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       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Muse" - REV. 02/21/96 - ACT FIVE       49.

46   INT. AN ACCESS CONDUIT

	as the CAMERA glides along it and EMERGES into --

47   INT. CONDUIT JUNCTION (OPTICAL)

	A small chamber DEEP in the heart of the station. 
	Onaya has brought Jake here to feed off what little he 
	has left -- she's reasoned that the authorities are 
	looking for him and knows she doesn't have a lot of 
	time.

	Jake is slumped against the wall, exhausted and 
	drained, but still writing. She massages his neck and 
	head, and the ENERGY WISPS are coming off him more 
	frequently now; she takes them in through her fingers, 
	and the intensity of it is sending her into a 
	blissful state. She encourages him with soft murmurs...

					ONAYA
			Keep going, Jake...

	He refocuses, keeps writing...

					ONAYA
			The moment I saw you, I knew that 
			you were worthy of what I could 
			give you... but I can't stay with you
			forever... this is your chance 
			to create something that will live 
			on, long after you're gone...

	He's hit by another blinding headache, but he shakes it 
	off, keeps writing. Suddenly his nose starts to bleed 
	again. He tries to ignore it, blots it carelessly with 
	one hand.

	Onaya takes a cloth, dabs at his nose, doing her best 
	not to interfere with his work.

					ONAYA
			There... it'll stop in a minute...

	He keeps writing... she continues feeding... off the 
	eerie symbiosis between them...