DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Muse" - REV. 02/16/96 - ACT TWO      26B.

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					ONAYA
				(a knowing smile)
			But I'll bet you know what the
			first line is.

	Jake can't believe it -- he does.

					JAKE
			How'd you know that?

	She shrugs an almost girlish smile.

					ONAYA
			I want to show you something.

	She takes a SMALL BOX off the table and hands it to 
	him. He opens the box, and sees it contains a 
	beautiful, old-style INK PEN.

					ONAYA
			Revalus used it when he wrote "The
			Wait."

					JAKE
			You knew him?

					ONAYA
				(smiling)
			I told you I have a weakness for
			artists...
				(beat)
			I want you to have it...

					JAKE
				(stunned)
			I don't know what to say... Thank
			you.

					ONAYA
			There's more...

	She shows him a stack of THIN WHITE PAPER -- in the dim 
	light of the room it's strangely white, alluring.

					JAKE
			I've never worked on paper before.