[Buffy confronts Faith about killing Deputy Mayor Allan Finch (whom she thought was a vampire)]
BuffyFaith, you can shut off all the emotions that you want. But eventually, they're gonna find a body.
Okay, this is the last time we're gonna have this conversation, and we're not even having it now, you understand me? There is no body. I took it, weighted it, and dumped it. The body doesn't exist.
Buffy
Getting rid of the evidence doesn't make the problem go away.
Buffy
Faith, you don't get it - you killed a man.
No, you don't get it - I don't care!
Of course, training procedures have been updated quite a bit since your day. Much greater empasis on field work.
Oh, yes. Not all books and theory nowadays. I have, in fact, faced two vampires myself. Under controlled circumstances, of course.
No danger of finding those here.
Controlled circumstances. Hello, Buffy.
Buffy
New Watcher?
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce. It's very nice to meet you.
Buffy
Is he evil?
Buffy
The last one was evil.
Oh, yes. Gwendolyn Post. We all heard. No, Mr. Giles has checked my credentials, rather thoroughly, and phoned the Council, but I'm glad to see you're on the ball as well. A good Slayer is a cautious Slayer.
Buffy
Is he evil?
Not in the strictest sense.
Well, I'm glad that's cleared up. As I'm sure none of us is anxious to waste any time of pleasantries, why don't you tell me everything about last night's patrol.
Buffy
Vampires.
Buffy
Killed 'em.
Anything else you could tell me?
Buffy
Uh... one of them had swords. I-I don't think he was with the other two.
Swords? Swords... One long, one short?
Buffy
Mmm. Both pointy. With, like, jewels and things.
15th-century duelist cult, deadly in that day. Their numbers dwindled in later centuries due to an increase in anti-vampire activity, and a lot of pointless dueling. They eventually became the acolytes of a demon called Balthazar, who brought them to the New World, specifically here.
You seem to know a lot about them.
I didn't get this job because of my looks.
Buffy
I really, really believe that.
I've researched this town's history extensively.
So why have we not seen them before this?
They were driven out a hundred years ago. Happily, Balthazar was killed. I don't know by whom.
Buffy
And they're back 'cause...
Balthazar had an amulet purported to give him strength. When he was killed, it was taken by a wealthy landowner named... I don't want to bore you with the details.
Buffy
Little bit late.
Named Gleaves. It was buried with him, and I believe the few remaining Eliminati are probably looking for it. For sentimental value.
And you don't think that this amulet poses any threat?
Oh, no, not at all. Nonetheless, we may as well keep it from them. Buffy, you will go to the Gleaves family crypt tonight and fetch the amulet.
Buffy
I will?
Are you not used to being given orders?
Buffy
Whenever Giles sends me on a mission, he always says please. And afterwards I get a cookie.
I don't feel we're getting off on quite the right foot. Ah. This is, perhaps, Faith.
BGBuffy, Giles
New Watcher.
Screw that. [she turns and leaves]
Buffy
Now, why didn't I just say that?
Buffy
I'll see if I can get her back. Don't say anything incredibly interesting while I'm gone.
I missed the mark last night and I'm sorry about the guy, I really am! But it happens! Anyways, how many people do you think we've saved by now? Thousands? And didn't you stop the world from ending? Because in my book, that puts you and me in the plus column.
Buffy
We help people! It doesn't mean we can do whatever we want.
Why not? The guy I offed was no Gandhi. I mean, we just saw he was mixed up in dirty dealings.
Buffy
Maybe, but what if he was coming to us for help?
What if he was? You're still not seeing the big picture, B. Something made us different. We're warriors. We're built to kill.
Buffy
To kill demons! But it does not mean that we get to pass judgment on people like we're better than everybody else!
[about Faith] So she saved you.
Buffy
She could have left me there to die, Giles, but she didn't.
She opted to come back to town with you then. That bodes well. She still has a lot to face before she can put this behind her.
Buffy
I'm not gonna give up on her.
[sighs] Then I think she stands a chance.
[after Buffy begins to hear people's thoughts]
And Buffy, be careful with this gift. A lot of things that seem strong and good and powerful, they can be painful.
Buffy
Like, say... immortality?
Exactly. I'm dying to get rid of that.
Buffy
Funny.
[deadpan] I'm a funny guy.
[voice over] I am my thoughts. If they exist in her, Buffy contains everything that is me and she becomes me. I cease to exist. [out loud] Hmm.
[voice over] What am I gonna do? I think about sex all the time! Sex! Help! Four times five is 30. Five times six is 32. Naked girls. Naked women! And naked Buffy! Oh, stop me!
Buffy
God, Xander! Is that all you think about?
Actually... bye. [bolts from the library]
[Buffy finds Jonathan in the clock tower with a rifle.]
Buffy
Never gonna happen.
You think I won't use this?
Buffy
I don't know, Jonathan. I just –
Buffy
Doing what?
Stop saying my name like we're friends! We're not friends! You all think I'm an idiot! A short idiot!
Buffy
I don't. I don't think about you much at all. Nobody here really does. Bugs you, doesn't it? You have all this pain and all these feelings, and nobody's really paying attention?
You think I just want attention?
Buffy
No. I think you're up in the clock tower with a high-powered rifle because you wanna blend in. Believe it or not, Jonathan, I understand about the pain.
Jonathan [bitterly]: Oh, right! Because the burden of being beautiful and athletic, that's a crippler!
Buffy
You know what? I was wrong. You are an idiot. My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than I can handle. And it's not just mine. Every single person down there is ignoring your pain because they're too busy with their own. The beautiful ones. The popular ones. The guys that pick on you. Everyone. If you could hear what they were feeling. The loneliness. The confusion. It looks quiet down there. It's not. It's deafening... You know, I could've taken that by now.
Buffy
[holds out hand] I'd rather do it this way. [gently takes the rifle from Jonathan as he hands it to her]
[Buffy and Giles are walking toward the high school.]
Buffy
Well, it's nice to be able to help someone in a non-slaying capacity. Except he's starting to get that look, you know, like he's gonna ask me to prom.
Well, it would probably be good for his self-esteem, if you...
Buffy
Oh, come on! What am I, Saint Buffy? He's, like, three feet tall!
I'm glad to see you've recovered from your psychic encounter more or less intact. Feel up to some training?
Buffy
Sure. We can work out after school. You know, if you're not too busy having sex with my mother!
[Giles walks right into a tree.]
[After Buffy and Xander discover that a lunch lady has been putting rat poison in the students' food]
Rat poison! Rat poison! Drop your spoons. Step away from the spoons.
Buffy
Okay, let's calm down.
LLunch Lady
Vermin. You're all vermin. You come in here, and you eat... and you eat... filth.
Buffy
I don't see this being settled with logic.
[Buffy and Angel are hunting vampires in a cemetery at night.]
Buffy
So this is our future? This is how we're going to spend our nights when I'm fifty and you're... the same age you are now?
[A vampire growls behind them.]
Let's just get you to fifty.
Buffy
Liking that plan.
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