BUFFY: What is this? What's happening to you?

RILEY: I go back ... let the government get whimsical with my innards again ... They could do anything that- Best-case scenario, they turn me into Joe Normal, just... (sighs) Just another guy.

BUFFY: And that's not enough for you?

RILEY: It's not enough for *you*.

BUFFY: Why would you say that?

RILEY: Come on. Your last boyfriend wasn't exactly a civilian.

BUFFY: So that's what this is about? You're going to die, all over some macho pissing contest.

RILEY: (shakes his head) It's not about him. It's about us. (Buffy shakes her head, not understanding) You're getting stronger every day, more powerful. I can't touch you. Every day, you're just ... a little further out of my reach.

• Angsty Traumatic Confrontations
• Buffy & Riley
• Riley & the initiative

written by: Rebecca Kirshner; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/82outofmymind.html