DEEP SPACE NINE: "Treachery... " - REV. 09/18/98 - ACT TWO     30.

32   CONTINUED:	(4)

					O'BRIEN 
			This is no time for Ferengi fairy 
			tales.

					NOG 
			The Continuum is real. You see, 
			there are millions upon millions 
			of worlds in the universe. Each 
			filled with too much of one thing 
			and not enough of another. The 
			Great Continuum flows through 
			them all like a mighty river, 
			from "have" to "want" and back 
			again. And if we navigate the 
			Continuum with skill and grace, 
			our ship will be filled with 
			everything our hearts desire.

					O'BRIEN
			Right now, I'll settle for a 
			stabilizer and the captain's desk.

					NOG
				(a simple statement 
				of fact) 
			The river will provide.

	O'Brien wants desperately to believe that.