DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Quickening" - 03/19/96 - ACT TWO       21.

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					BASHIR
			Don't be. This is fine.
				(gesturing)
			Can I use this table for my 
			equipment?

					EKORIA 
			Whatever you need.


	Dax begins to clear a workspace as Bashir starts 
	unpacking his equipment and setting it up. Ekoria 
	helps Dax, who comes across a small PAINTING on a scrap 
	of wood. It looks like it was done with homemade 
	paint; the colors are a little faded and inconsistent, 
	but even so, it's quite nice. It depicts what the city 
	we've seen might have looked like before the 
	destruction -- the buildings are graceful, trees line 
	the streets, and the people are well dressed.

					DAX
			Did you do this?

					EKORIA 
			My husband did. He died last 
			winter.

	A flicker of grief flashes across her features, but she 
	pushes past it, keeps helping Bashir and Dax set up.

					EKORIA 
			It's what he imagined our world 
			used to be like. He painted a 
			mural similar to it on the side of 
			a building near here.
				(shaking her head and smiling)
			He traded a good pair of boots for 
			the paint he needed.
				(with pride in him)
			He wanted to show people how 
			things were, he thought it might
			give them something to work 
			toward...

					DAX
				(smiles)
			Maybe later you could take us to 
			see it...

					EKORIA
				(pleased)
			All right.

	They continue working for a beat... once the equipment 
	is set up, Dax glances around with satisfaction.