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Previously on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer":
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- I killed people.
- I've not forgotten.
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When you brought me here,
I thought it was to kill me.
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Instead, you go all Dumbledore on me.
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I don't wanna go back home
just so I can screw up again.
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- What exactly are you afraid of?
- What if I go all veiny and homicidal again?
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- What if...
- They won't take you back?
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Did you turn this nice lady's ex
into a giant worm monster?
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You wish it, I dish it.
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- It's what you wanted.
- What happened?
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Why does a man do what he mustn't? For her.
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(whispers) Your soul.
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You got your soul back.
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I'll call you when I get there.
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OK? They said they'd meet us.
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Oh, look, they're there.
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- Hi!
- Hi, honey.
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- How are you doing?
- Good.
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- And how's it going with you two?
- (both) Hi, Dad.
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- Go on!
- Hey!
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- See what you did?
- Stop acting up!
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- You think she'll get the sign?
- Get the sign?
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I don't think she's gonna see the sign.
Why is it so pale?
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I used yellow crayon. It was a thing
from when I talked to Willow on the bluff.
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- I hope she gets it.
- Oh, tell us again what you said.
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Well, I was talking from my heart and I knew
Evil Willow wasn't really ready to...
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- You were kidding.
- A little bit.
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We've heard the crayon speech.
But it is great, of course.
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I saved the world with talking from
my mouth. My mouth saved the world!
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Uh-huh. I'm getting nervous.
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- Are you nervous?
- Yeah.
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It's gonna be weird seeing her. What
do you say to someone in this situation?
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I'm gonna say "Hi, Willow."
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Come on. You're saying
it's not gonna be the least bit strange?
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We saw her kill someone.
She was about to kill Dawn.
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Giles wouldn't let her leave unless she
completed that whatever recovery course.
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Right.
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- Right?
- She kinda didn't finish.
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She didn't finish?
She didn't finish being not evil?
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He said it's important that she come back
early, she's doing well and not to worry.
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- Guys, I just noticed something.
- What?
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Everyone's off the plane, so where's Willow?
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I'll call you when I get there.
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OK? They said they'd meet us.
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Oh, look, they're there.
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- Hi!
- Hi, honey.
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- How are you doing?
- Good.
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- And how's it going with you two?
- (both) Hi, Dad.
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- Go on.
- Hey!
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- See what you did?
- Stop acting up!
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Welcome home, me.
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(voice) All alone.
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Are you frightened to be all alone?
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Hey, is somebody there?
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The wind talks when you're alone.
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- (maniacal laughter)
- You'd better clear out, whoever you are.
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- (shrieking)
- Aargh!
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Buffy?
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Hello?
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- (gunshot)
- (Willow) Tara?
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(door opens)
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Dawn? Did I hear the door?
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They absolutely
put her on the plane in London.
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So, she got off in Chicago
when they stopped?
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She could've caught a flight
anywhere from there.
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Maybe she doubled back.
Got off the plane in London after Giles left.
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Well, if she's doing that - ducking Giles -
then, she's evil, right?
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I've avoided Giles tons of times.
Just meant I was lazy, not evil.
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I hope you're right, because defeating
Lazy Willow - probably less hard.
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We should check the messages.
See if she tried to reach us here.
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Good idea.
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- (door shuts)
- (noise)
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- What was that?
- Upstairs.
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Willow, is that you?
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(Buffy) Definitely not up there.
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She didn't leave a message?
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I checked with Giles again.
He hasn't heard from her.
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- Is he throwing a tasteful British wiggins?
- Oh, with extra wig.
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He's blaming himself pretty hard.
Like he should've known she wasn't ready.
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I kept telling him it wasn't his fault.
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Maybe she couldn't face us.
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Like she didn't think we were ready
to forgive her. I get that.
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So Giles is blaming Giles,
and we're blaming us.
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Is anyone gonna blame Willow?
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Oh, don't give me shock face.
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Will anyone around here
ever start asking for help when they need it?
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If Willow flipped out, it's her bad.
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We can only be here for her so much
if she won't be, you know, here.
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Hello. I'm calling for Giles. A Mr Giles?
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Right. Council meeting all day.
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No, no, I know he can't be reached there.
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Thanks, bye.
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Anya!
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Anya, don't! Don't run away.
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What are you doing here?
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I thought you were with Giles
studying how to not kill people.
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- I just got back.
- As in you're all better or,
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just got back to bring about
a fiery apocalypse of death?
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Neither, but I have been studying.
Working real hard, and I'm gonna be fine.
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Oh. Good.
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Cos I remember the last time you said that.
