DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Assign... " - REV. 09/12/96 - ACT TWO     19.

12B  CONTINUED:	(2)

					DAX 
			I heard you were serving Q'parol. 
			How could I stay away?

	The perfect host, Keiko leads her into the room and 
	continues graciously handing out drinks. Sisko, who 
	doesn't miss much, inches next to O'Brien.

					SISKO 
			What's the matter, Chief? You 
			seem preoccupied. Is everything 
			all right?

	O'Brien looks at the captain. A flash of thoughts: 
	Dare he tell him? Looking over at Keiko, he knows he 
	can't. He also knows he can't just stand there, 
	exchanging pleasantries. The captain's too smart - 
	he'll sense something's deeply wrong... he must get 
	away.

					O'BRIEN 
			It's nothing. I just forgot to 
			tell Keiko something... would you 
			excuse me for a moment?

					SISKO
			Of course.

13   NEW ANGLE

	to see O'Brien step up to Keiko, talking with Odo and 
	Jake.

					JAKE 
			Did you meet any Pah-wraiths?

					KEIKO 
			Pah-wraiths?

					JAKE 
			In the Fire Caves. Odo was 
			telling me the caves were haunted 
			by some sort of weird supernatural 
			beings.

					KEIKO
				(to Odo) 
			Don't tell me you believe in 
			wraiths?

					ODO
				(correcting) 
			I may have mentioned the Bajoran 
			legends about creatures living in 
			the caves. But I never said I 
			believed them.