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<i>Previously on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer“:</i>

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- I'm Faith.
- I'd say there's a new slayer in town.

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- You don't get it. You killed a man.
- No, you don't get it. I don't care.

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She's unstable, Buffy.

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You sent your boy to kill me. He's dust.
I guess that means you have a job opening.

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How'd you like to get your hands
on the <i>Books of Ascension?</i>

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Have you got the books?

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- What's this Ascension mean?
- Mayor Wilkins is over 100. He's not human.

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Nothing can harm me until the Ascension.

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We've a rogue slayer on our hands.
That's dangerous.

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There's a word for
people like you, Faith: loser.

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No one can stop the Ascension.
Mayor's got it wired, B.

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He built this town for demons to feed on
and on graduation day he'll be paid.

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Stick around.

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All right. You can open them up now.

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Fab. What's the occasion?

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Faith. As if I need a reason
to show you my affection,

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or appreciation for running
a small errand at the airport.

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Airport?

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What's next? Want me to help
a buddy of yours move a sofa?

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This isn't a free ride, young lady.

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I'm beginning to think
somebody's getting a little spoiled.

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- Maybe I should take this back.
- Sorry.

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- Sir.
- That's my girl.

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Another cookie?

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Now,

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a package is arriving tomorrow night.

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Something - and I can't stress this enough -
crucially important to my Ascension.

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Without it...

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Well, what would Toll House cookies be
without the chocolate chips?

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A pretty darn big disappointment,
I can tell you.

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Open your present.

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There. That look on your face is my reward.

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- This is a thing of beauty, boss.
- Well, it cost a pretty penny.

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So, you just take good care of it.

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And you be careful not to put
somebody's eye out with that thing.

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Until I tell you to.

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Any particular eyes in mind?

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Sorry, honey.

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That's OK.

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There's something you don't see every day.

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- Unless, of course, you're me.
- That was bracing.

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- Wanna do another sweep?
- It's what I live for. Sad to say.

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- You too tired?
- No.

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It's just...

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D'you get the feeling
that we're kind of in a rut?

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- A rut?
- You never take me any place new.

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What about that fire demon nest
in the cave by the beach?

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I thought that was a nice change of pace.

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So this is our future?

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This is how we're gonna spend our nights
when I'm 50 and you're

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the same age you are now?

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- Let's just get you to 50.
- Likin' that plan.

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Buffy?

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When were you gonna tell me?

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All right. Busted.
I didn't think you'd miss them.

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You were accepted to
Northwestern University?

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Honey, I am so proud of you.
That's wonderful.

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Right. It's wonderful.

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I mean, it's not cheap, but I know
we can make it work if your father pitches in.

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Not that Northwestern is your only option.

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It's a great school though.
lam so proud of you.

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- You said that before.
- And will again soon.

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Mom, you know that I can't...

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I just can't decide on the school right now.

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I mean, I wanna sleep on it, mull it over.

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Raise 'em up my inner flagpole.
See which one I salute.

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I know, sweetheart. I'm just so pleased
that you have so many choices.

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Your Aunt Arlene and her family
are in Illinois. I've got to call and tell them.

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- Buffy?
- I know. You're proud of me.

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Don't forget to put my earrings
back in my dresser before you go out.

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Arlene? Hi, it's Joyce.

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How you doin'? You are never gonna believe
where Buffy got accepted to school.

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- Here you go.
- Thanks.

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- OK, what's in the bag?
- My lunch.

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- Is that the new drug lingo?
- No, it's my lunch.

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Sit up straight.

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- Sounds like your mom's in a state of denial.
- More like a continent.

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- She just has to realise that I can't go away.
- Well, maybe not now, but soon. Maybe.

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Or maybe I, too, hail from denial land.

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Faith's turn to the dark side of the force
put the kibosh on any away plans for me.

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UC Sunnydale. At least I got in.
I can't believe you got into Oxford.

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- It's pretty exciting.
- Get into some deep academia there.

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- That's where they make Gileses.
- I know. I could learn and have scones.

