(hiding in coffins)

XANDER: 33 minutes. Since when do we go through all this trouble for one lousy vampire. Excuse me, one lousy potential vampire.

BUFFY: Vampire by vampire. It's the only way I know how.

DAWN: (released by Buffy) I think this thing has a freakin' child lock on it.

BUFFY: Shh!

DAWN: You know, I'm not the shortest one here. I don't know why I had to be in the kid coffin.

BUFFY: Look, I know it's my job?

XANDER: No, no. I'm sorry. I wanna help. I guess I've been a bit stressed out lately. I'm sorry I took it out on you.

BUFFY: No big. Been kinda stressed myself.

DAWN: Well, the whole Willow sitch is not unstressifying.I mean she's here, but not "part of the gang" here and hopefully not "under my feet here in another time dimension" here.

BUFFY: There's Willow. There's the looming humongo bad. And it's a school night. I should be home in bed, cuddled up to my insomnia, and worrying about how I'm gonna mess up tomorrow.

DAWN: You'll be fine. You'll be a great counselor.

BUFFY: It's my first week actually talking to the kids. What if their problems are all weird and tricky?

XANDER: I think you underestimate your familiarity with the world of weird and tricky. This job's perfect for you.

BUFFY: Check out perfect me. Taking my sister on an educational outing to the?

DAWN: Dead body.

XANDER: I don't know. Amateur opinion here, but she looks dead. I mean like natural causes dead.

BUFFY: The paper said she had unusual cuts and contusions on her neck.

XANDER: Maybe she cut herself shaving and then died naturally of embarrassment.

DAWN: She looks...

BUFFY: Peaceful.

VAMPIRE: I am not peaceful.

BUFFY: That, I can help with. (dusts her) I always thought closed caskets were more tasteful anyway.

written by: Rebecca Kirshner; Transcribed by: CariCranberry. Edited by me. . Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season7/transcripts/126_tran.php