RILEY: Look, there it is.

(They approach a long trench in the ground. At its end there's a large chunk of what looks like rock.)

WILLOW: Wow. We have meteorite.

ANYA: Is it hot?

(Riley puts his hands toward it.)

ANYA: 'Cause, uh, if there's radiation, you could like go all sterile.

(Riley looks alarmed. Xander jumps backward. Riley touches the rock carefully.)

RILEY: No, it's not hot. It's warm. And broken. It's sort of-

GILES: Hollow.

RILEY: Yeah.

ANYA: So, uh, we're all thinking the same thing, right?

XANDER: Festive pinata? Delicious candy?

WILLOW: Something evil crashed to earth in this and then broke out and ... slithered away to do badness.

GILES: In all fairness, we don't really know about the slithered part.

ANYA: Oh, no. I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.

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written by: Jane Espenson; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/87listeningtofear.html