GILES: There you are. I almost didn't find you in this crush. (notices Joyce) (nervously) Oh, uh, Mrs., uh... uh, Joyce. Quite a turnout you have here.

JOYCE: Oh, well, it's, it's not just me, but thank you. Well, it's, uh, it's been a while.

GILES: (uneasy) Right. Not since, um... Not since... Not for a while.

Sheila: There's a rumor going around, Mr. Giles.

GILES: (suddenly worried) R-rumor, about us? A-a-about what?

Sheila: About witches. People calling themselves witches are responsible for this brutal crime.

GILES: Indeed? How strange.

WILLOW: (laughs nervously) Yes! Strange! Witches.

Sheila: Well, actually, not that strange. I recently co-authored a paper about the rise of mysticism among adolescents, and I was shocked at the statistical... Oh. Oh, a-are we starting?

• Joyce & Giles

written by: Jane Espenson & Thania St. John; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
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