Well, that's me. Miss Validation-Giver.

[ pause. ] I wasn't really shopping, you know. More like... looking? [ bigger pause. does buffy know about connor? and more importantly, connor being a resident in taxon? not that he's here anymore, but... ] A... friend got glitched recently. Got him turned to a kid, hence the toy-seeking on my part.

[ and since curiosity breeds even more curiosity: ] What about you? What are you doing there? ...please don't tell me the same thing happened to Dawn.