DEEP SPACE NINE: "Far Beyond... " - REV. 12/10/97 - ACT FOUR    48.

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					PREACHER 
			I speak with the voice of the 
			Prophets.

	The Preacher reaches out and grabs Benny's ear as if 
	reading his pagh. The Preacher takes his hand away and 
	looks at it --

60   INSERT OF THE PREACHER'S FINGERS

	smeared with blood.

61   RESUME

	Benny reacts by touching the same ear, but when he 
	looks at his hand, there's no blood on it at all.

					PREACHER 
			And in their words, hope and 
			despair walk arm in arm.

	And on that ominous note, the Preacher walks away. We 
	HOLD ON Benny and Cassie watching him leave.

					CASSIE 
			Did you understand any of that?

	But before Benny can answer, we hear the sound of a gun 
	being FIRED. Then after a beat, THREE MORE SHOTS.

					CASSIE 
			Is that gunfire?

	A few people begin to hurry toward the sound of the 
	gunfire. The Preacher looks off in that direction, 
	then back at Benny.

					PREACHER 
			The time has come, Brother Benny. 
			Go and "be of good courage."

	Benny, knowing it's what the Preacher wants, begins to 
	follow the crowd.

	Feeling an unexplained panic build inside him, Benny 
	breaks into a fast trot, pulling Cassie along with him.