DEEP SPACE NINE: "Ties of Blood... " - REV. 2/14/97 - ACT TWO    20.

21   CONTINUED:

					BASHIR 
			Disconnect it here, and insert the 
			new supply. If you don't want to 
			do it yourself, you can always 
			call for a nurse.

					KIRA
			I can manage.

	Bashir can tell something's eating at her.

					BASHIR 
			I hope you're right. Being with 
			someone with a terminal condition 
			isn't easy. And in a case like 
			this one, where you'll be acting 
			as Ghemor's only source of 
			emotional support...

					KIRA
			I know what I'm getting myself 
			into.

	Bashir didn't mean to step on any toes.

					BASHIR 
			I'm sure you do.
				(concerned) 
			Let me know if you need anything.

	Bashir EXITS, leaving Kira alone with Ghemor. She
	takes a beat to collect her thoughts, and then moves 
	over to him.

22   NEW ANGLE 

	As Kira approaches Ghemor. He's semi-conscious, his 
	breathing strained from the pain and the advancing 
	disease, which is eating away at his lungs. Kira hates 
	seeing him like this.

					KIRA
				(getting his attention)
			Tekeny...

	Ghemor painfully pries his eyes open. He squints 
	against the light.