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Break Down
At this point, it seems Faith has well and truly 'crossed over to the dark side'. As stated in the Enemies breakdown though, she's not on the Mayor's side for 'evil' sake. She's on his side because in her eyes, he's the only one that cares for her. Also, she's so consumed with jealousy and envy (and terror to a certain degree) that the 'opposite' side of Buffy, is the only place she can find herself. Paradoxly, it's the place she will ultimately lose herself.
One of the only character strengths that has returned post Consequences, is Faith's 100% loyalty to an authority figure. She doesn't fear the creatures in the 'Box'. She shows concern for the Mayor when he's 'attacked' and not the slightest bit of apprehension for herself.
However, gapingly obvious, is Faith's insecurities. (Hence her hitting Willow and—almost proudly 'showing off' the Mayor, when Willow tells her she has no one). That part alone is enough to (as Eliza has stated) 'inspire pity'.
Faith has retained her love of the longbow. It's almost like 'baby steps' to killing, distancing her from her victims until she's ready for the 'up close and personal' approach.
You can see Faith's confidence has more than doubled when she's around the Mayor. (It usually flies out the window when Buffy's around). She is also very comfortable with Mayor Wilkens, from her joke about 'helping a buddy move a sofa'. As his role as 'father-figure' though, it would seem that the Mayor has noted that Faith is getting a tad too comfortable, and he actually gets nasty. He asserts his authority, and Faith calls him 'sir', perhaps the way she would a father. But it's so well done, that you can see Faith only calls him that to retain her 'present' (the way children do). Regarding the present, Faith notes 'it's a thing of beauty'. Clearly, she knows cool weaponry. Coupled with her catchphrase of '5 x 5', I'm convinced that Faith has grown up around someone that either is, or used to be in the military.
As stated before, the relationship between Mayor Wilkens and Faith is odd. I often wonder how Douglas Petrie would have written this episode. Would he have had Faith be as cold as cutting her victim's hand off to get the box? I guess the only person who knows that would be Douglas Petrie.
There are a couple of gaffes here that have to be overlooked for the bigger picture. For instance, does anyone believe Willow could recover from a hit from Faith? After all, she is a Slayer!
There are many 'Faith fans' who believe that the end of this episode has Faith not only looking at the knife. She's looking back at what she's leaving behind and wondering if she should go. (Like it or not, she did rescue Wesley). Naturally, she does go (after being called by the Mayor twice!).
As stated at the beginning though. It seems that she's crossed over to the dark side. The girl is well and truly mixed up. She's willing to kill Willow, but she rescues Wesley! Is this 
another bow to Watchers? Doubtful, as she never liked Wesley. So why the two track mind? Kill Willow, Save Wesley. Because she's not evil. She's confused and I believe that serves as a highlight. Her wanting to kill Willow though, is through jealousy. Faith is jealous of the close friendship Willow has with Buffy. She never cared that Willow was on the sidelines during Bad Girls. Even though it was never referred to, Faith was overjoyed at having Buffy as a friend (much to Willow's heartbreak) But Willow won out in the end. And Faith hates her for that. However, at the end of the day, she makes her 'choice', but it's not without hesitation.