DEEP SPACE NINE: "Hard Time" - REV. 2/05/96 - ACT FOUR       43.

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					SISKO (Cont'd)
			I want you to report to Counselor
			Telnorri and begin attending daily
			counseling session for as long as
			he thinks it's advisable.

	O'Brien can't believe what he's hearing. He expected
	Sisko to be an ally.

					O'BRIEN
			You're blowing this all out of
			proportion.

	Sisko can see that this is killing O'Brien, but his
	main concern is making sure O'Brien gets help.

					SISKO
			You know that's not true. You're
			not yourself, Chief. what
			happened on Argratha affected you
			a lot more than you're willing to
			admit. And it's not going to get
			better overnight, no matter how
			much you want it to. You need
			help.

	O'Brien realizes he's skating on thin ice. He makes one
	last attempt to talk himself out of trouble.

					O'BRIEN
			Captain, please. I'm asking you,
			as a personal favor to me... give
			me one more chance.

					SISKO
			I wish I could.
				(no nonsense)
			But right now, in the judgement of
			this station's chief medical
			officer, you're unfit for duty.
			Which means you're on medical
			leave, effective immediately. And
			if you don't begin attending
			counseling sessions on a regular
			basis, and cooperating in every
			other way with your physician, I
			will have no choice but to have
			you confined to the infirmary. Is
			that clear?

	O'Brien realizes that any more argument would only get
	him even deeper in trouble.