DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Dogs... " - REV. 04/09/99 - ACT TWO     22B.

26A  CONTINUED:	(2)

					BASHIR 
			So have I. Once you cross that 
			line...

					EZRI
			... you can never go back.

					BASHIR 
			And if it doesn't work out, you 
			can never be friends again.

					EZRI 
			I can't stand the thought of 
			losing you as a friend.

					BASHIR 
			Me, neither.

	Beat.

					BASHIR 
			So. That's that.

					EZRI 
			We figured it out.

	There's an awkward beat.

					EZRI 
			You know, it takes a certain 
			maturity to keep from getting 
			swept up in a romantic fantasy...

					BASHIR 
			To not let a physical attraction 
			override good sense...

					EZRI 
			Chemistry isn't everything.

					BASHIR 
			Absolutely not. We're adults, 
			after all.

					EZRI 
			I think we should be proud of 
			ourselves.

					BASHIR 
			Me too. I feel much better.

	Bashir offers his hand.

					BASHIR 
			Friends?