DEEP SPACE NINE: "Inquisition" - REV. 1/29/98 - ACT THREE     36.

27   CONTINUED:	(6) 

	Sloan plays this delicately, picking up on the 
	unresolved dynamic between Bashir and Sisko, aware that 
	heavy-handed grilling will demolish his work.

					SLOAN
			That's right, he did. But why?
				(to Bashir) 
			What made you confess, Doctor? 
			Was it because you realized it was 
			your duty to be honest with your 
			captain?

	Bdshir is ashamed of deceiving Sisko, and he knows it 
	won't make him look good, but telling the truth is the 
	only honor he can salvage from that event in his life.

					BASHIR

				(quietly) 
			No.

					SLOAN
			Was it because you felt guilty 
			about having lied to him for so 
			long?

					BASHIR
				(even more quietly) 
			No.

					SLOAN
			Then why did you come forward?

					BASHIR
				(shattered) 
			Because I'd been found out.

					SLOAN
				(softly) 
			And if you hadn't been found out? 
			Would you have come forward and 
			told your captain the truth... 
			ever?

	Bashir can't honestly say he would've...

					BASHIR 
			I don't know.

	Sloan pauses, allowing the full weight of this 
	revelation to settle on Sisko's shoulders.

					SLOAN
			I see.