DEEP SPACE NINE: "Homefront" - 11/04/95 - ACT FOUR         47.

44   CONTINUED:

					JOSEPH
				(fighting the pain)
			Ben... I...

	Joseph crumples up and collapses to the floor. Sisko
	rushes to his side.

45   INT. SISKO'S TEMPORARY OFFICE - DAY

	Sisko is seated at his desk. Odo's across from him.
	Sisko is in a contemplative mood.

					SISKO
			The EMT's said he'd be okay. And
			they were right. Turned out it
			was just a mild stroke brought on
			by his atherosclerosis.

					ODO
			How's Jake handling it?

					SISKO
			He was pretty upset. He knows as
			well as I do that if my father
			doesn't take better care of
			himself...

					ODO
			I've found that when it comes to
			doing what's best for you, you
			humanoids have a distressing habit
			of doing the exact opposite.

					SISKO
			I can't argue with that.
				(a beat)
			But what bothers me is... for a
			few minutes there, I really
			believed that my own father was a
			changeling.

					ODO
			It was a reasonable assumption
			given the circumstances.

					SISKO
			I don't care if it was reasonable
			or not. When a son can't trust
			his own father...

	Sisko shakes his head and trails off.