SuaveXANDER: Anya, you didn't see me today, did you? I mean, we didn't talk?

ANYA: What do you mean? I just got your phone message, that's all.

SuaveXANDER: Good.

(They kiss some more, kneel and then sit on the blanket. )

ANYA: So... what happens next?

SuaveXANDER: Well, at some point we take off our clothes.

ANYA: I mean what happens next in our lives? When do we get a car?

SuaveXANDER: (confused) A car?

ANYA: And a boat. No, wait, I - I don't mean a boat. I mean a puppy. Or a child. I have a list somewhere.

SuaveXANDER: What are you talking about?

ANYA: Just ... we have to get going. I don't have time just to let these things happen.

SuaveXANDER: There's no hurry.

ANYA: Yes there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying.

(SuaveXander looks shocked.)

ANYA: I may have as few as fifty years left.

SuaveXANDER: Fifty years? What is thi- Oh, wait a minute. This is about this. (Touching her arm sling)

ANYA: What about the sling?

SuaveXANDER: You haven't been hurt like this since you became human. (She nods reluctantly) Maybe it's finally hitting you what being human means.

ANYA: (pouting) No, that's not it.

SuaveXANDER: Yes, I think it is. You were gonna live for thousands of years. And now you're gonna age and die. That must be terrifying.

ANYA: You don't understand what it's like.

SuaveXANDER: Being suddenly human? I think I can get what that would be like. And we can get through it together.

ANYA: You can't make it any different. I'm going to get old. And ... you can't promise you'll be with me when I'm ... wrinkly and my teeth are artificial and stuck into my wrinkly mouth with an adhesive.

SuaveXANDER: No, I can't promise that. But it doesn't sound terrible. And that's saying something. (Anya looks somewhat comforted) I promise you, Anya. Very soon you won't be thinking about getting older.

• 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/81thereplacement.html