DEEP SPACE: "The Abandoned" - REV. 09/01/94 - ACT THREE      37.

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					MARDAH
				(teasing, to Jake)
			And the way he plays dom-jot.

	Sisko reacts with surprise and Jake would really like to be 
	someplace very far away at this moment.

					SISKO
			You play dom-jot?

					MARDAH
			Oh, your son is quite the hustler.

					SISKO
			A hustler...

					JAKE
			I've never cheated anybody...

					SISKO
			I'm sure you haven't.

					JAKE
			Why don't I see how dessert's 
			coming?

	Jake gets up and moves o.s. to where the dessert is.  Sisko 
	looks after him for a moment.

					MARDAH
				(quiet, re: Jake)
			He seemed like just another teenaged 
			boy at first... but there's more to 
			him than that... he's full of 
			surprises...

					SISKO
			I'm beginning to realize that myself.

					MARDAH
			And... I care about him very much.

					SISKO
			So do I.
				(beat, then with a 
				smile)
			Now tell me more about my hustler-
			poet son.

	He smiles at Mardah and we can see that Sisko's attitude about 
	her has definitely taken a turn for the better.