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     DEEP SPACE NINE: "Far Beyond... " - REV. 12/10/97 - ACT TWO     24.

31   CONTINUED:

					BENNY 
			Cassie, we've been over this. I 
			have a job. I'm a writer.

					CASSIE 
			And how much money have you earned 
			doing that?

					BENNY 
			I've only been working at it for 
			a few years.

					CASSIE 
			A few years? More like 
			fifteen -- if you count all those 
			stories you wrote in the Navy.

					BENNY 
			That was amateur stuff.

					CASSIE 
			Baby, neither one of us is getting 
			any younger. Don't you see? This 
			is our chance. we can make some 
			money. Get married. You're 
			always writing about the 
			future -- well, look around - 
			this is our future.

	Benny looks around, he doesn't see his future within 
	these walls. Suddenly, there's a commotion amongst the 
	patrons. Benny turns to see --

32   NEW ANGLE

	as Willie Hawkins (Worf without the Klingon makeup) 
	approaches. There are AD HOC SHOUTS of approval from 
	the crowd -- "Way to go, Willie," "Good game," "Way to 
	go, my man," "You showed 'dem bums," etc. Willie is 
	stylishly dressed and wearing a hundred-watt smile 
	directed at Cassie.

					WILLIE 
			Hey there, Cassie. Hear the game 
			last night? I went two for four 
			and robbed Snider of a tater. You 
			shoulda heard the crowd -- the way 
			they were yelling and carrying 
			on...