DEEP SPACE NINE: "Business as... " - REV. 1/30/97 - ACT THREE    33.

24   INT. INFIRMARY - DAY

	CLOSE ON O'Brien sitting on a bio-bed and holding 
	Kirayoshi on his shoulder. Bashir runs a scanner over 
	the baby. Bashir checks his readings, then:

					BASHIR 
			I've got good news. Your son's 
			fine.

					O'BRIEN
			Except that he cries constantly 
			unless I'm holding him.

					BASHIR
			I've given him every imaginable 
			test. Eyes, ears, digestive, 
			pulmonary and nervous systems - 
			there's nothing medically wrong 
			with him.

					O'BRIEN
			What are you telling me, that my 
			baby is just... sad?

					BASHIR
			Perhaps he's become prematurely 
			aware of life's existential 
			isolation.

					O'BRIEN
			You're sure it's not a rash?

					BASHIR
			Look at the positive side: he'll 
			probably be a great poet. 
				(a beat) 
			There's nothing else I can do for 
			you.