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I've spent a lot of time since then
cleaning the debris out of my ex-livelihood.
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Stuff like that.
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Yeah, I wanna help any way I can with that.
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I feel really responsible.
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You feel really responsible?
You are really responsible!
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I know I hurt you and... and everyone.
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I'm sorry.
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You should know vengeance demons
don't ruth with the "sorry."
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We prefer "Oh, God, please stop
hitting me with my own rib bones."
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Go on. Say whatever you want.
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Rib bones and so forth. I deserve it.
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Then you won't mind?
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- Well, then, that's no fun.
- Sorry.
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So, where is everyone these days?
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Well, I'm back in my own apartment.
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And, of course,
vengeance takes me all over the world.
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I was in Brazil yesterday.
They love their soccer.
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And the others?
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Dawn and...
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Xander? Buffy?
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- You haven't seen them?
- Not so much.
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Huh. I guess they're still mad at you.
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They've been a little temperamental lately,
just between you and me.
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- We had this little mix-up a few days ago...
- That sounds great. So...
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Where do you think they'd be?
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At the new high school, probably.
Everyone's all about the high school.
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Buffy's got some job there
helping junior deviants,
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Spike's insane in the basement,
Xander's there doing construction...
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Wait, Spike's what in the whatment?
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Insane. Base.
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Xander does construction.
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He likes to start early,
so he's probably there by now.
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Xander?
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Xander, are you down there?
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No skin.
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Tough to look at.
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And yet my eyes refuse to look away.
Stupid eyes.
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I found it first thing this morning.
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I gave my crew the day off,
and I called you right away.
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I gotta get a job where
I don't get called right away for this stuff.
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Yeah, I know exactly what you're thinking.
Maybe Willow is back.
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(class bell)
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Out! This is my place.
You need permission to be here.
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You need a special slip with a stamp.
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Spike. My God...
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You go off, you try to wall up the bad parts,
put your heart back in where it fell out.
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You call yourself finished, but you're not.
You're worse than ever, you are.
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You went away.
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You've been gone since...
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Yeah, I needed to go. But I'm back now.
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And I found...
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- There's a body.
- Tragedy.
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Is there blood?
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Yeah. And I can't find Buffy
or Xander or Dawn and...
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there's this thing killing people.
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The victim was skinned.
What could do that?
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You did it once. I heard about it.
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Anything other... other than me?
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Look at you...
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glowing.
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What's a word means "glowing"?
Gotta rhyme.
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- Spike?
- Oh... no!
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I should hide. Hide from you.
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Hide my face. You know what I did.
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What you did? You didn't do anything.
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Did you?
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Everyone's talking to me.
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No one's talking to each other.
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Spike, please try to listen to me.
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Someone isn't here.
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Button, button. Who's got the button?
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My money's on the witch.
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We can't use the blueprints
to find our way around down here.
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It's like the walls move or something.
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- (Spike) Out! This is my place.
- I think I hear him.
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You need a special slip with a stamp.
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..and put your heart back in where it fell out.
You call yourself finished, but you're not.
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Worse off than ever, you are.
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Spike.
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Spike!
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You went away.
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- You've been gone since...
- The church.
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You scared me a little. I didn't...
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- I didn't know what to think.
- We're here for a reason.
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Tragedy.
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Is there blood?
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He knows. He must have seen the body.
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- You did it once. I heard about it.
- Spike, we need to know who did this.
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Look at you...
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glowing.
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What's a word means "glowing"?
It's gotta rhyme.
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Spike, please.
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I... I should hide. Hide from you.
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Hide my face. You know what I did.
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- Boy, he's extra useful today.
- (whispers) This isn't the time.
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Everyone's talking to me.
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No one's talking to each other.
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Might as well go.
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Someone isn't here.
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Button, button. Who's got the button?
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My money's on the witch.
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Red's a bad girl.
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He's talking about Willow.
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And that means something
because he's chock-full-of-sanity.
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- Maybe he saw her.
- They think you did it.
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The Slayer and her boy.
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They think you took the skin.
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Is there something here?
Something that killed?
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Her boy? I'm her boy?
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I have to go.
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There are things here without permission.
I have to check their slips.
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Make sure they have authorisation.
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- I need help.
- I don't have any money.
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I don't want money.
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Come in. Enjoy my personal space.
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- I found a dead body near the high school.
- Yes, that can happen.
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Something horrible killed a boy.
Took his skin right off.
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- (both) Was it you?
- (both) No!
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With the skin thing, they're definitely
gonna think it was you. Buffy is, anyway.
