DEEP SPACE NINE: "Return to Grace" - 12/07/95 - ACT FIVE      49.

52   CONTINUED:

	Kira turns to find Ziyal running up to her holding a
	Klingon blade.

					ZIYAL
			I want to show you something.

	Ziyal hands Kira the blade.

					ZIYAL
			Go ahead. Attack me.

	Kira is baffled; not sure exactly what Ziyal wants.

					KIRA
			What are you talking about?

					ZIYAL
			It's okay. I know what I'm doing.
			Damar showed me a good trick. Try
			to stab me with the knife --

	Kira halfheartedly does as requested. Ziyal parries
	the thrust with her forearm, spins and grabs Kira's arm
	in an attempt to flip her over her shoulder. But Kira
	simply twists her arm away and gently kicks Ziyal's
	feet from under her. Ziyal ends up on the ground with
	Kira holding the blade at her neck.

					ZIYAL
			I guess it wasn't such a good
			trick.

					KIRA
			The best way to survive a knife
			fight is to never get into one.

					ZIYAL
			If I'm going to help my father, I
			have to be prepared for anything.
				(enthusiastic)
			Show me what you did again.

	Kira just stands there.

					ZIYAL
			Please. I know I have a lot to
			learn -- I've been practicing with
			the disruptor rifle... but I need
			to know how to defend myself in
			hand-to-hand combat.
				(almost embarrassed)
			I was lucky not to have to fight
			when we boarded this ship.