DEEP SPACE NINE: "Paradise Lost" - REV. 11/14/95 - ACT THREE   25A.

OA   CONTINUED:

					JOSEPH
			Not that you'd admit it. You just sat
			around for weeks, brooding and
			pining away. Trying to sort it
			all out. Until your old man
			finally sat you down one day and
			gave you some advice.

					SISKO
				(remembering)
			"There comes a time in every man's
			life when he's got to stop
			thinking and start doing."

	Joseph nods. That's it exactly.

					JOSEPH
			And the next day, you finally went
			over to young Neffie's house and
			asked her out.

					SISKO
			And she turned me down.

					JOSEPH
			But at least you weren't brooding
			anymore. And when Zoey Phillips
			moved into the neighborhood a few
			weeks later, you asked her out
			before her parents were done
			beaming in the furniture.

					SISKO
			And we dated for three years.

	There's a long beat.

					SISKO
			So what you're trying to say is
			stop brooding and make a decision.

					JOSEPH
				(smiles)
			Exactly.

					SISKO
			Thanks, Dad.