DEEP SPACE NINE: "It's Only... " - REV. 10/26/98 - ACT THREE    35.

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					VIC
			I can't have you hitting the
			customers. It's bad for
			business.

					NOG
			I promise it'll never happen
			again.

					VIC
			Okay. What got into you, anyway?

					NOG
			I don't know. She started
			calling me a hero and things kind
			of went downhill from there.

					VIC
			She called you a hero? And for
			that you slug your best friend?
			Remind me not to pay you any
			compliments.

	Vic sits down and takes a sip of his drink.

					VIC
			I am beat.
				(beat)
			That's never happened before.

					NOG
			What?

					VIC
			Me getting tired. My program's
			never run this long. Usually
			people come in, they ask for a
			song or two... sometimes a night
			on the town... but I've never had
			to put in a full day.

					NOG
			Maybe you should go to bed.

	Vic looks over at the ledgers still stacked high on
	the table.

					VIC
			I got work to do. If I don't get
			those books in order, Uncle Sam
			is going to come down on me like
			a ton of bricks.