Doug: Rupert Giles?

GILES: Yes.

Doug: Doug Perren. Thanks for coming.

GILES: Oh, not at all. It's... flattered to be asked.

Doug: I spoke with Lou Tabor at the Washington Institute, and he told me we had the best authority on obscure relics right here in Sunnydale.

GILES: Oh... (laughs) He may have, uh, exaggerated a little. (sees the obelisk) Ah, is this the...

Doug: This is our baby. Construction workers dug it up outside of town. Don't have a clue what it is. Any ideas?

GILES: A few. None I'd care to share until I can verify. You have, uh, carbon dated it?

Doug: The results'll be back in a couple of days. I'll go out on a limb and say old.

GILES: Um, yes, it, it certainly... predates any, uh... settlements we've read about. Um, may, may I?

Doug: Yeah. Sure.

GILES: I assume you've, uh, you haven't tried to open it.

Doug: Open it? Ah, I'll be damned. I figured it was solid. What do you think is in there?

GILES: I don't know.

Doug: Well... I guess we won't know until we open it up.

GILES: Yes, but could I ask, um... would you wait? I, uh... I'd like to work on translating the text. It-it-it might give us an indication of... what we'll find inside.

Doug: You don't want to be surprised?

GILES: A-as a rule, no.

Doug: Alright. You're the expert. But I'm pretty damn curious, though.

GILES: Yes. Yes, so am I.

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