DEEP SPACE NINE: "Paradise Lost" - REV. 11/14/95 - ACT ONE      8.

7    CONTINUED:

					JOSEPH
			Then what is it?

					SISKO
			I'm not sure.
				(re: the Security Officers)
			They look tired.

					JOSEPH
			I'm not surprised. Now that the
			blood screenings have been widened
			to include the general public,
			they've been working around the
			clock.

	Joseph looks at his son, who's looking pretty run down
	himself.

					JOSEPH
				(pointedly)
			Besides, they're not the only ones
			who look tired.

	Just then...

8    NEW ANGLE

	As NOG ENTERS, wearing his cadet's uniform.

					NOG
			Captain, Jake said you wanted to
			see me.

					SISKO
			Yes, I do.

	Joseph can tell this is business. He excuses himself.

					JOSEPH
			You two talk.
				(to Nog)
			I'll go chill some
			tube grubs.

	Joseph EXITS.

9    CLOSE ON SISKO, AND NOG

	Now seated alone in a quiet corner.