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Yeah. Maybe she already does,
I don't know. I just...
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I have to find whatever did this.
I just... I need to do something right.
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Oh, and so they'll think it wasn't you, right?
That has to be part of it.
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Maybe you're thinking you kill this thing,
they don't have to know about it.
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- Won't suspect you, even for a minute.
- No, I don't...
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- When did you get all insightful?
- I'm surprisingly sensitive.
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So, will you help me?
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Is it difficult or time-consuming?
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- This isn't gonna get all sexy, is it?
- I'd be shocked.
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- OK, do you have your powder?
- Oh, I ate that.
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I have it.
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OK, we scatter it over the map, and where
there's a demon, a little light appears.
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Oh, pretty!
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- Will it hurt the carpet?
- No.
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OK, scatter.
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(both) Oh!
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Hey, look! That's me.
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Hello!
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- What's that huge clump?
- It's the high school.
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- It's all Hellmouthy underneath.
- Things have been stirring there lately.
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- Is it getting brighter?
- Smoke!
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Uh! OK.
243
00:20:53,562 --> 00:20:56,360
Remember our talk about the carpet?
244
00:20:56,802 --> 00:20:58,599
Hey, this could be it.
245
00:20:58,682 --> 00:21:01,640
It's strong, it's near the body...
246
00:21:01,722 --> 00:21:03,599
and it's all by itself.
247
00:21:04,242 --> 00:21:09,600
Hiding in the woods or maybe a cave.
There are a couple good caves around there.
248
00:21:09,682 --> 00:21:12,435
I don't know. Sounds pretty thin to me.
249
00:21:12,522 --> 00:21:15,832
Well, if you teleport over there
real quick like a bunn...
250
00:21:15,922 --> 00:21:20,837
- Real quick and see if I'm right.
- No, sorry. You damaged my carpet.
251
00:21:21,362 --> 00:21:24,798
Anya, you're a vengeance demon.
Just teleport.
252
00:21:26,242 --> 00:21:30,474
Well, as it turns out,
teleporting isn't a right, it's a privilege.
253
00:21:30,562 --> 00:21:34,760
I withdrew a vengeance spell last week,
and this is my punishment.
254
00:21:35,362 --> 00:21:39,913
I can only teleport for official business.
I have to file a flight plan and everything.
255
00:21:40,482 --> 00:21:43,872
Oh. I'm sorry. That must be hard.
256
00:21:44,282 --> 00:21:46,398
Yeah, it bites a pretty big one.
257
00:21:47,362 --> 00:21:49,637
And the vengeance itself, it's...
258
00:21:51,002 --> 00:21:53,800
It's not as fulfilling as I remember.
259
00:21:54,362 --> 00:22:00,437
Really? Cos I got the impression
that you enjoyed, you know, inflicting.
260
00:22:00,522 --> 00:22:04,401
Well, causing pain
sounds really cool, I know, but...
261
00:22:04,482 --> 00:22:06,791
it turns out it's really upsetting.
262
00:22:07,962 --> 00:22:10,760
Didn't use to be, but now it is.
263
00:22:12,082 --> 00:22:15,757
Is it like you're scared
of losing that feeling again?
264
00:22:15,842 --> 00:22:18,754
And then having it be OK to hurt people?
265
00:22:18,842 --> 00:22:23,518
And then you're not in charge of the power
any more because it's in charge of you?
266
00:22:24,242 --> 00:22:25,834
Wow, that was...
267
00:22:27,002 --> 00:22:30,153
really over-dramatically stated,
but, yeah, that's it.
268
00:22:30,242 --> 00:22:32,961
I get it. Believe me.
269
00:22:33,842 --> 00:22:35,992
I'm sorry, Willow.
270
00:22:36,082 --> 00:22:40,678
- I wish it were better for you.
- You too.
271
00:22:42,842 --> 00:22:45,561
It did get a little sexy, didn't it?
272
00:22:46,362 --> 00:22:49,160
- I have to find this monster.
- Willow?
273
00:22:50,322 --> 00:22:52,517
Isn't there another spell?
274
00:22:52,602 --> 00:22:56,720
You're trying to find Buffy and Xander.
Couldn't we use a spell to do that?
275
00:22:56,802 --> 00:23:01,432
I did. I tried, and something went kaflooey,
and it didn't work.
276
00:23:01,522 --> 00:23:04,320
- What did it say?
- It said they don't exist.
277
00:23:09,762 --> 00:23:11,753
OK, I looked up demons
that skin their victims
278
00:23:11,842 --> 00:23:14,800
and demons that flay their victims
cos, same thing.
