DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Reckoning" - REV. 3/9/98 - ACT ONE      15.

14   CONTINUED:	(2)

					SISKO
				(continuing, re: the 
				tablet) 
			If whatever's written here can 
			help me avoid mistakes and make 
			the right decisions, I'd be a fool 
			to ignore it.

					DAX 
			Fair enough. But if you don't 
			mind, I'm going to keep thinking 
			of them as Wormhole Aliens.

					SISKO
			All I know is that they have a 
			relationship with Bajor that 
			stretches back thousands of years. 
			They care about what happens to 
			the Bajorans. They proved that 
			when they kept the Dominion fleet 
			from coming through the wormhole.

					DAX 
			Didn't you have to talk them into 
			it? Didn't they say they were 
			going to exact some kind of 
			"penance" for helping you?

					SISKO
			Yes, but they listened. They 
			saved Bajor and the rest of the 
			Alpha Quadrant.. And now they're 
			asking me for something in return. 
			I don't know what it is yet, and 
			I'm not going to return the tablet 
			until I do. It's the key. I can 
			feel it.

					DAX
				(off screen) 
			I hope you're wrong about that, 
			Benjamin...

	Sisko realizes she's found something --

					SISKO
			What've you got?