DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Assign... " - REV. 09/12/96 - ACT TWO     26.

18   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KEIKO 
			These are your instructions. 
			Follow them precisely.

	O'Brien studies them for a moment.

					O'BRIEN 
			Recalibrating and sequencing the 
			impulse response filters in the 
			subspace communication 
			emitters... what's all that for?

					KEIKO 
			We've gone over this, Miles. It's 
			not your concern.

					O'BRIEN
			Then how do I know this won't 
			jeopardize the station?

					KEIKO
				(irritated) 
			Because I've told you so. Now 
			stop asking me so many questions. 
			All it's doing is making me angry.
				(controlling herself) 
			And you know who pays the price 
			for that, don't you?

	O'Brien knows the answer all too well; he feels trapped 
	and he sees no way out.

					KEIKO 
			I almost forgot -- here's your 
			birthday present.

	She hurries to press a small package into his hand. He 
	looks at her.

					KEIKO 
			Go ahead, open it. It's from your 
			wife.

	O'Brien opens the gift.

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	an elegantly framed picture of Keiko and Molly with an 
	inscription on the back that reads: "To the best father 
	and husband... Love, Keiko and Molly."