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          DEEP SPACE: "Explorers" - REV. 02/28/95 - ACT ONE         19.

12   CONTINUED:	(4)

					SISKO
				(considers)
			It's funny... a year or two ago, 
			nothing would've stopped him from 
			coming with me on an adventure like 
			this.
				(with regret)
			I guess I waited too long...

	There's a quiet moment between them...

					DAX
			You'll have other adventures together, 
			Benjamin... they'll just be different.  
			Believe me, I know.  I've been a 
			father a couple of times, myself.
				(thinking back)
			I could tell you stories...

					SISKO
				(smiling)
			You already have...

					DAX
			That's right... I have, haven't I?
				(shrugs)
			Then you know I'm right.

	And with a smile of encouragement she EXITS; Sisko picks up 
	the welder to resume work... but we can see that he's still 
	troubled...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE