DEEP SPACE NINE: "Covenant" - REV. 10/14/98 - ACT FOUR       46.

58   CONTINUED:

					DUKAT (Cont'd)
			They told me it was the last I'd
			ever receive from them.

	Worried whispers are exchanged --

58A  INT. EMPOK NOR - INFIRMARY

	as the Midwife listens to Dukat over the com-system.

					DUKAT'S VOICE
			There's a reason for this... a
			wondrous reason.

58B  INT. EMPOK NOR - KIRA'S QUARTERS

					DUKAT'S VOICE
			My children, the Pah-wraiths have
			asked us to join them in their
			Holy quest to reclaim the
			Celestial Temple.

	Kira listens, sensing Dukat is building to
	something.

58C  INT. EMPOK NOR - TEMPLE

	Excitement courses through the gathering --

					DUKAT
			To become warriors in this great
			battle, we must transform
			ourselves... our corporeal bodies
			are not suitable for the task
			ahead... so we must leave them
			behind.

	An awed hush comes over the crowd --

					DUKAT
			In a few hours, at the start of
			the new day, we'll gather
			together here for the last time.
			We will shed the flesh that ties
			us to this world...

58D  INT. EMPOK NOR - KIRA'S QUARTERS

	Kira reacts as she realizes what Dukat is planning.