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     DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Assign... " - REV. 09/12/96 - ACT FIVE    58.

68   EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE

	Re-establishing.

69   INT. O'BRIEN'S QUARTERS

	O'Brien and Keiko are in the middle of breakfast. 
	Keiko responds to O'Brien's latest question.

					KEIKO 
			It was more like having something 
			coiled around inside my head. I 
			could see and hear through it, but 
			every time I tried to do anything, 
			it was like...
				(reaches for the words)
			... like being stuck in sand, then 
			squeezed.

	O'Brien covers his wife's hand with his own.

					O'BRIEN 
			Could you sense any of its 
			thoughts?

					KEIKO 
			Just feelings, sometimes. Kind of 
			a cold rage.
				(shudders) 
			I don't think it ever had any 
			intention of leaving either one of 
			us alive.

					O'BRIEN 
			You don't have to talk about it if 
			you don't want to.

					KEIKO
			It feels good to talk about it.
			Besides...
				(looks fondly at 
				O'Brien)
			I'll never forget how hard you 
			fought for me.

	Embarrassed, O'Brien hides behind a sip of coffee. But 
	Keiko looks at her husband with unabashed affection.

70   INT. QUARK'S

	Like the opening scene, it is breakfast time at 
	Quark's. Quark, Morn and the dabo girls are going 
	through their opening routine as Rom ENTERS, and steps 
	up to the bar. Rom looks totally exhausted and spent.