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     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Paradise Lost" - REV. 11/14/95 - ACT FIVE    53.

50   CONTINUED:

					SISKO (Cont,d)
			By now, Odo is talking to Jaresh-
			Inyo. The President will have the
			evidence he needs to stop you.
			It's over.

					LEYTON
			It's not over. I have enough
			loyal officers to make a fight of
			it.

					SISKO
			Who will you fight? Starfleet?
			the Federation? Don't you see,
			Admiral? You're fighting the
			wrong war.
				(a beat)
			And as far as your loyal officers
			are concerned, Benteen's already
			abandoned you. And she was closer
			to you than anyone.

	Leyton doesn't have an answer to that.

					SISKO
			You've lost. Don't make anyone
			else pay for your mistakes.

	There's a long beat as Leyton considers Sisko's words.
	Finally, he puts down his glass and stands up. He
	looks beaten, like he's been in a hell of a fight, and
	come up on the losing side. He carefully removes his
	admiral's insignia from his uniform and places it
	gently on the desk.

					LEYTON
			I hope you're not the one making
			the mistake.

	Leyton walks out of his office, never looking back.

51   CLOSE ON SISKO

	As he picks up the Leyton's pips. If this is winning,
	why doesn't he feel better?

									CUT TO:

52   INT. SISKO'S CREOLE KITCHEN - DAY (OPTICAL)

	It's early in the day. Joseph hasn't opened the
	restaurant yet, although his staff is preparing food in
	the kitchen. Joseph in at the window, watching the
	last of the Starfleet Security officers beam away.