The phone rings.

BUFFYBOT: I'll get it!

WILLOW/TARA/DAWN: No!

DAWN: Um ... it could be my dad. (to Willow) He said he'd call today.

BUFFYBOT: I'll just say hello. He's my biological ancestor.

WILLOW: (into phone) Hello? Hey, Anya. Really? That's fantastic! (to others) Uh, Anya found that thing, for tonight.

XANDER: Yeah? Great.

WILLOW: (listens) And you're her sweet cookie-face.

XANDER: I go by many names.

DAWN: Well, what's tonight?

TARA: Oh, just a Scooby meeting. Spike'll be here with you.

WILLOW: You know, Buffy ... bot ... maybe you should let the machine - uh, the other machine, answer the phone from now on. Okay?

BUFFYBOT: Is my phone manner not correct?

TARA: It's perfect. It's just ... we can't take the chance that Mr. Summers might talk to you and know something's wrong.

XANDER: See, if he thought the real Buffy was gone, he could take Dawn away.

DAWN: And I wanna stay here, with you and Willow and Tara. Understand?

BUFFYBOT: (big smile) I do! I want you to stay here as well. You're my sister!

• Buffy's Death & Revivification
• BuffyBot

written by: Marti Noxon & David Fury; Transcribed by joan the english chick (pisces@englishchick.com). Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/101bargaining.html