DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Ascent" - REV. 10/14/96 - ACT ONE      14.

8    CONTINUED:	(3)

					JAKE
			I've heard of them.

					NOG
			Good. Because by the time I'm
			done with you, you're going to
			have some of your very own.

	Nog EXITS. Jake looks down at his arm, makes a muscle, 
	and isn't impressed with what he sees. But after a 
	second, he shakes his head dismissively. He's not 
	buying what Nog's selling.

9    EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	The Runabout at Warp.

10   INT. RUNABOUT

	It's four days later but it seems more like four years 
	to the runabout's two passengers. Quark is seated at 
	a back chair, tossing his playing cards across the 
	cabin, trying to land them on the opposite chair. He 
	looks grumpy and bored.

	Odo ENTERS from the back, eating a bowl of soup. He 
	sits down at the console, totally ignoring Quark. He 
	sips his soup quietly while keeping one eye on the 
	controls.

	Quark sits there for a beat and his tossing becomes 
	more and more impatient. Finally he can't stand it 
	anymore and stops.

					QUARK
			You're doing it again.

					ODO
			Doing what?

					QUARK
			Smacking your lips.

					ODO
			No I'm not.

	Odo swallows a spoonful of soup. And though the 
	audience should not hear anything, there is a 
	perceptible movement of his lips.

					QUARK
			There. Don't you hear that?