Rachel Robinson credited as playing...
Melanie
- Melanie: Thank you - for everything.
- [she kisses Jake and prepares to leave]
- Adult Jake Sisko: It was a pleasure meeting you, young lady.
- Melanie: [on Ben Sisko's accident] I'm not sure I could ever get over losing somebody like that; right in front of my eyes.
- Adult Jake Sisko: People do. Time passes, and they realize that the person they lost is really gone. And they heal.
- Melanie: Is that what happened to you?
- Adult Jake Sisko: No - I suppose not.
- Adult Jake Sisko: I... want you to promise me something.
- Melanie: Anything!
- Adult Jake Sisko: While you're studying my stories, poke your head up every once in a while. Take a look around. See what's going on. It's life, Melanie.
- Melanie: And you can miss it if you don't open your eyes.
- Melanie: I savoured those stories. I read them slowly, one each day. And when I was done, I wished I hadn't read them at all. So I could read them again, like it was the first time.