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       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Quickening" - 03/19/96 - ACT TWO       23.

18   CONTINUED:

	They're engrossed in their work, and don't notice 
	Ekoria rummaging through her shelves looking for 
	something to offer her guests. We see her poke through 
	some empty containers, and that it pains her not to 
	have anything for them.

	She considers for a moment, then takes a special box 
	off the shelf. She looks inside, and we see she's 
	saved a few cans of food, some jars with alien looking 
	vegetables pickled in them, and two wine-like bottles. 
	These are items she's been hoarding for her death 
	ritual, the meal she one day plans to have in Trevean's 
	hospital. She hesitates, as if unsure she wants to 
	share these very precious items.

	Suddenly --

					BASHIR 
			There it is.

					DAX
				(moving to look)
			Let me see.

	Ekoria can hear the excitement in their voices --

					EKORIA 
			What's happened?

					DAX
				(looking into scanner)
			We've isolated the virus.

					EKORIA 
			Is that a good thing?

					BASHIR 
			It means we can start analyzing 
			its molecular structure, look for 
			binding sites so we can tailor an 
			antigen.

					DAX
				(translating for Ekoria 
				with a smile)
			It's a very good thing.

	Ekoria smiles --