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Although, I don't know how I feel about
going to school in a foreign country.

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"Everything in life is foreign territory."

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Kerouac. He's my teacher.

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- The open road: my school.
- Making the open dumpster your cafeteria?

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- Go ahead, mock me.
- I think she just did.

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We bohemian types
have always been persecuted.

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Well, sure. You're all so weird.

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I think it's neat, you doin' the backpack,
trail mix, "Happy Wanderer" thing.

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I'm aware it scores high on the hokey meter.
But it'll help me to find myself.

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And we'll lose you. Everyone's a winner.

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Well, look who just popped open
a fresh can of venom.

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- Hear about Willow gettin' into Oxnard?
- Oxford.

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And MIT and Yale, and every other college on
the face of the planet, as in your face, I rub it.

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Oxford? Whoopee.

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Four years in tea-bag central.
Sounds thrilling.

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MIT is a Clearasil ad and Yale is a dumping
ground for those who didn't get into Harvard.

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I got into Harvard.

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Know where you're going so we can
start calculating minimum safe distance?

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- None of your business. Not near you losers.
- Don't forget to breathe between insults.

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I'm sorry, Buffy. This conversation is
reserved for those who actually have a future.

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- An angry young woman.
- She was just being Cordelia. Only more so.

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- Don't pay any attention.
- She's got a chip goin'.

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- Maybe if you didn't goad her so much.
- Can't help it. It's my nature.

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Maybe you need a better nature.

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- I don't understand.
- I can't talk any slower, Wes. I wanna leave.

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- What, now?
- No, not now. After I graduate. College?

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But you're a slayer.

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Yeah. I'm also a person.
You can't just define me by my slayerness.

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That's something-ism.

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- Buffy, we've talked about you going away...
- I got into Northwestern.

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- That's wonderful news. Good for you.
- All right, everyone.

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Monsters, demons, world in peril?

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- I bet they have all that stuff in Illinois.
- You cannot leave Sunnydale.

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With the power invested in me
by the Council, I forbid it.

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Oh, yes, that should settle it.

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With Faith gone bad
and the Ascension coming up...

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I know it's complicated. I am aware
that my graduation may be posthumous.

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But what if I stop the Ascension?
What if I capture Faith?

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- I hope you will.
- If I do that, then all you have to do

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is kill the unholy forces through midterms,
and I'll be back for homecoming

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and every school break after that.

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- At least think about it.
- If circumstances were different...

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- I'll make them different.
- What?

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I'm tired of waiting for the Mayor's move,
while we just count down to Ascension Day.

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- Let's take the fight to him.
- No.

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No. Much too reckless.

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We're at a disadvantage. We know
nothing about the Mayor's Ascension.

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She's right. Time's running out.
We need to take the offensive.

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What's your plan?

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I gotta have a plan? Really?

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I can't just be proactive with pep?

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If you want to take the fight to them,
the first step is to find out what they're up to.

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I actually knew that. I thought you meant
a more specific plan with maps.

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Great. We'll find out what they're up to.

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- Is he in the car?
- No. I'll take you to him.

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The Mayor was supposed to
be here in person with the money.

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Well, the price just went up.
I don't like surprises.

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Surprise.

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- You killed him.
- You the narrator? Get the keys to the cuffs.

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Nothin'.

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That won't cut through steel.

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No. It'll cut through bone.

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There it is.

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What happened to the courier?
I was supposed to pay him.

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I made him an offer he couldn't survive.

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You are one heck of a girl. You know that?

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I mean, jeez, the initiative, the skill.

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- Go on. Go on.
- I will.

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You know, if Buffy... Hey, hey, hey, hey!

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If Buffy said she wanted
to switch to our side,

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I'd say "No, thanks, sister. I got
all the slayer one man could ever need."

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- What?
- Nothing.

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It's cos I used the B word, huh?

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Don't tell me you're still sore
about that Angel/Buffy thing.

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No, I'm over it. She can have him.

