DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/25/92 - ACT TWO        34.

52   CONTINUED:	(2)

					KAI OPAKA
			Ironic.  One who does not wish to be 
			among us is to be the emissary.

	Sisko reacts, the emissary to Bajor?  What did she mean?  Is 
	his lack of interest so obvious?  Her face studies every 
	microridge... finally she is finished.

					KAI OPAKA
			Please come with me...

	Opaka abruptly stands and Sisko reacts, rises ... as well... 
	she takes a tiny remote control out of her pocket and when 
	she touches it...

53   ANGLE - THE REFLECTING POOL (OPTICAL)

	Disappears... it was a hologram... revealing a carved stone 
	stairway.  Sisko follows her down...

54   INT. A SECRET CAVERN DEEP BELOW THE MONASTERY

	Dark... mysterious... lit by candles... the...
	stairway leads into a small dark cellar... Opaka, using her 
	cane, leads Sisko down the stairs...

					KAI OPAKA
			You are correct that Bajor is in 
			grave jeopardy... but it is the threat 
			to our spiritual life that far 
			outweighs any other...

					SISKO
			Perhaps, but I'm powerless until I 
			have a unified...