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       DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Quickening" - 03/19/96 - ACT FIVE      49.

41   CONTINUED:	(2)

					TREVEAN 
			Good-bye, Ekoria... I hope you 
			live to see your baby...

	She smiles, accepting the sincerity of his wish...

	With a final look, Trevean walks past Bashir and out 
	the door, having given him a glimpse of what drives 
	him. A quiet moment, then...

					EKORIA 
			Trevean means well... he's a kind 
			man, in his own way...

	Off Bashir as he considers her words...

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42   INT. TENEMENT HOUSE - DAYBREAK

	as Ekoria arches her back and cries out in pain...

43   WIDEN

	to include Bashir, poised between her legs... she's in 
	labor...

					BASHIR
			That's it... push.

	Ekoria tries to gather her breath for another push...

					BASHIR
			Good... now breathe...

	She pants, tries to swallow back the pain... after a 
	beat, Bashir breaks into a grin...

					BASHIR 
			I can see his head. I'm going to 
			turn it around... gather your 
			strength for one last push...

	She steals herself, draws in a breath... and pushes -- 
	a moment, then she hears the SOUND she's been hanging 
	on to life for: her baby's CRY...

	She smiles through her pain... falls back on her bed. 
	The effort of giving birth has brought her to the brink 
	of death...