DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Bar... " - 1/08/96 - ACT ONE         14.

10   CONTINUED:

					DAX
			You know, I think I'm finally
			getting the hang of this mek'leth.

	Worf doesn't answer.

					DAX
			Don't you think?

					WORF
			It would seem so.

					DAX
			Then why haven't you told me?

					WORF
			A Klingon warrior does not need
			the praise of his teacher.

					DAX
			I'm not a Klingon warrior.
				(joking)
			I'm a beautiful and sensitive
			young woman. And I thrive on...

	Worf's stops in his tracks and holds up his hand to
	quiet her.

					DAX
				(softly)
			What is it?

					WORF
				(whispers)
			Listen.

	Dax listens and hears a faint rustling noise from the
	ceiling. She points up to the ceiling. Worf nods in
	agreement, and without warning, lifts his bat'leth and
	yanks open a panel from the ceiling.

11   NEW ANGLE

	As a Dopterian thief tumbles from a crawlspace in the
	roof and falls to the floor. A bag of booty spills
	down next to him. Worf points the bat'leth at the
	Dopterian's chest.