DEEP SPACE NINE: "Paradise Lost" - REV. 11/14/95 - ACT THREE    29.

20   CONTINUED:

					BENTEEN
			I'm looking forward to it.
			(pointedly)
			Too bad you won't be around for
			the ceremony.

					SISKO
				(faux innocence)
			Who knows? I might be able to fit
			it in.

					BENTEEN
			I thought Admiral Leyton ordered
			you back to Deep Space Nine.

					SISKO
			He did. But I've got some leave
			coming, and I've decided to take
			it. After all, I don't get to
			spend much time on Earth.
				(with irony)
			And it's so pleasant here. With
			a Starfleet officer on every
			corner. Paradise has never seemed
			so... well-armed.

					BENTEEN
				(smiling)
			You're a very interesting man,
			captain. I'm sorry we didn't get
			to work together longer.

	Benteen starts to leave, then turns back...

					BENTEEN
			Maybe you should think about
			vacationing someplace else. I
			hear Risal's nice this time of
			year.

	Benteen EXITS.

20A  CLOSE ON SISKO

	Close on Sisko as he watches her leave.

21   INT. SISKO'S CREOLE KITCHEN - DAY

	Sisko walks into the deserted restaurant. He looks
	tired. He hasn't slept all night.