DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/25/92 - ACT SIX        95.

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	He takes a moment to realize where he is, reacts...  quickly 
	detaches himself from her... sits across from her... a beat...

					SISKO
			Yes, that was her name.

					JENNIFER ALIEN
			She is part of your existence.

					SISKO
			She is part of my past.  She's no 
			longer alive.

					JENNIFER ALIEN
			But she is part of your existence.

					SISKO
			Yes, she was a most important part 
			of my existence.  But I lost her 
			some time ago.

					JENNIFER ALIEN
			"Lost" - what is this?

					SISKO
			In a linear existence, we can't go 
			back to the past to get something we 
			left behind... so it's lost...

					JENNIFER ALIEN
				(come on, you've got 
				to be kidding)
			It is inconceivable that any species 
			could exist in such a manner... you 
			are deceiving us...

					SISKO
			No, this is the truth...

	Standing, taking in the setting...

					SISKO
			This day... this park... it was 
			almost... fifteen years ago.  Far in 
			the past.  It was a very important 
			day to me... a day that shaped every 
			day that followed.

	That is the essence of a linear existence... each day affects 
	the next...

	She studies him intently... we pan to follow her look

	as she sees --