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      DEEP SPACE NINE: "Children... " - REV. 03/11/97 - ACT ONE      15.

15   CONTINUED:

					SISKO
			Forty-eight?

	Yedrin knows this is going to be hard for our people to 
	hear.

					YEDRIN 
			Kira died a few weeks after the 
			crash. The energy discharge that 
			struck her on the bridge damaged 
			her neural pathways. The Defiant 
			didn't have the medical equipment 
			Julian needed to treat her.

	Yedrin and Dax exchange a look -- they're both thinking 
	the same thing: that they were responsible for bringing 
	them through the barrier, and by extension, what 
	happened to Kira.

					LISA
				(brightly) 
			Do you want to see where she's 
			buried?

	Dax manages a smile --

					DAX
			Maybe later.

	Miranda sees our people's discomfort, decides to send 
	the girls away.

					MIRANDA 
			Girls, why don't you run along and 
			help your parents? It's almost 
			time for planting and there's a 
			lot to be done.

	The girls share a moan of protest, but gather their 
	papers and scamper out of the room.

					LISA/MOLLY 
			Bye.

	Sisko has been thinking about something... decides to 
	come out with it...

					SISKO 
			Obviously we need to get Kira back 
			to the station for treatment as 
			soon as we can repair the Defiant.