(magic box. Giles is talking to a customer)

GILES: Aleister Crowley Sings? Um, sadly, no, I-I don't carry that, but I do have some very nice whale sounds.

(he sees Riley entering)

GILES: Oh, excuse me for a moment.

RILEY: Where's Buffy?

GILES: Um, she-she left a while ago.

RILEY: What? (sighs) Where?

XANDER: That creepy demon woman's conjuring some kind of monster.

RILEY: And you let Buffy go after her? Alone?

GILES: Uh, "let" isn't really a factor when she sets her mind to something, you know that. (He sees a customer approaching the counter and hurries off.)

RILEY: (to Xander) She'll get herself killed. It's crazy.

XANDER: Yeah. Crazy. Going off alone, half-cocked, instead of waiting for much-needed backup ... charging in with a big old hand grenade ... oh, wait.

(Riley looks a little guilty.)

RILEY: This is different.

XANDER: Yeah, it is. Buffy needs something she can fight, something she can solve. I don't know what kind of action you're looking for ... Do you?

(Riley stares at him, then looks away.)

XANDER: Hey, I'm not trying to get-

RILEY: It's cool.

XANDER: You okay?

RILEY: (nods) Just a little crazed.

XANDER: I hear ya.

RILEY: If, uh, she needs me... (He shrugs and leaves.)

• Buffy & Riley
• solving things with violence
• Xander & Buffy

written by: David Fury; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/86shadow.html