DEEP SPACE NINE: "Covenant" - REV. 10/14/98 - ACT FIVE      55A.

86   CONTINUED:

	As the poison takes effect, she cradles him in her
	arms.

					KIRA
			Why?

					FALA
			Faith, Nerys. Faith...

	And with that, he dies in her arms. Off Kira as she
	looks down at him, staggered by what he's done...

87   EXT. SPACE - THE DEFIANT (OPTICAL)

	as it travels at warp.

88   INT. DEFIANT - MESS HALL

	Kira and Odo are sitting at one of the corner
	tables. In the background, we see a handful of
	former cult members sitting quietly at other tables,
	their faces somber. They no longer wear earrings,
	or the armbands they once bore so proudly.

	Among them are Benyan and Mika -- the girl's face
	has returned to normal, and she's rocking her baby
	to sleep. Benyan is facing away from his wife, lost
	in his own thoughts.

					ODO
			I'm sorry about Vedek Fala...

	Kira nods ruefully...

					KIRA
			I keep going over what he said
			when he died. I don't know if he
			was trying to tell me that he
			never lost his faith... or that
			he felt betrayed by it.

					ODO
			I suppose you'll never know...
				(looking around)
			One thing's for certain, these
			people were betrayed. And now
			they have to find a way to pick
			up the pieces and move on.

	Kira takes a beat, trying to make sense of it all.