(Graveyard, day, Joyce's funeral)

MINISTER: We commend to almighty God our sister, Joyce Summers and we commit her body to the ground. Earth to earth... ashes to ashes... and dust to dust. The Lord bless her and keep her. The Lord makes his face to shine upon her and be gracious to her. The Lord lift up his countenance upon her... and give her peace.

(As the group breaks up, Tara moves over to Buffy, taps her gently on the shoulder. )

TARA: Hey, um, Dawn's kind of ready to go. Can we take her with us?

BUFFY: Yeah. She should probably get out of here.

TARA: What about you? We can wait if you want.

BUFFY: I'm fine. Thank you.

(Tara rejoins the others, whispers to them and they turn to leave. Dawn looks back over her shoulder at Buffy as they lead her away. )

• Dealing with Joyce's death

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