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Better believe she can. She deserves
that poor excuse for a creature of the night.

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You, on the other hand, can do better.

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Don't do that.

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So? What's in the box?

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Box of Gavrok. It houses a demonic energy
which His Honour needs to eat come A-Day.

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- What's that?
- Maps and stuff.

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Plans for City Hall. They were in
the water and power mainframe.

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The box is being kept
under guard on the top floor.

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There.

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It's all I could get out of my informant before
he forced me to introduce him to Mr Pointy.

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- Well, here's what I think we should do.
- We'll go through the skylight. I'll take Angel.

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- Agreed.
- There's a fire ladder on the east side here.

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- Yes, fine. But we still need to consider...
- It won't be enough to simply have the box.

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Right. We have to destroy it - not just
physically, ritually. With some black magic.

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Hang on. We don't know
what such a ritual requires.

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I think the Breath of the Atropyx is standard
for this sort of thing. Fairly simple recipe.

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- Xander.
- I know. I'm Ingredient-Gettin' Guy.

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All right. Stop.

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I demand everyone stop this instant.

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I'm in charge here. And I say
this is all moving much too fast.

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We need time to analyse the situation
and devise a proper and strategic stratagem.

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Wes, hop on the train or get off the tracks.

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The Mayor will most assuredly have
supernatural safeguards protecting the box.

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We all forgot about that, did we?

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Looks like a job for Wiccan Girl.
What do you say? Big-time danger.

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- Hey, I eat danger for breakfast.
- But panics in the face of breakfast foods.

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Let's get to work.

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I have a theory. Your snide remarks earlier?

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I'm guessing grapes a little on the sour side.

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Didn't get into any schools.
The grades were there,

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but, ooh, if it weren't for
that pesky interview.

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The admissions department decided they'd
reached their superficial-princess quotas.

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And once again the gold medal
in the Being Wrong event

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goes to Xander
"I'm as stupid as I look" Harris.

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Read 'em and weep, creep.
USC, Colorado State,

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Duke and Columbia.

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Wow. These are great colleges.

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I'm guessing they must have seen
a different side of your father's money.

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- Go away.
- Sure.

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I have to go back
to helping to save some lives.

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Carry on. I know that you have
some important accessorising to do.

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Now, remember: if anything should go awry,
Wesley and I will create a diversion.

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Let's synchronise our watches. I have 21.4...

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- Yes. Typical.
- We could just count. One-1000, two-1,000.

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Be careful. All of you.

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Tea?

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- You got the goods?
- Yeah.

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Essence of toad.

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Twice-blessed sage.

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- Or maybe that's the toad.
- We better be sure.

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- Destroying this box is a delicate operation.
- Then they shouldn't leave it in our hands.

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Well, Will laid it out for us pretty well.

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Wow. She even drew helpful diagrams.
That's the pedestal.

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And the ingredients. And us.
See, there's you, there's me.

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How can you tell which is which?
They both look stick-figurey to me.

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- Well, this one's me with the little guitar.
- Gotcha.

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- Yeah. Nobody like my Will.
- No, sir, there is not.

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OK.

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Toad me.

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Thanks.

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- Oh, yeah. I'm bad.
- Four stars, Will.

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- Now get goin'.
- I'm gone.

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Got it.

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- Angel?
- It's jammed.

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I'd like very much to come up now, please.

225
00:19:54,905 --> 00:19:57,215
- Angel.
- I know.

226
00:19:59,505 --> 00:20:02,224
Don't suppose you wanna help me down?

227
00:20:02,705 --> 00:20:04,457
Didn't think so.

228
00:21:41,225 --> 00:21:44,741
Well, this is very unfortunate.

229
00:21:45,905 --> 00:21:49,660
I just had this conference room
redecorated, for Pete's sake.

230
00:21:49,745 --> 00:21:51,656
At taxpayers' expense.

231
00:21:51,745 --> 00:21:53,463
And, oh, yeah,

232
00:21:56,505 --> 00:21:58,496
they've got my box.

