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        DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Muse" - REV. 02/16/96 ACT FIVE        55.

52   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			You've got a good start on a novel 
			here, Jake.
				(smiles)
			Your spelling's still terrible, 
			but the dialogue is sharp, the 
			story's involving, the characters 
			are real...
				(a sly smile)
			I especially liked the father.

					JAKE
			Remind you of anyone?

					SISKO
			A bit.
				(proud of him)
			It's really good.

	But Jake is unable to take any pride in it.

					JAKE
			I know. I just wish I wrote it.

					SISKO
			You did.

	Jake lets out a worried breath...

					JAKE
			How can I be sure? I mean... 
			without Onaya...

					SISKO
			Listen to me. You wrote these 
			words, not her.

 					JAKE
			But she got them out of me.

					SISKO
				(setting the pages aside)
			And that means they were somewhere 
			inside you.

	Jake hears the conviction in his father's voice and 
	can't help but be reassured by it.

					SISKO
			All you have to do is learn to 
			find them for yourself.

	Jake nods, understanding the challenge before him. He 
	looks over at the pages with a mixture of pride and 
	trepidation.