DEEP SPACE NINE: "... Nor the... " - REV. 08/21/96 - ACT FOUR   38A.

47A  INT. CAVERN - MAIN WARD 

	The place is busy with activity as Nurses and Orderlies 
	move around, tending to patients. Jake wanders in, 
	looking listless. The Nurse moves past with a TRAY of 
	FOOD in her hand, notices him.

					NURSE
				(rushed)
			Jake, take this to the patient in 
			G-four, would you?

	Jake shrugs a yes.

					JAKE 
			Sure. 

	He takes the tray from her and she hurries off.

47B   NEW ANGLE

	as Jake approaches the patient, who's in a bed in the 
	corner, facing away from him.

					JAKE 
			Here you go...

	As Jake comes around he sees the patient's face and 
	realizes it's the Ensign who shot himself in the foot. 
	Jake wasn't expecting to see him and he's a bit taken 
	off guard.

					JAKE 
			One of the nurses asked me to 
			bring you this.

	The Ensign barely acknowledges him, continues staring 
	at the wall. Jake sets the tray down, turns and starts 
	to move off.

					ENSIGN
				(still facing the wall)
			Maybe I'll get a job as a cutter -- 
			could be interesting work.

	Jake stops, unsure if the Ensign was talking to him.

					JAKE 
			What's a cutter?

					ENSIGN 
			You know, on a mining team. 
			They're the guys who split the 
			asteroids up with phasers so the 
			excavators can get at what's 
			inside.