233
00:21:58,585 --> 00:22:00,781
Yeah, they do.

234
00:22:00,865 --> 00:22:03,254
But lookee what we got.

235
00:22:11,745 --> 00:22:13,816
How did you guys let this...?

236
00:22:13,905 --> 00:22:17,785
- How did this happen?
- They thought she stayed with you.

237
00:22:18,025 --> 00:22:21,495
They must have grabbed her
when she hit the ground. Buffy, I'm sorry.

238
00:22:21,585 --> 00:22:25,658
Look, it's nobody's fault, OK?
We just need to focus and deal.

239
00:22:25,745 --> 00:22:27,736
Oz, I swear I won't let them hurt her.

240
00:22:28,265 --> 00:22:31,656
- We go back. Full-on assault.
- They'll kill her.

241
00:22:31,745 --> 00:22:35,864
- We're assuming they haven't already?
- No. No, they know what she means to us.

242
00:22:35,945 --> 00:22:39,984
She's too valuable
as long as we still have the box.

243
00:22:41,025 --> 00:22:42,424
We trade.

244
00:22:42,505 --> 00:22:45,736
- We can't.
- It's the safest plan. It's the only way, right?

245
00:22:45,825 --> 00:22:47,941
It might well be.

246
00:22:48,025 --> 00:22:51,222
- We arrange a meeting.
- This box must be destroyed.

247
00:22:51,305 --> 00:22:54,661
- I need a volunteer to hit Wesley.
- Giles, you know I'm right.

248
00:22:54,745 --> 00:22:57,783
- Wanna duck and cover at this point?
- Dammit, you listen to me.

249
00:22:57,865 --> 00:23:00,254
This box is the key to the Mayor's Ascension.

250
00:23:00,345 --> 00:23:03,701
Thousands of lives
depend upon our getting rid of it.

251
00:23:03,785 --> 00:23:08,177
Now, I want to help Willow as much as
the rest of you, but we will find another way.

252
00:23:08,265 --> 00:23:09,983
There is no other way.

253
00:23:10,145 --> 00:23:14,378
You are the one who said take
the fight to the Mayor. You were right.

254
00:23:14,465 --> 00:23:18,777
This is the town's best hope of survival.
It's your chance to get out.

255
00:23:18,865 --> 00:23:22,096
You think I care about that?
Are you made of human parts?

256
00:23:22,185 --> 00:23:25,815
- All right. Let's deal with this rationally.
- Are you taking his side?

257
00:23:28,705 --> 00:23:34,018
Listen to you people. You'd sacrifice
thousands of lives, your families, friends?

258
00:23:34,105 --> 00:23:38,099
It can all end right here.
We have the means to destroy this box.

259
00:23:46,945 --> 00:23:49,255
Giles, make the phone call.

260
00:24:17,145 --> 00:24:19,580
What are you doing?

261
00:24:19,665 --> 00:24:22,179
I'm looking for a sucking candy

262
00:24:22,265 --> 00:24:27,419
cos my mouth gets dry when I'm nervous
or held prisoner against my will.

263
00:24:28,225 --> 00:24:32,264
And suddenly I'm thinking "sucking"
isn't a good word to use around vampires.

264
00:24:32,345 --> 00:24:36,304
Hey, did you get permission
to eat the hostage? I don't think so.

265
00:24:36,385 --> 00:24:39,662
You're gonna be in some trouble
when the Mayor...

266
00:24:40,865 --> 00:24:43,061
Just a little taste.

267
00:25:11,865 --> 00:25:14,937
They're not brain-damaged enough
to come back tonight.

268
00:25:15,025 --> 00:25:17,858
- Ever had a dog?
- What?

269
00:25:17,945 --> 00:25:20,459
I did. Rusty. Irish setter.

270
00:25:20,545 --> 00:25:22,343
Swell little pooch.

271
00:25:22,425 --> 00:25:27,181
A dog's friendship is stronger than reason,
stronger than its sense of self-preservation.

272
00:25:27,265 --> 00:25:28,664
Buffy's like a dog.

