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        DEEP SPACE NINE: "Rapture" - REV. 10/23/96 - ACT TWO        16.
                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

23   INT. HOLOSUITE - CONTINUOUS

	Sisko is still staring at the Obelisk. Kira tries to 
	snap him out of it. She shakes him more violently.

					KIRA
			Benjamin!

	Sisko suddenly reacts by grabbing both of her arms.

					SISKO
			Major?

					KIRA
			Are you all right?

					SISKO
			I was there.

					KIRA
			Sir?

					SISKO
			B'hala. It was the eve of the 
			Peldor Festival. I could hear 
			them ringing the temple chimes.

					KIRA
			You were dreaming.

					SISKO
			No, I was there. I could smell 
			the burning bateret leaves, taste 
			the incense on the wind.

	Sisko gets up and begins pacing.

					SISKO
			I was standing in front of the 
			Obelisk. And as I looked up, for 
			a moment, I understood it all. 
			B'hala... the Orbs... the 
			occupation... the discovery of the 
			wormhole... the coming war with 
			the Dominion.