ANYA: (panting) I'm here! I'm here.

DAWN: We're doing chemistry.

ANYA: Oh. So sorry I hurried.

XANDER: Hey, did your friend have a good time? And then leave?

ANYA: (sullen) She's gone.

XANDER: So, Ahn, the way she looked, with ... the face... (nervous laugh) That wasn't what you used to look like, was it?

ANYA: Is there something wrong with that? I mean, did you think she was unattractive?

XANDER: Okay, is there any answer to that question that won't make you nuts?

ANYA: Halfrek was always considered to be a great beauty.

XANDER: Well, hon, she was a little... ...there was some veinyness.

WILLOW: Hold this. Okay. If the solution reacts to the proteins, then I'll be able to see it. I mean, I'll be able to look through the microscope and, and then see it.

ANYA: (to Xander) It's not like you're so perfect either, what with your ... strangely large upper arms and your tendency to criticize.

XANDER: Huh?

DAWN: (to Willow) What do you see?

WILLOW: There's no reaction.

XANDER: Oh god, no! No reaction!

WILLOW: Which means it's not human.

XANDER: (upset) It's not human! (realizing) It's not human?

ANYA: Well, is it demony? I mean, maybe someone's ... you know, killing demons and using them as a cheap source of meat. I mean, we've all heard of that. And by the way, I'm opposed to using demon meat, no matter how much money it saves. (to Xander) Does that surprise you?

XANDER: Again, I say 'huh?'

WILLOW: No, I'm not sure what I'm seeing. Cellulose? There's something weird here.

• Anya's Demon heritage
• Xander & Anya

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