WILLOW: You can't possibly be arguing that Marat didn't betray the French Revolutionaries. This was the guy who declared the rights of man, and then the next thing you know he's ... killing Girondin like it's going out of style.

BUFFY: Will, you're totally missing my point. Now, I agree that Marat wasn't a real martyr, but the death in the tub ... the neck wound, all that blood, just a little more fang-y than knife-y. I mean, Charlotte Corday wasn't a real martyr either, but...

WILLOW: Buffy!

BUFFY: What?

WILLOW: (excited) Listen to us! We-we're arguing! We're having a debate about a college lecture! I have dreamt of this day since ... forever! (proudly) You are turning into quite the student. Should I be watching my occipital lobe?

BUFFY: Your what?

WILLOW: Occipital. (pointing to her head) The lobe in the back of your brain. You know, like, "should I be watching my back?" But, you know, the ... back of your brain. (sighs)

BUFFY: Apparently not. Don't worry, Will, you still wear the smarty-pants in the family.

WILLOW: I don't know. You've been studying ... really a lot.

BUFFY: I'm trying. But they're really piling on the reading, and Giles fills any free time I have with extra training ... I'm starting to think this working hard is hard work.

WILLOW: Isn't it crazy like that?

BUFFY: I thought it was gonna be like in the movies. You know, inspirational music ... a montage, me sharpening my pencils, me reading, writing, falling asleep on a big pile of books with my glasses all crooked, 'cause in my montage I have glasses. But real life is slow, and it's starting to hurt my occipital lobe.

WILLOW: (sympathetic) Aw. Poor Buffy's brain.

(she pats Buffy on the head)

BUFFY: Actually, I'm heading to training now. Do you wanna come with?

WILLOW: I'm in. Maybe we can argue some more about the French Revolution. Hey! Wasn't that Robespierre the coolest?

BUFFY: Robespierre? You're kidding me, right?

WILLOW: I'm just gettin' it goin'.

• Academics
• Slayerhood

written by: Rebecca Kirshner; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/82outofmymind.html