279
00:23:14,882 --> 00:23:18,352
There's a ton of prospects.
Anything else gone?
280
00:23:18,442 --> 00:23:24,881
- Eyeballs, toenails or viscera? That's guts.
- She knows about viscera. Makes you proud.
281
00:23:25,762 --> 00:23:28,674
- Just skin.
- OK, I'll work on that.
282
00:23:36,762 --> 00:23:39,834
- What's up?
- I need to do something.
283
00:23:39,922 --> 00:23:43,835
- I just... I have this feeling in my gut...
- In your viscera.
284
00:23:43,922 --> 00:23:47,517
..that we know exactly who did this.
And this work that we're doing
285
00:23:47,602 --> 00:23:50,435
is just a way to convince ourselves
that Willow's OK.
286
00:23:50,522 --> 00:23:52,831
Guys! I got a good one.
287
00:23:55,242 --> 00:23:59,360
A demon called "Gnarl." He's a parasite
with these nasty long fingernails.
288
00:23:59,442 --> 00:24:02,718
He secretes something through them
which paralyses his victims.
289
00:24:02,802 --> 00:24:07,273
He then cuts strips of their skin
while they're still alive. It takes hours.
290
00:24:07,362 --> 00:24:09,717
We didn't find any strips of skin.
291
00:24:09,802 --> 00:24:12,077
Which, by the way, gghh!
292
00:24:12,162 --> 00:24:14,153
You wouldn't. He eats them.
293
00:24:14,242 --> 00:24:17,473
That's why he's a parasite.
It's like his natural food.
294
00:24:17,562 --> 00:24:21,157
Dawn, you're new at this,
and I get why you're proud,
295
00:24:21,242 --> 00:24:26,077
but I'm not exactly sure why this demon
is any more likely than any of the others.
296
00:24:26,162 --> 00:24:28,153
You never said pool of blood.
297
00:24:28,242 --> 00:24:31,598
- There was no pool, just splatters.
- Then this is your guy.
298
00:24:31,682 --> 00:24:34,958
He laps up the blood.
You could say it's, like, his natural beverage.
299
00:24:35,042 --> 00:24:39,957
- You're terrifying.
- Now if we just knew how to find this thing.
300
00:24:40,042 --> 00:24:43,432
- We can ask questions at Willy's Place.
- Or, we could be smart.
301
00:24:44,482 --> 00:24:46,598
- Sorry, Xander.
- What?
302
00:24:47,362 --> 00:24:51,150
Whoever did this had to get blood on them,
which means they left a trail.
303
00:24:51,242 --> 00:24:54,200
- Minute traces of blood.
- And we have a way to track it.
304
00:24:54,282 --> 00:24:55,920
We have a...
305
00:24:56,002 --> 00:24:58,391
Oh. I get it.
306
00:24:59,282 --> 00:25:01,273
What? How?
307
00:25:02,282 --> 00:25:03,681
What's goin' on?
308
00:25:04,002 --> 00:25:07,153
William's a good boy.
Carries her water, carries her sin.
309
00:25:07,242 --> 00:25:10,791
Supposed to get easier.
Supposed to help to help, but it doesn't.
310
00:25:10,882 --> 00:25:12,474
Still so heavy.
311
00:25:14,842 --> 00:25:16,833
We should've put a leash on him.
312
00:25:16,922 --> 00:25:19,436
Yes, let's tie ourselves to the crazy vampire.
313
00:25:19,522 --> 00:25:22,514
- You really think it's gonna work?
- It's pretty easy.
314
00:25:22,602 --> 00:25:27,676
Spike follows the exciting smell of blood,
and we follow the fairly ripe smell of Spike.
315
00:25:27,762 --> 00:25:29,992
It's smell-ementary.
316
00:25:30,082 --> 00:25:32,755
Also, I'm sure there's tons of stuff like this.
317
00:25:32,842 --> 00:25:37,597
Procedures we can use that don't involve
magic spells. Just good, solid detective work.
318
00:25:37,682 --> 00:25:41,914
And we can develop a database of tooth
impressions and demon-skin samples
319
00:25:42,002 --> 00:25:46,359
- and I could wear high heels more often.
- That was so close to being empowered.
320
00:25:46,442 --> 00:25:48,512
Everybody loves a slender ankle.
321
00:25:49,242 --> 00:25:51,836
That's it. End of the line. Everyone off.
322
00:25:51,922 --> 00:25:54,755
Keep your ticket, you'll need that.
323
00:25:54,842 --> 00:25:57,800
- There's a rock cliff.
- Give him a break, Buffy.
