DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Assign... " - REV. 09/12/96 - ACT TWO     21.

13   CONTINUED:	(2)

	Bashir stops in his tracks. O'Brien looks up at the 
	circle of bewildered faces.

					O'BRIEN 
			I'm sorry. Sorry, everybody.

	O'Brien holds his hand behind his back to hide the 
	bleeding.

					O'BRIEN 
			Excuse me...

	O'Brien rushes out of the room, to the bedroom. We 
	hold a beat as the guests exchange looks.

14   INT. O'BRIEN'S BEDROOM

	O'Brien has a small towel wrapped around his wrist to 
	stop the bleeding. Keiko appears behind him.

					KEIKO
				(a command)
			Get a hold of yourself.

					O'BRIEN 
			I've done what you wanted. Now 
			give me my wife back.

	Keiko calmly takes out a small first aid device and 
	gently unwraps the towel around O'Brien's hand, taking 
	care of her husband like she's done a thousand times.

					KEIKO 
			You've done well, Miles.

	She applies the device to seal up the wound and stop 
	the bleeding.

					KEIKO 
			But recalibrating the optronic 
			integrator was only a test. I had 
			to be sure I could trust you.
				(softly) 
			Tomorrow, the real work begins.

	O'Brien pulls his arm away, speechless. She has him 
	boxed in and he doesn't know what to do about it.

					KEIKO 
			Now it's time we got back to our 
			guests. We don't want to raise 
			any suspicions, do we?