[ Willow is sitting next to the computer reading. She is rather worried. ]
Deborah: [= Willow’s daughter, voice from the other room.] Mummy, can you come and read me a bed-time story?
[ Music: Darin: “B what U wanna B” (lyrics).
Willow enters the room. It is not too large, there are some dolls of My Little Pony, Sesame Street, Disney films, etc. but not too many. There's a computer in one corner, where Deborah is sitting. She is 6 years old. ]
Willow: That's great, Deb. OK, are you ready to go to sleep?
Willow: OK. [She gets her ready there.] Say, sweetie, do you know what my work is all about?
Deborah: Yes, you’re a professor of Computer Science at Sunnydale University, and also a teacher at the high school.
Willow: Well, yes, but do you know more than that?
Deborah: Actually, I do: you’re a witch! You help fight demons. And daddy’s a warlock!
Willow: Yes, Deborah, you are right. We tried to hide it from you, but I guess we should not have. We should have been more honest.
Deborah: That’s quite alright, mummy. See, my friend told me his father who is a Philosophy professor told him that honesty is an active process, and that honest people were always more dishonest in the past. I forgive you.
Deborah: Mum, will I be a witch too?
Willow: Not if you don’t want to be.
Deborah: Great, because I want to be a [emulating a Scottish accent] postwoman when I grow up.
Willow: Really? That's great.
Deborah: Yeah, I've been helping Mr. Gillan who is our mailman a little, and he told me that I can help the mailmen after I turn 13. He’s a Scotsman from Inverness.
Willow: That’s really cool, princess.
Deborah: Yes, well, I think I’ll go to sleep without a story today.
Willow: OK, which doll do you want to sleep with tonight?
Willow: [Brings the doll] Here you go.
Willow: You're welcome, munchkin. Listen, as you know, I have powerful and real magic and I’ll do my best to make sure that no harm will ever come to you or to any of our friends or any other person in the world.
Deborah: Yes, mummy, I know.
Willow: Good night. [She turns off the light and kisses her on the forehead.]