(Giles & Buffy are researching)

GILES: Here's another one. Early 18th Century Slayer.

BUFFY: Good. Let's hope she'll be more helpful than this last one.

GILES: Why? What does it say?

BUFFY: Same as all the others. Slayer called... blah, blah... great protector... blah, blah... scary battles... blah, blah... oops! She's dead. Where are the details?

GILES: Details? Well, it says this Slayer forged her own weapons.

(He hands the book to Buffy.)

BUFFY: Gotta love a gal with an anvil. But where are the details of the Slayer's last battle? You know, what made that fight special? Why did she lose?

GILES: You didn't lose last night, Buffy. You just-

BUFFY: Got really close. I slipped up, Giles. I've been training harder than ever and still I... (beat) And there's nothing in any of these books to help me understand why. I mean... look, I realize that every Slayer comes with an expiration mark on the package. But I want mine to be a long time from now. Like a Cheeto. If there were just a few good descriptions of what took out the other Slayers, maybe it would help me to understand my mistake, to keep it from happening again.

• Slayerhood

written by: Douglas Petrie; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/85foolforlove.html