273
00:25:28,745 --> 00:25:33,535
And before you can say "Jack Robinson",
you'll get to see me kill her like one.

274
00:26:07,945 --> 00:26:09,743
Whoa.

275
00:26:27,065 --> 00:26:29,295
<i>The Books of Ascension.</i>

276
00:26:49,825 --> 00:26:52,101
- Check out the bookworm.
- Faith.

277
00:26:55,745 --> 00:26:59,625
Anybody with brains, anybody
who knew what was gonna happen to her,

278
00:26:59,705 --> 00:27:02,265
would try to claw her way out of this place.

279
00:27:02,345 --> 00:27:06,100
But you? You just can't stop
Nancy Drew-ing, can ya?

280
00:27:09,345 --> 00:27:14,260
I guess now you know too much,
and that kinda just naturally leads to killin'.

281
00:27:14,345 --> 00:27:16,495
Faith, wait. I wanna talk to you.

282
00:27:16,705 --> 00:27:21,063
Yeah, give me the speech again. "Faith,
we're still your friends. We can help you."

283
00:27:21,145 --> 00:27:24,740
- "It's not too late."
- It's way too late.

284
00:27:26,305 --> 00:27:31,220
You know, it didn't have to be this way,
but you made your choice.

285
00:27:31,305 --> 00:27:35,902
I know you had a tough life. I know that some
people think you had a lot of bad breaks.

286
00:27:35,985 --> 00:27:38,499
Well, boo-hoo. Poor you.

287
00:27:39,145 --> 00:27:43,582
You know, you had a lot more
in your life than some people.

288
00:27:43,665 --> 00:27:46,054
I mean, you had friends like Buffy.

289
00:27:46,145 --> 00:27:47,738
Now you have no one.

290
00:27:47,825 --> 00:27:50,897
You were a slayer and now you're nothing.

291
00:27:50,985 --> 00:27:53,864
You're just a big, selfish, worthless waste.

292
00:27:56,425 --> 00:27:58,416
You hurt me. I hurt you.

293
00:27:58,625 --> 00:28:01,219
I'm just a little more efficient.

294
00:28:02,225 --> 00:28:07,743
- And I thought you didn't have a comeback.
- You're beggin' for some deep pain.

295
00:28:09,225 --> 00:28:11,421
I'm not afraid of you.

296
00:28:13,185 --> 00:28:15,574
Let's see what we can do about that.

297
00:28:15,665 --> 00:28:18,862
Girls? I hope I don't
have to separate you two.

298
00:28:18,945 --> 00:28:22,142
Faith, play with your new toy later.
Something's come up.

299
00:28:24,785 --> 00:28:26,298
Faith.

300
00:28:26,385 --> 00:28:28,820
You know I don't like repeating myself.

301
00:28:30,305 --> 00:28:32,819
I got someone. I got him.

302
00:28:36,625 --> 00:28:40,255
I just received a heck of
an interesting phone call.

303
00:28:55,825 --> 00:28:59,022
The whole place is locked down,
except for the front.

304
00:28:59,105 --> 00:29:01,938
Yeah. it gives me that
comforting "trapped" feeling.

305
00:29:02,025 --> 00:29:05,814
One way out means one way in.
I wanna see him coming.

306
00:29:08,225 --> 00:29:09,818
I guess they're shy.

307
00:29:11,625 --> 00:29:13,616
I can see all right.

308
00:29:31,385 --> 00:29:34,138
Well, this is exciting, isn't it?

309
00:29:34,425 --> 00:29:39,340
You know, clandestine meetings by
dark of night, exchange of prisoners. I just...

310
00:29:39,425 --> 00:29:43,384
I feel like we should
all be wearing trench coats.

311
00:29:43,465 --> 00:29:45,741
Let her go.

312
00:29:45,825 --> 00:29:47,623
No.

313
00:29:47,865 --> 00:29:50,778
Not until the box is in my hands.

314
00:29:51,425 --> 00:29:55,703
So you're the little girl
that's been causing me all this trouble.

