DEEP SPACE: "Explorers" - 02/27/95 - ACT ONE            18.

12   CONTINUED:	(3)

	Dax sees how happy he seems and can't help but smile.  
	She starts pulling food and drink from the basket.

					DAX
			I haven't seen you like this in a 
			long time...

					SISKO
			Like what?

					DAX
			So caught up in something... so 
			excited...
				(considers)
			Not since... not since you and 
			Jennifer decided to have a baby.

	Sisko smiles self-deprecatingly...

					SISKO
			The nursery...

					DAX
			I don't think anyone's ever put more 
			effort into making a room for their 
			baby...

					SISKO
			But you have to admit it turned out 
			pretty well...

					DAX
			Especially the starscape on the 
			ceiling...

					SISKO
			Jake loved that ceiling... when we 
			moved out of the house, he couldn't 
			understand why we couldn't bring it 
			with us.

	A quiet moment...

					DAX
			You're disappointed he's not going 
			with you on this trip, Aren't you?

					SISKO
			He's got other things he'd rather be 
			doing, friends he'd rather spend 
			time with.