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      DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Assign... " - REV. 09/12/96 - TEASER      2.

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	O'Brien and Bashir exchange a look of doom.

					O'BRIEN 
			I can't believe it. Keiko's been 
			gone for five days and we've 
			killed her plants.

					BASHIR
			She'll understand, won't she? 
			After all, they're just plants.


					O'BRIEN
			They're not "just plants" - 
			they're her bonsai trees.

	O'Brien picks up one of the plants, tries to prop up a 
	sagging branch. It falls off.

					O'BRIEN 
			She's nurtured them and cared for 
			them, carefully sculpted their 
			growth for... months... years.

					MOLLY 
			You're in trouble.

	But O'Brien refuses to let the panic take hold. 
	O'Brien sets the plant down, fixes his daughter with a 
	desperate smile.

					O'BRIEN 
			Molly, honey, listen... why don't 
			we both go to the airlock and 
			welcome Mommy back together. Then 
			after we've hugged and kissed her, 
			you can explain what happened.

					MOLLY
				(shaking her head) 
			Not me.

	O'Brien looks to Bashir.

					BASHIR 
			Don't look at me.

					O'BRIEN
			You killed her plants.

					BASHIR
			We killed them.