HALFREK: Tell me more about Xander.

ANYA: You keep asking about him. Do you think I'm making a mistake?

HALFREK: Do you?

ANYA: Well, no! Xander, he... (ponders) He's very kind, and brave ... he has the sweetest smile and the nicest body, and ... he loves me. I mean, sometimes it isn't easy, but, he does.

HALFREK: Who told you that it isn't easy to love you?

ANYA: Well, you know, I'll do something, or say something, and, and then he has to say stuff like, (imitating Xander) 'it's incorrect for you to appreciate money so much,' or, or, 'Observe: here is how a real human would behave.'

HALFREK: Oh, so he corrects you?

ANYA: Well, no, it's just ... um ... well, no, I mean, now I'm all confused, I mean, wha, do you think there's something wrong with, with the way he treats me?

HALFREK: (shrugs) Do you?

ANYA: Okay, you have to stop doing that. I love Xander.

HALFREK: Even though he thinks he knows better than you?

ANYA: B-but he doesn't, he doesn't think that.

HALFREK: (quickly) Okay. I'm sorry. (small laugh) I was just curious. You know, you don't have to say another thing about it if you're not comfortable.

ANYA: B-but I am! I mean ... it's not like I'm hiding any deficiencies or anything.

HALFREK: Hmm.

• Halfrek & Anya
• Xander & Anya

written by: Jane Espenson; transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/112doublemeatpalace.html