DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Sword... " - REV. 10/03/95 - ACT TWO     23.

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					KOR 
			For a thousand years, our people 
			have waited for this moment...

	They take a few hesitant steps toward it. Dax scans it 
	with her tricorder.

					DAX
			The age... the composition... the 
			design... everything's right.

					KOR 
			How could you doubt it? Look at 
			it!

					WORF
			It is more beautiful than I ever 
			imagined.
				(to Kor) 
			You should be the first to hold 
			it.

	Kor steps toward it, his hands tremble. Gently he
	lifts it from its pedestal. He takes the Sword with
	both hands, holding it reverentially. Kor is engulfed
	with emotion -- this is a moment all Klingon warriors
	dream of. And, for the first time in Kor's life, words
	fail him. Dax smiles at her friend.

					DAX 
			How does it feel?

					KOR 
			Good. Very, very good. To 
			think... Kahless himself held 
			this Bat'leth...

	Kor hands it to an anxious Worf, who holds it with 
	great reverence, tracing the curve of the blade. 
	Worf's face is flush with emotion.

					WORF
			And with it he slew Molor... 
			conquered the Fek'Ihri and forged 
			the first Empire. And now... I 
			hold it in my hands...

	Worf hands it back to Kor. Dax gives them their 
	moment, then with reluctance:

					DAX
			We should go. The field 
			destabilizers won't hold much 
			longer.