HALFREK:... So there was no child support in, like, eleven years, not a single check, so now, every time he touches a piece of paper that isn't a check for the child? Paper cuts. (laughs) Oh, you know how I hate to toot my own horn, but now his hands are just covered in all these tiny little bandages. Like a quilt. You know, made of bandages.

ANYA: Hmmmm?

HALFREK: Okay, did they not teach listening skills in Human World?

ANYA: Sorry. I know. I'm just distracted.

HALFREK: What, about this thing with Xander? Don't worry, you'll figure out a way to--

ANYA: No, that's just it, I tried everything, I tried every curse I knew, nothing's worked.

HALFREK: Wait. Did you try to curse him yourself?

ANYA: I am the wronged party here, of course I --

HALFREK: You can't exact justice against someone on behalf of yourself, silly! (laughs) How long you been away?

ANYA: I haven't been scorned by a man in, like, a thousand years. I never had to make a wish for myself. There has to be some way around that!

HALFREK: Well... You could try getting someone to make the wish for you. I suppose.

• Anya's Demon heritage
• Halfrek & Anya
• Xander & Anya

written by: Drew Z. Greenberg; No transcript was available, so I started with the Shooting Script and spent a couple-three hours editing it to match what was said and shown on the broadcast version. Link to a full transcript now available. . Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/118entropy.html