DEEP SPACE NINE: "... Nor the... " - REV. 08/21/96 - ACT FOUR    37.

46   CONTINUED:

	When Jake appears in the entrance, Bashir can't believe 
	what he's seeing at first and it takes a moment for him 
	to react --

					BASHIR 
			Jake... ?

	Bashir's been blaming himself for Jake's death, and the 
	sight of him is such a relief it brings tears to his 
	eyes.

					BASHIR 
			Thank God...

	He covers his face with his hand, doesn't know whether 
	to laugh or cry... when he finally looks up, his 
	expression is strangely pained.

					BASHIR
			I thought you'd been killed. Once 
			the shelling stopped and I 
			couldn't find you, I assumed the 
			worst.

	His eyes are pleading, he needs Jake to understand. 
	Jake finds himself in the odd predicament of having to 
	comfort Bashir. Somehow, the more he has to do it, the 
	worse it makes him feel.

					BASHIR 
			I'm sorry.

					JAKE 
			It's all right.

					BASHIR
			No, it's not. I never should've 
			brought you here in the first place.
				(angry with himself) 
			Now we're stuck here, the Klingons 
			are massing to attack -- what was 
			I thinking!

					JAKE 
			Forget it, okay! What's done is 
			done.

	Jake and Bashir are both a little startled by his 
	vehemence.