DEEP SPACE NINE: "Afterimage" - REV. 08/11/98 - ACT FIVE      62.

47   CONTINUED:

					SISKO (Cont'd)
				(smiling)
			You've got your work cut out for
			you.

	LAUGHTER and smiles all around. Some people head
	for the buffet, while others gather round to
	congratulate Ezri.

					BASHIR
			It's a good thing they made you a
			lieutenant. I can't see taking
			advice from an ensign.

					O'BRIEN
			Since when do you take advice
			from anyone?

	Ezri smiles, and the pair move off to the buffet 
	table. Odo and Kira approach.

					ODO
			Why don't you join us for dinner 
			tonight?

	Ezrils sure they're just doing this to be kind.

					EZRI 
			I don't want to put you out.

					KIRA
			Please come. It'll take the 
			pressure off me. He just sits 
			there and counts how many times I 
			chew.

					EZRI 
				(smiles) 
			I'll be there.

	Kira and Odo move off, and Ezri scans the room, 
	looking for the one face that's missing -- Worf. As 
	she moves to look for him, we DROP OFF on --