su_herald | Friday, January 13th, 2012

GILES: Like this ... and this ... and this...
RILEY: That thing's pretty heavy.
WILLOW: That's Oofdar. Goddess of childbirth. She's got some nice heft to her.
BUFFY: How badly did you hurt him?
GILES: Well, hurt, uh ... maybe not ... hurt.
WILLOW: Well, I-I'm sure he was startled.
GILES: Uh, yes, yes, I'd imagine it gave him, uh, rather a turn.
BUFFY: He ran away, huh?
GILES: Um, sort of more ... uh ... turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. He said I didn't concern him.
BUFFY: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe?
GILES: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.

~~The Replacement~~

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