms around him from 
	behind, gives him a kiss.

					KORENA 
			Coming to bed?

					ADULT JAKE 
			I'm not tired.

					KORENA 
				(smiles) 
			Neither am I.

	Jake catches on, smiles, and puts his pen down. He 
	turns off his desk lamp and they start toward the 
	stairs.