DEEP SPACE: "A Man Alone" REV. FINAL 09/30/92 - ACT ONE      13.

					O'BRIEN
			We'll be sending runabouts through 
			the wormhole... I'll see to it that 
			you get to go...

					KEIKO
				(sharp)
			I don't need favors from you.
				(beat)
			I just need to be useful.

23   NEW ANGLE

	She moves away from the window, looks down on the busy 
	Promenade... sees Jake wandering through the crowd of alien 
	characters...

					O'BRIEN
			Just think how much more attractive 
			this place could be if you planted 
			some trees and flowers along the 
			Promenade... or you might even create 
			an arboretum from the new specimens 
			we bring back from the Gamma 
			Quadrant...

	Keiko ignores his suggestion for busy work...

					KEIKO
			You really want to raise your daughter 
			in "this place," Miles?

	O'Brien doesn't know quite what to say...

					KIRA'S COM VOICE
			Kira to O'Brien...

					O'BRIEN
				(hits his combadge)
			Go ahead.

					KIRA
			We've got a non-functional power 
			transfer grid on level five... all 
			the upper docking pylons are out of 
			commission...

					O'BRIEN
			On my way, Major.

	He looks at Keiko forlornly staring down at the Promenade... 
	he doesn't know what else to say... finally he just leaves.  
	A beat on her and...