324
00:25:57,882 --> 00:26:00,794
Maybe it's a vicious skin-eating rock cliff.
325
00:26:01,602 --> 00:26:03,797
There's a cave in it. Look.
326
00:26:05,762 --> 00:26:08,481
I'm insane. What's his excuse?
327
00:26:39,802 --> 00:26:41,030
(scampering)
328
00:26:42,242 --> 00:26:44,233
(Gnarl) All alone.
329
00:26:52,722 --> 00:26:54,713
Dark and dank.
330
00:26:54,802 --> 00:26:57,270
- I was hoping it'd be dark and dank.
- Shh!
331
00:26:57,362 --> 00:26:59,193
- (scampering)
- Do you hear that?
332
00:26:59,282 --> 00:27:01,273
- No, I don't.
- (scampering)
333
00:27:01,362 --> 00:27:03,353
But now I do.
334
00:27:03,442 --> 00:27:07,879
- Something's moving in here.
- Guess we're in the right place.
335
00:27:09,642 --> 00:27:12,076
(Gnarl) Look at the shorn lamb.
336
00:27:12,162 --> 00:27:15,234
See how it trembles.
337
00:27:15,322 --> 00:27:17,916
Is it the cold wind?
338
00:27:19,802 --> 00:27:25,035
Or is it that the flock is nowhere to be seen?
339
00:27:26,442 --> 00:27:30,720
Poor little lamb all alone.
340
00:27:32,922 --> 00:27:34,913
- You guys hear that, right?
- Yep.
341
00:27:35,842 --> 00:27:38,640
It's echoing. It sounds close,
but I don't think...
342
00:27:38,722 --> 00:27:40,713
- (shrieking)
- Dawn!
343
00:27:41,562 --> 00:27:44,156
- Are you OK?
- I guess so.
344
00:27:45,202 --> 00:27:47,352
- Poison paralyses.
- Dawn.
345
00:27:47,762 --> 00:27:52,358
OK, we need to get her out of here.
We'll deal with him later. Seal him in.
346
00:27:54,482 --> 00:27:57,315
- (rocks being moved)
- What's going on? Who's there?
347
00:27:59,322 --> 00:28:00,914
No! Stop!
348
00:28:02,282 --> 00:28:04,671
(maniacal laughter)
349
00:28:08,362 --> 00:28:10,751
(maniacal laughter continues)
350
00:28:16,162 --> 00:28:19,552
No way out now. No way out.
351
00:28:20,762 --> 00:28:24,357
Protect me, Goddess.
In thy name, I supplicate myself.
352
00:28:24,442 --> 00:28:29,357
Take the powers from my enemy,
and lay him lower than the lowest field.
353
00:28:29,442 --> 00:28:33,071
Gnarl loves spells.
354
00:28:33,162 --> 00:28:35,278
He keeps them as pets.
355
00:28:35,362 --> 00:28:37,956
They love him.
356
00:28:38,042 --> 00:28:40,920
And they leave him alone.
357
00:28:42,242 --> 00:28:45,678
You may be immune to magic,
but I've got more than that.
358
00:28:45,762 --> 00:28:50,153
- You wanna fight?
- Your friends left you here.
359
00:28:50,242 --> 00:28:53,996
# No one comes to save you
360
00:28:54,082 --> 00:28:58,234
They wanted me to have you.
361
00:29:01,682 --> 00:29:06,597
The computer. That thing Dawn was reading
might have an antidote for the paralysis.
362
00:29:06,682 --> 00:29:08,479
- (muffled) Buffy?
- What?
363
00:29:08,562 --> 00:29:11,030
- I'm really sorry.
- Oh, it's OK.
364
00:29:11,122 --> 00:29:15,877
- It had paralysing fingernails.
- Just like you said, so good on you.
365
00:29:15,962 --> 00:29:23,437
Did they leave you as a gifty for me?
Are you a tasty little gifty?
366
00:29:23,522 --> 00:29:27,435
- Stop it.
- Or did they just throw you away?
367
00:29:27,522 --> 00:29:31,754
Were they here? Were my friends
really here? I heard something.
368
00:29:31,842 --> 00:29:32,991
(shrieking)
369
00:29:37,762 --> 00:29:42,074
They were here. Here they were.
And there they went.
370
00:29:42,162 --> 00:29:44,551
# Gone, all gone, what a pretty song
371
00:29:45,682 --> 00:29:48,754
They sealed you in with me.
372
00:29:52,042 --> 00:29:56,115
I love a gifty.
373
00:29:58,162 --> 00:30:00,630
Can't wait to unwrap it.
