DEEP SPACE NINE: "Time's Orphan" - REV. 4/15/98 - ACT TWO    21B.

30A  CONTINUED:	(2)

	Dax is touched by his intentions, and doesn't quite 
	know how to say what she has to say.

					DAX 
			Worf... you're very sweet. But 
			let's face it. You're not good 
			with babies.

	Worf bristles at this --

					WORF
			I raised Alexander.

					DAX
			That's different. He was four 
			years old when he moved in with 
			you. You never had to change his 
			diapers. Babies are a handful. 
			I should know. I had nine of them --

					WORF
				(he's heard it all
				before)
			I know. Five as a mother, four as 
			a father.
				(off her look) 
			I can handle a fourteen-month old 
			child.

					DAX
			I'm not saying you can't --

					WORF 
			Fine.
				(taking Yoshi)
			Go run your sensor scans.

	Yoshi looks like he's on the verge of tears (Who knows, 
	he might even be in tears).

					DAX 
			You're not holding him right.

					WORF 
			Leave us.

					DAX
			All right, all right. I'm 
			leaving.

	With a last look Yoshi's way, she EXITS. As soon as 
	she's gone, Yoshi starts to cry. Off Worf's face as he 
	tries to comfort the child...