GILES: Frankly, madam, I haven't the faintest idea what time it is, nor do I care. Now, unlock his cell, unstrap him, and bring him to the telephone immediately. This is a matter of life and death!

(...)

GILES: I-I understand, Carlyle. Yes... I-I'll take every precaution. Uh, absolutely, i-i-it sounds exactly like the creature you described. Y-you were right all along about everything. Well, n-no, you weren't right about your mother coming back as a Pekinese, but... uh... Try to rest, old man. Yes... Ta! Bye now!

GILES: (to Willow & Buffy) Dr. Ferris Carlyle spent years transcribing a lost pre-Germanic language. What he discovered he kept to himself until several teenage boys were murdered in the Cotswolds. Then he went hunting for it.

BUFFY: It being...

GILES: Uh, he calls her a She-Mantis. This type of creature, the Kleptes-Virgo, or, or virgin-thief, appears in, in many cultures. The Greek sirens, the Celtic sea maidens, who, who tore the living flesh from the bones of, um...

BUFFY: Giles, while we're young!

GILES: Uh, well, basically the, uh, the She-Mantis assumes the form of a beautiful woman and then lures innocent virgins back to her nest.

BUFFY: Virgins? Well, Xander's not a, uh... I mean, he's probably...

WILLOW: (quickly gets up, worried) ...gonna die!

BUFFY: Okay, okay, so this thing is breeding and we need to find it and snuff it. Any tips on the snuffing part?

GILES: Uh, Carlyle recommends cleaving all body parts with a sharp blade.

BUFFY: Slice and Dice.

GILES: Well, whatever you do, it had better be certain and swift. This beast is extremely dangerous.

BUFFY: Well, your buddy Carlyle faced it, and he's still around.

GILES: Yes, in a straitjacket, howling his innards out day and night.

BUFFY: Okay, Admiral, way to inspire the troops!

GILES: Sorry...

WILLOW: Xander's not home! He told his mom he was going to his teacher's house to work on a science project. He didn't tell her where.

BUFFY: (to Willow) See if you can get her address off the substitute rolls. (to Giles) And you need to record bat sonar, and fast!

GILES: Bat sonar, right. What?

BUFFY: Bats eat them. The mantis hears sonar, its entire nervous system goes kaplooey.

GILES: Where am I gonna find the...

BUFFY: In the vid library? There're no books, but it's dark and musty, you'll feel right at home, go! (to herself) I guess I'll handle the armory.

written by: David Greenwalt; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/04pet.html