[laughs sarcastically] Oh, I get it. That's very crafty. [nods] Glory's worked the kind of mojo where anyone who sees her little presto-change-o instantly forgets. And yours truly, being somewhat other than human ... stands immune.
Willow[frowning.] So ... Ben and Glory ... are-are the same person?
[slowly, like a revelation] Glory can turn into Ben, and Ben turns back into Glory.
And anyone who sees it instantly forgets.
[sigh of relief] Kewpie doll for the lady.
Excellent. Now. Do we suspect there may be some kind of connection between Ben and Glory?
Willow
Tara, baby? Is there somewhere you should be?
Willow
No one's holding you. It's the big day, right? Do you wanna go?
[pauses on the way to the door, points at Giles] You're a killer. [Quieter] This is all set down. [continues towards the door]
[to Willow] Stay close but don't crowd her. We'll follow in a minute. [to the rest of the gang] Hey, everybody knows their jobs. Remember, the ritual starts - we all die. And I'll kill anyone who comes near Dawn. [leaves]
Well, not exactly the St Crispin's Day speech, was it?
[Willow has called Giles to tell him about Buffy's resurrection.]
Did you get through to London?
Willow
Yeah. He's gonna head back as soon as he can. I'm not sure, like maybe a couple days.
Willow
Um, I'm not sure. I mean... glad, but kinda weirded out? Which I get, you know. Lots of "Dear Lords". And I think I actually heard him clean his glasses.
OK, so you're telling me I'm broke?
Willow
Not yet, but-
Money's definitely becoming an issue.
As in you're being almost out of it.
But I haven't spent any money! I was all... dead and frugal.
Easy, we burn the house to the ground and collect the insurance. Plus, fire? Pretty. [The Scoobies look at Buffy in horror] You guys, I'm kidding. OK, it's bills, it's money, it's pieces of paper sent by bureaucrats that we've never even met. It's not like it's the end of the world... which is too bad, you know, 'cause that, I'm really good at.
You're a very stupid girl.
Willow
What? Giles-
Do you have any idea what you've done? The forces you've harnessed, the lines you've crossed?
Willow
I thought you'd be...impressed, or, or something.
Oh, don't worry, you've...made a very deep impression. Of everyone here...you were the one I trusted most to respect the forces of nature.
Willow
Are you saying you don't trust me?
Think what you've done to Buffy.
Willow
I brought her back!
Willow
Risk? Of what? Making her deader?!
Of killing us all. Unleashing hell on Earth, I mean, shall I go on?
Willow
No! Giles, I did what I had to do. I did what nobody else could do.
Oh, there are others in this world who can do what you did. You just don't want to meet them.
Willow
No, probably not, but...well, they're the bad guys. I'm not a bad guy. [upset] I brought Buffy back into this world, a-and maybe the word you should be looking for is "congratulations."
Having Buffy back in the world makes me feel...indescribably wonderful, but I wouldn't congratulate you if you jumped off a cliff and happened to survive.
Willow
That's not what I did, Giles.
Willow
I wasn't lucky. I was amazing. And how would you know? You weren't even there.
If I had been, I'd have bloody well stopped you. The magicks you channeled are more ferocious and primal than anything you can hope to understand, [even more angry] and you are lucky to be alive, you rank, arrogant amateur!!
This is gonna take forever, isn't it?
Not forever. Just a very long time. Here it is. Your first approximation of your spanking new debt.
I've trashed this house so many times. How did Mom pay for this?
For starters, she saved money with this crappy-ass coffee table.
Well, there's always that charging option.
No. I will definitely... probably not be doing that.
Well, I know I'm back in America now. I've been knocked unconscious. Thank you.
What do you think the demon wanted, anyway? Uh, aside from costing you a bundle?
Don't know. Now he's way too dead to answer that question. I wish I know who hired him.
Willow
Ooh, I could do a locator spell. Or not.
That's it. It's been four hours. I'm calling it, people. This coffee table, it's gone. Damn it!
Also, this lamp's in critical condition.
Willow
Well, uh, let's take these thing out to the trash and give 'em a decent throwin' out.
I don't think I can do this.
Yes, you can. Your mother dealt with this sort of thing all the time. She took one crisis at a time, without the aid of any superpowers... and got through it all, so can you.
Who's calling me? Everybody I know lives here. I'll be back.
I bet it's creditors. The hounding's begun. I read about it. So, you think we'll starve?
No chance I'd have to quit school to work assembling cheap toys in a poorly ventilated sweatshop?
Poorly ventilated... what have you been reading? Buffy, what is it?
He knows that I'm-- He-he needs to see me. I have to see him.
Well, of course. You-you'll leave for L.A. tomorrow.
Not L.A. An-and not here. Somewhere in the middle. There's a place.
I see. Well, we should get these, uh, bills and things out of the way before--
I have to go now. Oh. Um... Thanks for taking care of this for me.
She came from the grave much graver.
First he'll kill her, then I'll save her.
Everything is turning out so dark.
Going through the motions...
No, I'll save her, then I'll kill her.
Willow
I think this line's mostly filler...
What's it gonna take to strike a spark?
These endless days are finally ending in a blaze
AAll
And we are caught in the fire
The point of no return.
So we will walk through the fire,
And let it
Burn.
So, uh, no research? Nothing going on? Monsters or whatnot? Good! Good. Uh, so, did anybody...uh...last night, you know, did anybody, um...burst into song?
Willow
We thought it was just us!
Well, I sang, but I had my guitar at the hotel...
It was bizarre. We were talking, and then it was like -
...Like you were in a musical.
...That would explain the huge backing orchestra I couldn't see and the synchronized dancing from the room service chaps...
Willow
We did a whole duet about dish washing.
And we were arguing and, and then everything rhymed and there were harmonies and a dance with coconuts.
Do you think I'm stupid? I know you used that spell on me.
Willow
Tara, I'm sorry, I-
Don't! Just... don't. [shakes head.] There's nothing you can say.
Willow
Tara, I didn't mean to-
To what? Violate my mind like that? How could you, Willow? How could you after what Glory did to me?
Willow
Violate you? I... I-I didn't ... mean anything like that, I-I, I just wanted us not to fight any more. I love you.
If you don't wanna fight, you don't fight. You don't use magic to make a fight disappear.
Willow
But I-I just wanted to make things better. Better for us.
But you don't get to decide what is better for us, Will. We're in a relationship, we are supposed to decide together.
Willow
Okay. I'm ... I realize I, I did it wrong.
You did it the way you're doing everything. When things get rough, you... you don't even consider the options. You just ... you just do a spell. It's not good for you, Willow. And it's not what magic is for.
Willow
[apprehensive.] But I... I just wanna help people.
Maybe that's how it started, but ... you're helping yourself now, fixing things to your liking. Including me.
Willow
Tara, no!
[Tara looks away.]
I don't think this is gonna work.
Willow
Hey. It is, i-it's working. [Tara just looks at her, then looks down.] Tara, please. I need you, baby. I need you. I don't need magic, I-I don't, I ... let me prove it to you, okay? I, I will go a month without doing any magic. I won't do a single spell. I swear.
[Tara looks back at her.]
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