DEEP SPACE NINE: "Inquisition" - REV. 1/29/98 - ACT ONE      17.

19   O'BRIEN (OPTICAL)

	appears on the screen, his anxious features 
	periodically FRITZED with static.

					BASHIR 
			Miles? Sloan said we aren't 
			supposed to talk to each other.

					O'BRIEN
			I just wanted to make sure you 
			were all right.

					BASHIR
			I'm fine. Except I think 
			someone's been snooping around my 
			quarters.

					O'BRIEN
			Wouldn't surprise me. Has Sloan 
			questioned you yet?

					BASHIR
			We just finished.

					O'BRIEN
			How did it go?

					BASHIR 
				(shrugs) 
			He asked me a few routine 
			questions. It went fine.

					O'BRIEN
			Believe me, it's not fine. He 
			grilled me for over two hours.

					BASHIR 
			Two hours? About what?

					O'BRIEN 
			About you.

					BASHIR
			You're joking.