315
00:29:56,905 --> 00:29:59,294
She's pretty, Angel.

316
00:29:59,905 --> 00:30:01,703
A little skinny.

317
00:30:01,785 --> 00:30:06,018
I still don't understand why
it couldn't work out with you and my Faith.

318
00:30:06,425 --> 00:30:11,215
- Guess you have strange taste in women.
- What can I say? I like 'em sane.

319
00:30:12,785 --> 00:30:13,934
Angel.

320
00:30:16,185 --> 00:30:20,418
I wish you kids the best, but
if you don't mind a bit of fatherly advice,

321
00:30:20,745 --> 00:30:27,094
I just don't see much of a future for you two.
I don't sense a lasting relationship.

322
00:30:27,185 --> 00:30:31,304
Not just because I plan to kill the both of you,
but you got a bumpy road ahead.

323
00:30:31,625 --> 00:30:33,821
I don't think we need to talk about this.

324
00:30:34,905 --> 00:30:37,465
God, you kids, you know...

325
00:30:37,545 --> 00:30:42,062
You don't like to think about the future.
You don't like to make plans.

326
00:30:42,145 --> 00:30:46,901
But unless you want Faith to gut your friend
like a sea bass, show respect for your elders.

327
00:30:46,985 --> 00:30:50,057
You're not my elder.
I got a lot of years on you.

328
00:30:50,305 --> 00:30:53,343
That's just one of the things
you'll have to deal with.

329
00:30:53,425 --> 00:30:56,338
You're immortal. She's not. It's not easy.

330
00:30:56,625 --> 00:31:00,823
I married my Edna Mae in '03
and I was with her right until the end.

331
00:31:00,905 --> 00:31:03,294
Not a pretty picture.

332
00:31:03,945 --> 00:31:08,337
Wrinkled and senile
and cursing me for my youth.

333
00:31:09,425 --> 00:31:11,939
It wasn't our happiest time.

334
00:31:12,745 --> 00:31:17,740
And let's forget the fact that any moment
of true happiness will turn you evil.

335
00:31:18,625 --> 00:31:24,382
I mean, what kind of a life can you offer her? I
don't see a lot of Sunday picnics in the offing.

336
00:31:24,465 --> 00:31:27,378
I see skulking in the shadows,
hiding from the sun.

337
00:31:27,465 --> 00:31:32,494
She's young. You wanna keep her from the
life she should have until it's passed her by.

338
00:31:32,585 --> 00:31:35,976
By God, I think that's a little selfish.

339
00:31:37,785 --> 00:31:40,743
Is that what you came back from Hell for?

340
00:31:40,825 --> 00:31:42,816
Is that your greater purpose?

341
00:31:48,265 --> 00:31:50,654
Make the trade.

342
00:32:05,705 --> 00:32:08,015
- Well, that went...
- Nobody moves.

343
00:32:16,225 --> 00:32:18,944
I knew you kids were up to something.

344
00:32:19,025 --> 00:32:22,620
- Snyder, get out of here.
- You're not giving orders, young lady.

345
00:32:22,705 --> 00:32:26,414
I suppose you're gonna tell me
I won't find drugs in this box.

346
00:32:28,145 --> 00:32:30,022
- Wait.
- Principal Snyder?

347
00:32:33,225 --> 00:32:37,935
- I think we have a problem.
- Mr Mayor. I had no idea you...

348
00:32:40,105 --> 00:32:43,063
- I'm terribly sorry.
- No, it's I who should apologise.

349
00:32:43,145 --> 00:32:46,740
I mean, coming down here at night.
What must you be thinking?

350
00:32:46,825 --> 00:32:50,022
But, you see, I just needed to...
No, don't do that.

351
00:33:16,545 --> 00:33:19,219
- Oh, God.
- Where'd it go?

352
00:33:19,985 --> 00:33:21,623
Get the door open.

353
00:33:21,705 --> 00:33:24,743
No. You can't let that thing out of here.

