(Dawn enters the back room of the RV, where Buffy sits alone)

DAWN: Hey. I think Anya's gonna try to cook. Wanna come watch the tears and recriminations?

BUFFY: (small smile) Maybe later.

DAWN: Thanks.

BUFFY: For what?

DAWN: You know. Pretty much everything.

BUFFY: yeah, I'm doing a great job.

DAWN: You are!

BUFFY: I'm the Slayer, the Chosen One, all mythic and defendery. Evil nasties are supposed to flee from me. Not the other way around.

DAWN: You're not fleeing. You're moving at a brisk pace.

BUFFY: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.

DAWN: It's the most amazing thing anyone's ever done for me.

BUFFY: (teary) It just keeps coming. Glory. Riley. Tara. Mom.

DAWN: I know. But there's a bright side.

BUFFY: There is?

DAWN: At least things can't get any crazier, right?

(an arrow flies in & thunks into the wall)

BUFFY: You know this is your fault for saying that?

• Buffy & Dawn
• Slayerhood

written by: Steven S. DeKnight; Typed the partial transcript of this episode myself. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/98spiral.html