DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Reckoning" - REV. 3/9/98 - ACT FIVE     52.

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					SISKO
			Can I see him?

					BASHIR
			For a minute.

	Sisko moves to the bio-bed room and hesitates briefly 
	at the entrance. Jake lies on the bio-bed, covered 
	with a BLANKET. His eyes are closed and he looks very 
	weak. Sisko gazes at his son from just inside the 
	doorway. He rubs his temples, feeling guilty but 
	terribly glad that Jake's alive. After a beat, Jake 
	senses his presence and looks over.

					JAKE
			Dad?

	Sisko takes a step forward.

					SISKO
			How're you feeling?

	Jake manages a smile.

					JAKE
			Could be worse.

	Sisko comes closer, wanting desperately to touch him, 
	but feeling too guilty to do so.

					SISKO
				(trying to be upbeat)
			You'll be up and about in no time.

	A beat as Sisko looks for the right words, but can't 
	find them.

					SISKO
			I don't know what to say.

	Jake extends a hand from beneath the covers.

					JAKE
			Say you're happy to see me.

					SISKO
				(talking his hand)
			You know I am.

	A pregnant silence as Sisko struggles to say what's 
	weighing on his conscience.