DEEP SPACE NINE: "In the Cards" - REV. 04/15/97 - ACT THREE    31.

20A  CONTINUED: 

	O'Brien moves on to the next row of containers, leaving 
	Nog and Jake alone for the moment.


					NOG 
			What's the matter with you? Just 
			tell him you're trying to give 
			your father a gift.

					JAKE 
			No. I want this to be a surprise. 
			You know you can't keep a secret 
			on this station. I tell the 
			chief, he tells Keiko, she tells 
			Dax...

					NOG 
			But you're not giving him any 
			reason to help us.

	Jake is a little stymied at this point, so Nog sees 
	that he'll have to step in.

					NOG
				(continuing) 
			Okay. Let me show you a little 
			something about incentive-based 
			economics.

	Nog moves back to the Chief and Jake follows.

					NOG 
			Chief, may I ask you a question? 
			Wouldn't you rather be doing 
			something else right now?

					O'BRIEN
				(bitter laugh) 
			Almost anything.

					NOG 
			But isn't there something specific 
			you'd rather be doing... like 
			going to the holosuites, maybe?