DEEP SPACE NINE: "When it Rains... " - REV. 03/02/99 - ACT THREE  37.

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					MARTOK
			Thank you for your help, my
			friend.

	And as they knock back their drinks, we go to --

37   SISKO AND ROSS

	their hands wrapped in makeshift BANDAGES.

					ROSS
			It still stings...

					SISKO
				(nods)
			That's what the bloodwine's
			for...

	Ross smiles and takes a swig. Worf and Martok
	approach and join them.

					SISKO
			Congratulations, general.

	As Ross raises his tankard to toast him, suddenly
	Gowron descends on the group --

					GOWRON
				(ebullient)
			Martok! How does it feel to be
			the most famous warrior in the
			Empire?

					MARTOK
			I'm grateful to have been given
			the opportunity to serve.

					GOWRON
			And you've served well.
				(suddenly serious)
			But you've borne the burden of
			this war for a long time.

					MARTOK
			I do it gladly. And I'll fight
			until victory is ours.

					GOWRON
			No, my friend. I can't ask you
			to carry this weight forever.
				(off Martok's look)
			It's time for me to take a more
			active role in this war.