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            DEEP SPACE: "Whispers" - 11/16/93 - ACT THREE           24.
                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

30   EXT. SPACE - RUNABOUT (OPTICAL)

	At warp.

31   INT. RUNABOUT

	O'Brien, exhausted, his eyes closed... takes a deep breath... 
	the computer bleeps...

					O'BRIEN
			What's that, computer...

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Incoming hail from Starfleet Runabout 
			Rio Grande.

					O'BRIEN
			Tell them no one's home.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Please repeat request.

					O'BRIEN
			Refuse their hail.

					COMPUTER
			Confirmed.

					O'BRIEN
			How much longer to the Parada System 
			now?

					COMPUTER VOICE
			At current speed, twenty-three 
			minutes, forty seconds.

					O'BRIEN
			Can't sleep now.  Gotta stay on top 
			of things.

	He stands up, shakes his head... starts humming the tune 
	from "The Wounded"... then breaks into song...