374
00:30:03,242 --> 00:30:04,834
Oh!
375
00:30:14,962 --> 00:30:17,760
- OK, watch the head.
- I've got ya.
376
00:30:17,842 --> 00:30:20,231
- Watch my head.
- Sofa.
377
00:30:23,922 --> 00:30:26,720
- Face up! Face up!
- She's right. Face up is better.
378
00:30:27,162 --> 00:30:31,155
I'm gonna check the computer.
Find that page. See if there's an antidote.
379
00:30:31,242 --> 00:30:33,961
It'll be all right. We'll get you fixed up.
380
00:30:34,042 --> 00:30:37,398
- You'll be doing limbo in no time.
- Yeah, as a pole.
381
00:30:37,482 --> 00:30:41,475
- No, not as a pole. I promise.
- Oh! Got it.
382
00:30:42,882 --> 00:30:45,601
It says the paralysis is permanent.
383
00:30:46,162 --> 00:30:49,757
- (Dawn squeaks)
- No. Oh, wait. My bad.
384
00:30:49,842 --> 00:30:52,800
"Permanent until the creature dies." Sorry.
385
00:30:52,882 --> 00:30:55,954
- (Dawn mumbles)
- I guess we have to go back.
386
00:30:56,042 --> 00:30:59,352
We can't leave her here. What if she vomits?
387
00:30:59,442 --> 00:31:01,797
- I won't vomit.
- Do you think she'll vomit?
388
00:31:02,042 --> 00:31:05,478
- Stop talking about vomit.
- I'll call Anya. She can watch her.
389
00:31:05,562 --> 00:31:08,281
Right, she'll love
being called for vomit watch.
390
00:31:08,362 --> 00:31:11,434
(muffled) Stop talking about vomit!
391
00:31:11,842 --> 00:31:15,232
Gnarl makes a pretty picture.
392
00:31:16,802 --> 00:31:19,874
It's easy when you know how.
393
00:31:20,442 --> 00:31:24,560
It's easy when everyone helps.
394
00:31:26,802 --> 00:31:28,793
They helped me.
395
00:31:31,762 --> 00:31:35,550
Too bad there's no one to help you.
396
00:31:54,442 --> 00:31:59,436
- (Anya) I bet she's dying.
- She's not dying. She's just paralysed.
397
00:31:59,522 --> 00:32:02,275
- Paralysed how?
- Paralysed how?
398
00:32:02,362 --> 00:32:05,957
- In the not moving way.
- Well, there's lots of different ways.
399
00:32:06,042 --> 00:32:07,839
Did you try this?
400
00:32:09,602 --> 00:32:10,796
- Hey!
- Hey!
401
00:32:10,882 --> 00:32:14,477
- Oh! You're poseable.
- She's poseable?
402
00:32:15,002 --> 00:32:17,197
It's a common variety. Watch this.
403
00:32:23,802 --> 00:32:25,793
Huh! Neat as you please.
404
00:32:25,882 --> 00:32:28,521
- Hardly a need to undo her.
- (worried noise)
405
00:32:28,602 --> 00:32:31,241
- Mm. Where'd you get the nuts?
- Brazil.
406
00:32:32,162 --> 00:32:35,234
No need to thank me, by the way,
for sitting with her.
407
00:32:35,322 --> 00:32:39,474
I'm feeling very benevolent today.
Helping Willow. Helping you.
408
00:32:39,562 --> 00:32:42,554
Might even call it even
for that worm thing last week.
409
00:32:42,642 --> 00:32:46,396
Yeah, I don't think we could call...
Wait, you saw Willow?
410
00:32:46,482 --> 00:32:50,521
She's looking for you, by the way.
Decided you might be out in some cave.
411
00:32:50,602 --> 00:32:52,593
- Sounded pretty tenuous.
- Cave?
412
00:32:52,682 --> 00:32:56,595
Anya, listen. This is really important.
Did Willow go to that cave?
413
00:32:56,682 --> 00:32:59,150
Last time I saw her,
that's where she was headed.
414
00:32:59,242 --> 00:33:02,996
- Shall I make her salute? That'd be cute.
- She could be there right now.
415
00:33:03,082 --> 00:33:06,961
- Willow could be trapped with the Gnarl.
- It's not "the Gnarl", just "Gnarl".
416
00:33:07,362 --> 00:33:12,755
It'd be tragic if you were being silly with your
paralysed sister while Willow was dying.
417
00:33:14,922 --> 00:33:18,073
- Anya, you know about this creature?
- Uh-huh. Sure.
