DEEP SPACE NINE: "Statistical... " - REV. 10/23/97 - ACT ONE   16A.

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					BASHIR 
			Jack?

					JACK'S COM VOICE 
			Hello? Anybody there?

					KIRA
			Did you give them access to the 
			com-system?

					BASHIR
			No, they must've broken in 
			somehow.

	Bashir is almost glad to have an excuse to slip away...

					BASHIR
				(continuing, excusing 
				himself) 
			I'd love to stay and chat about 
			our impending doom, but...

	And as Bashir EXITS...