GILES: (out of breath) Where... Bloody Hell!

BUFFY: That's what smoking will do to you. Now be quiet.

GILES: Well... Where'd the bastard go?

BUFFY: Shh!

GILES: What?

Buffy pretends to go on, but then suddenly does a half-spinning hook kick into a crate. She yanks away a chunk of wood, reaches in and pulls Ethan's head out.

BUFFY: Look. A box full of farm-fresh chicken. (...) So, Ethan, what are we playing? We're pretty much in a talk-or- bleed situation. Your call.

GILES: Hit him.

Ethan: I-I'd just like to point out that this wasn't my idea.

BUFFY: Meaning...?

Ethan: I'm subcontracting. It's Trick you want. I'm just helping him collect a tribute... for a demon.

GILES: He's lying. Hit him!

BUFFY: I don't think he is, and shut up.

GILES: You're *my* Slayer, go knock his teeth down his thr...

BUFFY: (interrupts) Giles! (to Ethan) What demon?

Ethan: I don't remember. (Buffy punches him)

GILES: Yes!

Ethan: Lurconis. Demon named Lurconis. They wanted a way to get the tribute away from people.

BUFFY: So you're just Diversion Guy?

Ethan: More than a diversion. Well, they said the tribute was big, so big that people would never let them take it. That people had to be out- of-it. And later on, when the candy wore off, they'd blame themselves.

BUFFY: Hence, land of the irresponsible. So, where's Trick?

Ethan: I don't know exactly.

GILES: Hit him again.

Ethan: No! I-I-I really don't know. Delivering the tribute.

BUFFY: Which brings us to the bonus question, and believe me when I say a wrong answer will cost you *all* your points. What's the tribute?

written by: Jane Espenson; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/40bandcandy.html