TARA: It looks like gibberish.

SPIKE: Gibberish?

WILLOW: They're encrypted.

GILES: Oh, wonderful.

SPIKE: Can you fix `em?

WILLOW: Crack a government encryption code on my laptop? Easy as really difficult pie. Why?

SPIKE: (sighs) You're not exactly the whiz these days either. God, I'm never gonna get paid.

WILLOW: I am a whiz.

TARA: She is a whiz.

WILLOW: If ever a whiz there was. I-I just need some time.

SPIKE: No. I just heard you weren't . . . Your mates said you weren't playing with computers so much. (indicates Tara) Into the new thing.

WILLOW: What new thing?

SPIKE: You know, you two. The whole wicca thing.

WILLOW: They-they were talking about that?

SPIKE: Can we get back to business here? I've got a deal at stake.

WILLOW: What did they say?

SPIKE: Talking about, you know, it's a phase. You'll get over it.

WILLOW: What? Who said that? Was it Buffy? (to Tara) 'Cause . . . you know what she means by that.

SPIKE: No, she was defending you. 'Cause Xander said you were just being trendy.

WILLOW: Trendy?

SPIKE: I don't know what they were going on about. A person wants be a witch, that's their business.

WILLOW: (softly) I knew Buffy was freaked.

TARA: You should talk to her, 'cause I'm sure she--

SPIKE: Pressing business, ladies. Don't want to get sidetracked. Still got your monsters to fight.

• Willow & Buffy
• Willow & Tara

written by: Douglas Petrie; Transcribed by Joseph B. Full transcript at:
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