[7]

(Giles leans against his car, drinking coffee. Off in her little patch of the deset, Buffy is trying not to fall asleep.)

[9]

(Desert. Buffy is asleep on a rock. There's a fire burning nearby. She sits up.)

BUFFY: Hello? Who's there?

(On the other side of the fire, we see the First Slayer (see episode Restless). Buffy stares. )

(...)

[10]

BUFFY: I know you, you're the first slayer.

Guide: This is a form. I am the guide.

BUFFY: I have a few questions. About being the slayer. What about love. Not just boyfriend love.

Guide: You think you're losing your ability to love.

BUFFY: I didn't say that. Yeah.

Guide: You're afraid that being the slayer means losing your humanity.

BUFFY: Does it?

Guide: You are full of love. You love with all your soul. It's brighter than the fire, blinding. That's why you pull away from it.

BUFFY: I'm full of love? I'm not losing it?

Guide: Only if you reject it. Love is pain and the slayer forges strength from pain. Love. Give. Forgive. Risk the pain. It is your nature. For it will bring you to your gift.

BUFFY: What?

(...)

BUFFY: I'm sorry, I'm just a little confused. I'm full of love, which is nice. And love will lead me to my gift?

Guide: Yes.

BUFFY: I'm getting a gift? or do you mean that I have gift to give to someone else?

Guide: Death is your gift.

BUFFY: Death...

Guide:...*is* your gift.

Buffy. Okay, no. Death is not a gift. My mother just died, I know this. If I have to kill demons because it makes the world a better place, then I kill demons. But it's not a gift to anybody.

Guide: Your question has been answered.

(She, as well as the fire, disappears. All that's left is cold gray rocks and sand. Buffy frowns in confusion.)

• Slayerhood

written by: Jane Espenson; Haven't found a transcript yet, so am just typing up my favorite exchanges as time allows.... Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/96intervention.html