(Night has fallen over the castle. Groo and Cordy are still alone in the throne room.)

GROO: And that, my princess, is my story in full. When the Covenant summoned me I was vanquishing the Mogfan beast that bedevils the scum pits of Ur.

CORDELIA: Uh, that's a great story. And you are a great groosalug. But, I'm not your princess. The truth is, I'm not anybody's princess.

GROO: Have you not the curse?

CORDELIA: The visions? Oh, yeah, I've got visions coming out of my ears, sometimes a little blood, too, but that doesn't make me a princess. That just makes me kind of weird.

GROO: I do not understand.

CORDELIA: Where I come from, who I really am - is so far from being a princess, you have no idea. (Sighs) I'm an actress.

GROO: I do not know this word.

CORDELIA: Actress? It means when I'm finally lucky enough to get the gig, other people tell me what to do, where to stand, how to move, what to say...

GROO: You are the concubine of your village.

CORDELIA: Felt like one sometimes. Last job I had you should have seen the horrible thing they made me wear! It was this tiny, skimpy, exploitative... (Looks down at her present, skimpy outfit) Uh, nothing like this!

GROO: Have they no eyes in this village?

CORDELIA: What do you mean?

GROO: Can they not just look upon you and *see* that you are a princess?

CORDELIA: I'm not.

GROO: No. Pardon my impudence, majesty, but you are wrong. The Covenant has declared it so.

CORDELIA: It doesn't matter what they say.

GROO: Then *you* declare it so. You declare it with your bearing and with your beauty -- and the mercy that I have seen you bestow upon one of your subjects this very day.

CORDELIA: He was a friend of mine.

GROO: Then if you treat all of your subjects this way, you will do much good.

CORDELIA: It's a beautiful dream. Really it is. But - it's not real.

Groo stepping close: Why not?

• Cordelia & the Groosalug (Groo)
• Cordelia's acting career
• Cordelia's visions & championhood
• Funnies

written by: Tim Minear; Original transcript anonymous. Edited, formatted for this site and checked against source by Sylvia.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season2/transcripts/43_tran.shtml