ANYA: Boy, I miss those powers.

SPIKE: Yeah, tell me about it.

ANYA: A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. (Sighs) Things used to be so much simpler.

SPIKE: (wistfully) You know ... you take the killing for granted. (Anya nods nostalgically.) And then it's gone, and you're like, "I wish I'd appreciated it more." Stopped and smelled the corpses, you know?

ANYA: Yeah. Now everything's complicated.

SPIKE: It's a terrible thing, love is. I been there myself. (Pause) It ended badly.

ANYA: Of course it did. It always does. Seen a thousand relationships. First there's the love, and sex, and then there's nothing left but the vengeance. That's how it works.

SPIKE: You and I ... should just go do the vengeance. Both of us! You eviscerate Xander, and I'll stake Dru. Like a project.

(Anya looks tempted.)

ANYA: I don't know. I just can't. (Sighs) (encouraging) You can go do Dru though.

SPIKE: (nods) Yeah. I will. (beat) Maybe later.

• Anya's Demon heritage
• Funnies
• Spike & Anya
• Spike & Drusilla
• Spike's defanging

written by: Tracey Forbes; Transcript by joan the english chick (pisces@englishchick.com). Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season4/transcripts/74_tran.htm