DEEP SPACE NINE: "Shadows and... " - REV. 08/11/98 - ACT FOUR    42.

67   CONTINUED:

					WYKOFF 
			You're not listening. The 
			stories have to stop. They're 
			too dangerous...

					BENNY 
			Dangerous? To whom?

					WYKOFF 
			To you. This world you've 
			created... Deep Space Nine, 
			Captain Sisko, Kira and all the 
			others... none of it is real.

					BENNY 
			It is to me. If I don't finish 
			my story... if Sisko doesn't open 
			the Orb box... he can't contact 
			the Prophets...

					WYKOFF 
			It doesn't matter, Benny -- the 
			Prophets don't exist either. 
			They're all figments of your 
			imagination. Get rid of them... 
			it's the only way you'll ever get 
			well...
				(a beat) 
			Now give me the pencil, Benny.

					BENNY 
			But my story...

					WYKOFF 
			It's over. Let it go.

	And as Benny ponders what to do...

68   EXT. TYREE - DESERT - DAY

	CLOSE ON Sisko lost in his vision, his hands 
	clutching the Orb box.

					EZRI (O.S.) 
			Benjamin!