131:[2,#b],152:[4,#b]
    DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Darkness... " - REV. 11/91/96 - ACT FOUR   48.

45   CONTINUED:

					SILARAN'S VOICE
			A creature born within the 
			comforting anonymity of darkness, 
			awakens in the harsh truth of 
			daylight. It squirms in the 
			glare, afraid of the light that 
			pins it to the chair like a needle 
			through its heart.

					KIRA
			Who's there? Silaran, is that you?

					SILARAN'S VOICE
			Its heart beats faster as panic 
			starts to creep into its soul. 
			Does it understand? Or is it so 
			blinded by the light that it can 
			think only of returning to the 
			velvet cloak of darkness? No 
			matter. Perhaps it is better that 
			it never realizes how close death 
			has come. But make no mistake 
			there is no escape. It has 
			reached the end, and soon it will 
			die.

	Kira looks about the room, starting to realize just how 
	desperate her situation is. Off her face...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR