DEEP SPACE NINE: "To the Death" - REV. 04/01/96 - ACT FOUR    40A.

A55   CONTINUED:

					DAX
			Because when you've lived eight 
			lifetimes, you develop certain 
			instincts. And my instincts tell 
			me that you, Miles Edward O'Brien, 
			are going to live to be a hundred 
			and forty and die in bed, 
			surrounded by family and friends.

					O'BRIEN
			Do you really believe that?

					DAX
			Do you?

					O'BRIEN
			I'd like to.

					DAX
			That's all that matters.

	O'Brien smiles, appreciating Dax's effort to reassure 
	him.

					O'BRIEN
				(re: the isolinear chip)
			Just to be on the safe side, maybe 
			you'd better enter it into the 
			ship's log anyway.

	Dax places the chip on the console.

					DAX
			I'll put it right alongside my 
			message to my mother.

					O'BRIEN
				(surprised)
			You record these, too?

					DAX
				(bittersweet)
			Doesn't everyone?

55   INT. DEFIANT - ENGINE ROOM

	Sisko has just gotten a report from one of the 
	Engineers. He examines the PADD.

					SISKO
			It looks like the upgraded 
			reactant injectors are working 
			better than we thought.