STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE "Waltz" - REV. 11/12/97 - ACT TWO    20.

14   CONTINUED:	(5)

					DUKAT 
			Major Kira knows full well that 
			I made every effort to heal the 
			wounds between Cardassia and 
			Bajor. It was my intention from 
			the very beginning to rectify the 
			mistakes of the past and begin a 
			new chapter in our relations.

	Dukat looks at Sisko and awaits a reaction. After a 
	pause, Sisko points to the pepper in Dukat's hand.

					SISKO 
			Are you going to put that in my 
			soup?

	Dukat almost lets his temper flare, but then a more 
	good-natured smile makes its way to his face. He taps 
	some of the pepper into the soup. Sisko samples it 
	again.

					DUKAT 
			Well?

					SISKO
				(considered) 
			Better.

	Dukat goes back to his own bowl.

					DUKAT 
			You're not going to give me the 
			benefit of the doubt, are you?

					SISKO
			Does it matter what I think?

					DUKAT 
			Don't you care about what your old 
			friends think of you?

	Sisko pauses before taking another mouthful of soup and 
	gives Dukat a very blunt look.

					SISKO 
			Dukat. We're not old friends. 
			You saved my life and I'm 
			grateful. But that's as far as 
			it goes.