ANYA: Mmmm... that was different.

XANDER: Yeah, it was more... intense.

ANYA: It's because of Joyce.

XANDER: huh?

ANYA: Well she got me thinking, about how people die all the time & how they get born too & how you kinda need one so that you can have the other. And when I think about it that way it makes death a little less sad, sex a little more exciting.

XANDER: Again, I say huh?

ANYA: Well I just think I understand sex more now. It's not just about two bodies smooshing together. It's about life. It's about making life.

XANDER: Right. When two people are much older, and way richer & far less stupid!

ANYA: Breathe. You're turning colors. I'm not ready to make life with you. But I could. We could. Life could out of our love & our smooshing and that's beautiful. It all makes me feel we're a part of something bigger. Like I'm more awake somehow. You know?

XANDER: Yeah I do.

• Dealing with Joyce's death
• Xander & Anya

written by: Marti Noxon; This is my own transcript; short on description, but hey at least it's here today (April 24). Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/95forever.html