(Buffy goes down to Spike, chained in the basement, and washes blood off his face)

SPIKE: (waking up) Did I hurt anybody?

BUFFY: You took a good bite out of Andrew.

SPIKE: Who?

BUFFY: Tucker's brother.

SPIKE: Oh.

BUFFY: He'll be OK.

SPIKE: I don't remember.

BUFFY: It's OK.

SPIKE: Buffy, I don't know why.

BUFFY: We think we do. Something's playing you. Some ghost or demon has figured out how to control you. Got the gang researching it right now. Xander has this theory that you're being triggered.

SPIKE: Kill me.

BUFFY: What?

SPIKE: Buffy, you have to kill me.

BUFFY: You don't understand. When I left the room earlier, I heard you talking to someone?

SPIKE: Do you have any idea what I'm capable of?

BUFFY: I was in the cellar with you. I saw what you did.

SPIKE: I'm not talking about the cellar. The people in the cellar got off easy. I'm talking about me. Buffy, you have never met the real me.

BUFFY: Believe me, I'm well aware of what you're capable of.

SPIKE: No, you got off easy too. Do you know how much blood you can drink from a girl before she'll die? I do. You see, the trick is to drink just enough to know how to damage them just enough so that they'll still cry when you? (chokes up) 'cause it's not worth it if they don't cry.

BUFFY: It's not your fault. You're not the one doing this.

SPIKE: I already did it. It's already done. (challenging) You wanna know what I've done to girls Dawn's age? This is me Buffy. You've got to kill me before I get out.

BUFFY: We can keep you locked up. Keep you here and we'll figure out?

SPIKE: Have you ever really asked yourself why you can't do it? Off me? After everything I've done to you, to people around you. It's not love. We both know that.

BUFFY: You fought by my side. You've saved lives. You've helped?

SPIKE: Don't do that.Don't rationalize this into some noble act. We both know the truth of it. (pained) You like men who hurt you.

BUFFY: No.

SPIKE: You need the pain we cause you. You need the hate. You need it to do your job, to be the slayer.

BUFFY: No. I don't hate like that. Not you, or myself. Not anymore. You think you have insight now because your soul's drenched in blood? You don't know me. You don't even know you. Was that you who killed those people in the cellar? Was that you who waited for those girls?

SPIKE: There's no one else.

BUFFY: That's not true. Listen to me. You're not alive because of hate or pain. You're alive because I saw you change. Because I saw your penance.

SPIKE: (lunges violently at her, but chains hold him back) Window dressing.

BUFFY: Be easier, wouldn't it, it if were an act, but it's not. You faced the monster inside of you and you fought back. You risked everything to be a better man.

SPIKE: Buffy...

BUFFY: And you can be. You are. You may not see it, but I do. I do. I believe in you, Spike.

(lights flicker and robed monks, Harbingers, burst into the basement and the rest of the house. Everyone battles.)

• Buffy & Spike
• Spike's Soul

written by: Drew Goddard; Transcribed by: CariCranberry. edited by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season7/transcripts/131_tran.php