354
00:33:25,585 --> 00:33:28,623
- I still wanna know where it went.
- Listen.

355
00:33:32,625 --> 00:33:34,775
Boss.

356
00:33:56,025 --> 00:33:58,175
I wouldn't leave that open.

357
00:34:15,625 --> 00:34:17,616
No.

358
00:34:28,945 --> 00:34:32,256
- Is that all of 'em?
- Not really.

359
00:34:32,345 --> 00:34:38,864
There's about 50 billion of these happy
little critters in here. Would you like to see?

360
00:34:41,625 --> 00:34:44,344
Raise your hand if you're invulnerable.

361
00:34:46,465 --> 00:34:48,456
Faith, let's go.

362
00:34:55,185 --> 00:34:57,176
Faith.

363
00:35:06,865 --> 00:35:09,664
Snyder, you alive in there?

364
00:35:10,705 --> 00:35:13,424
You. All of you.

365
00:35:14,545 --> 00:35:17,901
Why couldn't you be dealing drugs
like normal people?

366
00:35:36,905 --> 00:35:39,294
Well, that went swimmingly.

367
00:35:42,025 --> 00:35:44,016
We did all right.

368
00:35:48,585 --> 00:35:51,782
So Faith said "I'm gonna beat you up"
and I'm all "I'm not afraid."

369
00:35:51,865 --> 00:35:57,622
Then she had the knife, which was less fun.
Then I told her "Buffy was your friend..."

370
00:35:57,705 --> 00:36:02,415
Yes, this is fascinating,
but just to get back to the point.

371
00:36:02,505 --> 00:36:05,736
You actually had your hands on
the <i>Books of Ascension?</i>

372
00:36:05,825 --> 00:36:07,862
Volumes one through five.

373
00:36:07,945 --> 00:36:12,815
Is there anything that you can remember
that could be of use to us? Anything at all?

374
00:36:12,905 --> 00:36:18,105
Well, I was in a hurry,
and what I did read was kind of involved -

375
00:36:18,185 --> 00:36:20,574
if you ask me, way overwritten.

376
00:36:22,825 --> 00:36:28,138
Actually, there were a few pages that were
interesting, but I couldn't read them fully.

377
00:36:30,705 --> 00:36:33,094
See what you can make of them.

378
00:36:38,985 --> 00:36:42,580
This is your night for suave, Will.
You should get captured more often.

379
00:36:42,665 --> 00:36:44,258
No, thank you.

380
00:36:44,625 --> 00:36:48,061
Well, let's hope there's
something useful in those pages.

381
00:36:48,145 --> 00:36:51,217
The Mayor has the Box of Gavrok.

382
00:36:51,305 --> 00:36:56,425
And, as of now, we are right back
where we started. Wouldn't you say?

383
00:37:09,585 --> 00:37:11,496
Deep thoughts?

384
00:37:11,585 --> 00:37:13,861
Deep and meaningful.

385
00:37:13,945 --> 00:37:15,936
As in?

386
00:37:16,505 --> 00:37:19,543
As in, I'm never getting out of here.

387
00:37:19,625 --> 00:37:22,822
I kept thinking "if I stop the Mayor..."

388
00:37:22,905 --> 00:37:25,419
I was kidding myself.

389
00:37:25,505 --> 00:37:27,815
And there's always gonna be something.

390
00:37:27,905 --> 00:37:30,545
I'm a Sunnydale girl. No other choice.

391
00:37:30,785 --> 00:37:35,939
It must be tough. I mean,
here I am, I can do anything I want.

392
00:37:36,025 --> 00:37:39,780
I can go to any college in the country.
Four or five in Europe, if I want.

393
00:37:39,865 --> 00:37:42,903
- Tell me you're going somewhere with this.
- No.

394
00:37:44,625 --> 00:37:46,775
I'm not going anywhere.

395
00:37:47,745 --> 00:37:49,338
UC Sunnydale?

396
00:37:49,425 --> 00:37:53,737
- I will be matriculating with the class of 2003.
- Are you serious?

