OK, so you're telling me I'm broke?
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.
Oh, come on, Tara. I am so old enough to do research. Do you really think I'm not mature enough?
I think you're very mature for your age ... but you're still only fifteen.
Right. Fifteen, as in teenager. You know, if you don't let me look at the pictures, I'm gonna learn everything I know about demons on the street.
[sighs and hands Dawn a book] Knock yourself out.
Thank you. See? No biggie. I can totally handle it.
[Dawn opens the book to the first page]
That's a weird place for a horn... [stares at the page, then closes the book, shaken] That's not a horn.
...
[seeing Dawn doing research] You do research now? Would you like a cappuccino and a pack of cigarettes to go with that?
MFM'Fashnik
Which one of you is the leader?
WJWarren, Jonathan, Andrew
I am.
MFM'Fashnik
I will kill the leader.
WJWarren, Jonathan, Andrew
[pointing at one another] He is.
MFM'Fashnik
I will kill you all.
Wait! Uh, no fair. It's not our fault the Slayer was there. We said we'd pay you, and we're gonna.
[dropping to his knees] Yes! Truly, Lord Jonathan is the wisest of us all.
[also kneeling] Uh, yeah. Long live our noble lord and master.
MFM'Fashnik
[grabs Jonathan by the throat] You can't pay me with paper, tiny king. You pitted me against the Slayer. For that, I must kill you.
[Warren and Andrew snicker at each other]
MFM'Fashnik
Then I will suck dry your bones and use them to beat your subjects to death.
[Warren and Andrew are suddenly alarmed]
Well, I know I'm back in America now. I've been knocked unconscious.
...
Who's calling me? Everybody I know lives here.
[Buffy leaves]
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?
You're a very stupid girl.
Do you have any idea what you've done? The forces you've harnessed, the lines you've crossed?
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.
Are you saying you don't trust me?
Think what you've done to Buffy.
Risk? Of what? Making her deader?!
Of killing us all. Unleashing hell on Earth, I mean, shall I go on?
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.
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.
That's not what I did, Giles.
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.
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.
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.