418
00:33:18,162 --> 00:33:20,278
You're coming with us.
419
00:33:21,482 --> 00:33:22,881
Mmm?
420
00:33:30,362 --> 00:33:34,071
(muffled) They wouldn't leave. They'll return.
421
00:33:34,162 --> 00:33:36,835
(maniacal laughter)
422
00:33:36,922 --> 00:33:39,117
They don't want you.
423
00:33:40,242 --> 00:33:43,234
# Lock you in, nice white skin
424
00:33:45,082 --> 00:33:49,155
And if they do return,
where will they find you?
425
00:33:49,242 --> 00:33:53,121
Inside me, you'll already be.
426
00:34:12,282 --> 00:34:16,798
- Anya, you gotta keep up!
- Out of shape. Been teleporting for months.
427
00:34:16,882 --> 00:34:18,918
Hurry!
428
00:34:19,002 --> 00:34:22,312
No, no, no...
429
00:34:24,482 --> 00:34:26,473
(shrieking)
430
00:34:26,562 --> 00:34:29,440
- What's going on? Where's Willow?
- She's right here.
431
00:34:29,522 --> 00:34:32,400
- Can't you see her? She's hurt.
- What? Where?
432
00:34:33,522 --> 00:34:36,514
- There's nothing here.
- Your hand's going through her.
433
00:34:36,602 --> 00:34:38,752
- What's going on?
- I don't know.
434
00:34:38,842 --> 00:34:42,232
- I'm starting to get why we haven't seen her.
- Cos we haven't seen her.
435
00:34:42,322 --> 00:34:47,077
I think whatever's causing this invisible thing
is separate from the skin-eating monster.
436
00:34:47,162 --> 00:34:48,277
Behind you!
437
00:34:49,002 --> 00:34:50,037
Close one.
438
00:34:57,762 --> 00:35:00,071
Remember what I said. Get him in the eyes.
439
00:35:03,282 --> 00:35:05,432
Willow, I'm here.
440
00:35:06,322 --> 00:35:09,120
- Wow, you're really hurt.
- What's going on?
441
00:35:09,202 --> 00:35:13,912
Buffy's fighting the demon over there, see.
If they get too close, I'm gonna have to run.
442
00:35:14,002 --> 00:35:18,075
- I don't see.
- But they're here. Buffy and Xander.
443
00:35:18,162 --> 00:35:20,960
Someone came? They didn't leave me?
444
00:35:21,042 --> 00:35:24,876
No, they didn't leave you. They can't see you.
445
00:35:24,962 --> 00:35:27,681
They're here. They're here.
446
00:35:27,762 --> 00:35:29,639
I'm not alone.
447
00:35:30,162 --> 00:35:33,154
Good. You're doing really good.
448
00:35:35,362 --> 00:35:37,398
(maniacal laughter)
449
00:35:41,442 --> 00:35:43,433
(shrieking)
450
00:35:44,842 --> 00:35:47,754
(shrieking)
451
00:35:50,362 --> 00:35:51,351
Eew.
452
00:35:52,002 --> 00:35:54,960
Eew. Thumbs?
I can't believe you did that.
453
00:35:55,042 --> 00:35:58,671
Oh. Buffy killed the demon. It was gross.
454
00:35:59,282 --> 00:36:02,513
I can... I can move. Oh!
455
00:36:02,602 --> 00:36:03,955
Oh!
456
00:36:04,042 --> 00:36:06,033
Willow? Are you here?
457
00:36:06,762 --> 00:36:08,912
Where is she? Is she alive?
458
00:36:09,002 --> 00:36:12,915
She's right here. OK, stand back.
You're getting your feet in her.
459
00:36:13,762 --> 00:36:15,241
Willow?
460
00:36:15,322 --> 00:36:18,792
She's hurt really bad, you guys.
I'm gonna go get help.
461
00:36:21,002 --> 00:36:24,312
I think she's sort of... here-ish.
462
00:36:25,242 --> 00:36:28,518
Willow? We can't exactly see you,
463
00:36:29,242 --> 00:36:32,712
but we're really glad that you're back.
464
00:36:32,802 --> 00:36:34,872
I don't know how badly you're hurt, but...
465
00:36:37,162 --> 00:36:38,754
What's happening?
466
00:36:39,882 --> 00:36:44,672
I couldn't find you guys. I looked everywhere.
And the demon said that you left me...
467
00:36:44,762 --> 00:36:48,550
Oh! There you are. There you are!
468
00:36:50,042 --> 00:36:52,510
- Don't go away.
- We're not going away.
469
00:36:54,682 --> 00:36:56,274
Oh, God.