397
00:37:54,385 --> 00:37:56,376
Say, isn't that where you're going?

398
00:38:00,905 --> 00:38:05,297
I can't believe it. Are you serious?
Wait. What am I saying? You can't.

399
00:38:05,665 --> 00:38:08,578
- What do you mean, I can't?
- I won't let you.

400
00:38:08,665 --> 00:38:11,225
Of the two people here,
which is the boss of me?

401
00:38:11,305 --> 00:38:14,502
- There are better schools.
- Sunnydale's not bad.

402
00:38:14,585 --> 00:38:16,781
And I can design my own curriculum.

403
00:38:17,065 --> 00:38:21,104
OK, well, there are safer schools.
There are safer prisons.

404
00:38:21,185 --> 00:38:24,780
- I can't let you stay because of me.
- Actually, this isn't about you.

405
00:38:24,865 --> 00:38:27,175
Although I'm fond -
don't get me wrong - of you.

406
00:38:27,265 --> 00:38:32,704
The other night, you know,
being captured and all, facing off with Faith,

407
00:38:32,785 --> 00:38:35,743
things just kinda got clear.

408
00:38:36,345 --> 00:38:40,543
I mean, you've been fighting evil here
for three years. And I've helped some.

409
00:38:40,625 --> 00:38:44,505
And now we're supposed to decide
what we wanna do with our lives.

410
00:38:44,585 --> 00:38:50,695
And I just realised that's what I wanna do -
fight evil, help people.

411
00:38:50,785 --> 00:38:56,463
I mean, I think it's worth doing. And
I don't think you do it because you have to.

412
00:38:57,065 --> 00:38:59,341
It's a good fight, Buffy, and I want in.

413
00:39:00,665 --> 00:39:03,259
I kinda love you.

414
00:39:04,105 --> 00:39:08,542
Besides, I have a shot at being a bad-ass
Wicca. And what better place to learn?

415
00:39:09,465 --> 00:39:12,344
I feel the need for more sugar
than I can handle.

416
00:39:12,425 --> 00:39:14,985
- Mochas?
- Yes, please.

417
00:39:16,905 --> 00:39:22,025
It's weird. You look at something and think
you know exactly what you're seeing, and...

418
00:39:22,105 --> 00:39:24,494
and then you find out it's something else.

419
00:39:24,585 --> 00:39:27,782
- Neat, huh?
- Sometimes it is.

420
00:39:42,305 --> 00:39:44,660
Chase, your break's
been over for ten minutes.

421
00:39:44,745 --> 00:39:48,500
I still need you to re-stock the shelves
and sweep out the storage room.

422
00:39:48,585 --> 00:39:50,576
Let's go.

423
00:40:18,985 --> 00:40:23,821
It's gonna be fun. Will and I are gonna go
on Saturday and look at the campus.

424
00:40:23,905 --> 00:40:28,422
I'm hoping that Mom'll let me live there.
It's too far to come home every night.

425
00:40:28,505 --> 00:40:31,224
Plus, the whole lack-of-cool factor.

426
00:40:31,865 --> 00:40:34,744
Either way, I'll be close to your place.

427
00:40:37,585 --> 00:40:40,577
I don't know what
the Mayor was talking about.

428
00:40:41,465 --> 00:40:45,538
- How could he know anything about us?
- Well, he's evil.

429
00:40:45,625 --> 00:40:47,616
Big time.

430
00:40:48,065 --> 00:40:50,534
He doesn't know
what a lasting relationship is.

431
00:40:50,625 --> 00:40:52,423
No.

432
00:40:53,025 --> 00:40:57,940
Probably the only lasting relationship
he's ever had is with evil.

433
00:40:59,185 --> 00:41:01,017
Yeah.

434
00:41:01,105 --> 00:41:03,699
Big, stupid, evil guy.

435
00:41:05,185 --> 00:41:07,381
We'll be OK.

436
00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:09,456
We will.

437
00:41:42,145 --> 00:41:45,137
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