DEEP SPACE NINE: "Hard Time" - REV. 2/05/96 - ACT THREE      32.

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	O'Brien glares at Bashir. He doesn't want to talk about
	this.

					O'BRIEN
			So?

					BASHIR
			So you're supposed to be seeing
			him three times a week.

					O'BRIEN
			What for? All Telnorri ever does
			is sit there and listen to me tell
			stories about what it was like to
			be in an Argrathi prison. How
			often did they beat me? Was I
			distressed by the lack of toilet
			facilities?
				(cynical)
			If you ask me, he's the one with
			the problem.

					BASHIR
			You could talk to a different
			counselor. Someone you might like
			better.

					O'BRIEN
				(cutting him off)
			Julian, I don't want to talk to a
			counselor. All I want is to
			forget what happened on Argratha
			and get on with my life.

	Which is the end of the discussion as far as O'Brien's 
	concerned, but not for Bashir

					BASHIR
			Just like that?

					O'BRIEN
				(getting angry)
			That's right. Just like that. I
			don't need counseling or
			relaxation or time to adjust. I
			just want to be left alone.

	O'Brien grabs his toolkit and heads for the ladder.
	Bashir makes one last attempt to reason with him.

					BASHIR
			I would think after being alone
			for twenty years you'd want
			someone to talk to.

	That's the last straw for O'Brien. He turns on Bashir.