GILES: You don't have to do that Dawn. Just relax.

ANYA: Yes, set down. We have some very amusing chicken feet you can play with. Don't you watch television? I thought all children despise effort and enjoy cartoons.

DAWN: I like being useful. Keep my minds off things.

GILES: Then useful you shall be. We can always use a hand.

ANYA: But you have a hand. A paid hand. A hand that isn't the hand of illegal child labor.

GILES: Anya!

ANYA: But of course it's wonderful that you find doing *my* job so distracting. I am unthreatened. Proceed.

GILES: Yes, carry on Dawn.

DAWN: Is there anything I should know? Like off limits stuff? Willow told me that some of the books & things are kinda dangerous.

GILES: Quite right. But they're all labeled & kept off the floor. Most of our more potent texts & potions are all up there. Anyone asks you about anything in that area, just come get me.

DAWN: 'Kay. Anything else?

GILES: Um, well if you'd like. I can teach you how to work the cash-register & ring up sales.

DAWN: Cool.

ANYA: Ring up sales? With the money? She gets to fondle the money? Customer! Hello, customer. I'll help you!

GILES: I'll just be a moment.

DAWN: No problem.

(Dawn watches to make sure both Giles and Anya are occupied. Then she puts down her feather-duster and picks up her backpack. She climbs the ladder to the loft, looks over the books, grabs one and puts it in her pack. She picks up a small vial and it clinks against the others. She winces and looks to see if anyone heard, then puts it in her pack too, begins to climb back down. Below, Giles goes through the bead curtain (which separates the customer area from the office area) and Dawn freezes until he moves past. Then she continues climbing down. She reaches the bottom and turns to see Giles standing a little bit away. He didn't see her climbing down.)

GILES: Dawn.

DAWN: Uh-huh?

(she quietly lets her backpack drop to the floor)

GILES: Do you wanna come watch this, uh, transaction that Anya's doing? Then I'll let you try.

DAWN: You got it.

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