DEEP SPACE: "Emissary" REV. FINAL 08/25/92 - ACT EIGHT      112.

244  JENNIFER ALIEN AND SISKO (OPTICAL)

	As she studies him and sees his pain... and then reaches out 
	and places it on his shoulder with comfort... he reacts to 
	the touch of her hand and looks into her eyes... and they 
	aren't so alien anymore...  it is the first overt physical 
	contact they have made with him... a link... an 
	understanding... she looks back at the scene --

					TACTICAL OFFICER
			Now, sir...

	As the Tactical Officer lifts him by the shoulder...

	He continues to pull him out of the room...

					SISKO #2
			Dammit... we can't leave her here...

	During the above, Sisko is beginning to make a realization...

					SISKO

			I've never left this ship...

					JENNIFER ALIEN

			You exist here.

					SISKO

			I... exist here.

	The Tactical Officer leads Sisko #2 out... Sisko steps slowly 
	forward and moves to his dead wife taking the place of his 
	double... picks up her hand...

					SISKO
				(to the aliens)
			I don't know if you can understand.  
			I see her like this every time I 
			close my eyes... in the darkness in 
			the blink of an eye, she's there... 
			like this...

					JENNIFER ALIEN
			None of your past experiences helped 
			prepare you for this consequence...

	Sisko shakes his head, slowly...