470
00:36:56,362 --> 00:36:59,672
It's gonna be OK, Will. You're gonna be OK.
471
00:36:59,762 --> 00:37:02,356
I know. You're here.
472
00:37:13,642 --> 00:37:14,631
Buffy.
473
00:37:16,202 --> 00:37:19,239
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt.
474
00:37:19,762 --> 00:37:22,993
That's all I had left in me anyway.
475
00:37:23,082 --> 00:37:25,471
I didn't realise meditating
was such hard work.
476
00:37:25,922 --> 00:37:28,994
I'm healing. Growing new skin.
477
00:37:29,082 --> 00:37:31,516
Wow. That's magic, right?
478
00:37:31,602 --> 00:37:34,833
When most people meditate,
they don't get extra skin, right?
479
00:37:34,922 --> 00:37:37,595
Cos Clem should, like, cut back.
480
00:37:37,682 --> 00:37:39,400
It's magic.
481
00:37:39,482 --> 00:37:42,713
I'm drawing power from the earth
to heal myself.
482
00:37:43,322 --> 00:37:45,790
We're on the second floor.
483
00:37:45,882 --> 00:37:49,238
You know, Giles says
everything's part of the earth.
484
00:37:49,322 --> 00:37:52,598
This bed. The air. Us.
485
00:37:52,682 --> 00:37:56,391
Explains why my fingernails get dirty
even when I don't do anything.
486
00:37:56,482 --> 00:38:00,361
- Plus you stuck your thumbs in a demon.
- True.
487
00:38:05,602 --> 00:38:10,437
- You're wiped out. I should go.
- No. Please stay.
488
00:38:10,522 --> 00:38:13,400
I missed you so much
when I couldn't find you.
489
00:38:14,282 --> 00:38:16,432
We missed you too.
490
00:38:16,522 --> 00:38:17,591
I missed you.
491
00:38:19,242 --> 00:38:22,314
Dawn's working on what caused
the no-see-ums, but so far...
492
00:38:22,402 --> 00:38:24,677
I did it.
493
00:38:24,762 --> 00:38:28,072
- You did a spell?
- I didn't mean to. I...
494
00:38:28,162 --> 00:38:33,077
I just remember thinking
I wasn't ready to see you guys yet.
495
00:38:33,162 --> 00:38:36,996
I was afraid we wouldn't, you know, connect.
496
00:38:37,882 --> 00:38:41,636
So you made it happen just by thinking it?
497
00:38:42,602 --> 00:38:46,561
Guess I have a ways to go
before I master my powers, huh?
498
00:38:46,642 --> 00:38:49,679
It's OK. As long as you're all right.
499
00:38:52,322 --> 00:38:56,838
It's nice to be forgiven.
Too bad I need so much of it.
500
00:38:59,602 --> 00:39:01,593
I have a confession to make.
501
00:39:04,002 --> 00:39:08,075
I thought it might be you. With the flaying.
502
00:39:08,162 --> 00:39:10,118
I know.
503
00:39:10,842 --> 00:39:15,040
I wanna be the kind of person
that wouldn't think that.
504
00:39:15,122 --> 00:39:17,113
Xander never thought it.
505
00:39:17,202 --> 00:39:20,990
He did a little. Heck, I did a little.
506
00:39:21,082 --> 00:39:24,995
Xander has the luxury of not saying it,
but you're the Slayer.
507
00:39:25,082 --> 00:39:28,836
You have to say stuff like that. It's OK.
508
00:39:28,922 --> 00:39:34,474
It's OK too, if you still don't think
I can recover from this magic stuff,
509
00:39:34,562 --> 00:39:39,158
because honestly,
I'm not that sure about it either.
510
00:39:49,202 --> 00:39:50,999
I thought you were too tired.
511
00:39:52,162 --> 00:39:54,630
It hurts too much not to try.
512
00:39:55,762 --> 00:39:57,241
I'm sorry.
513
00:39:58,002 --> 00:40:02,598
It just takes so much strength.
I don't have that much.
514
00:40:06,362 --> 00:40:09,798
I got so much strength, I'm givin' it away.
515
00:40:10,562 --> 00:40:12,200
Are you sure?
516
00:40:13,442 --> 00:40:15,239
Will it help?
517
00:40:15,802 --> 00:40:17,360
Much.
518
00:40:18,762 --> 00:40:20,354
Good.
519
00:40:45,522 --> 00:40:47,672
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520
00:40:52,282 --> 00:40:54,159
Urgh! Argh!
521
00:40:54,842 --> 00:40:56,833
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