WILLOW: Hey Giles. You have a good talk with Buffy?

GILES: Yes, now that she's back.

WILLOW: Isn't it awesome?

GILES: Mmm. Tell me about this spell you performed.

WILLOW: Oh, okay, first of all? So scary. Like, the Blair Witch would have had to watch like this. (covers her eyes) And, and, and this giant snake came out my mouth and there was all this energy crackling, and this pack of demons interrupted, but I totally kept it together. And then, the next thing you know? (triumphant) Buffy.

GILES: You're a very stupid girl.

WILLOW: What? Giles...

GILES: Do you have any idea what you've done? The forces you've harnessed, the lines you've crossed?

WILLOW: I thought you'd be ... impressed, or, or something.

GILES: Oh, don't worry, you've ... made a very deep impression. Of everyone here ... you were the one I trusted most to respect the forces of nature.

WILLOW: Are you saying you don't trust me?

GILES: Think what you've done to Buffy!

WILLOW: I brought her back!

GILES: At incredible risk!

WILLOW: Risk? Of what? Making her deader?

GILES: Of killing us all. Unleashing hell on Earth, I mean, shall I go on?

WILLOW: No! Giles, I did what I had to do. I did what nobody else could do.

GILES: Oh, there are others in this world who can do what you did. You just don't want to meet them.

WILLOW: No, probably not, but ... well, they're the bad guys. I'm not a bad guy. I brought Buffy back into this world, a-and maybe the word you should be looking for is "congratulations."

GILES: Having Buffy back in the world makes me feel ... indescribably wonderful, but I wouldn't congratulate you if you jumped off a cliff and happened to survive.

WILLOW: That's not what I did, Giles.

GILES: (angry) You were lucky.

WILLOW: I wasn't lucky. I was amazing. And how would you know? You weren't even there.

GILES: If I had been, I'd have bloody well stopped you. The magicks you channeled are more ferocious and primal than anything you can hope to understand, (even more angry) and you are lucky to be alive, you rank, arrogant amateur!

WILLOW: You're right. The magicks I used are very powerful. I'm very powerful. And maybe it's not such a good idea for you to piss me off. (beat) Come on, Giles, I-I don't want to fight. I ... Let's not, okay? I'll think about what you said, and you ... try to be happy Buffy's back.

GILES: We still don't know where she was ... or what happened to her. And I'm far from convinced she's come out of all this undamaged.

• Giles & Willow
• Willow's Witchiness

written by: Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson; transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com). Action descriptions shortened by me.. Full transcript at:
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