BUFFYBOT: Willow!

WILLOW: What happened, where's Dawn?

SPIKE: Upstairs, in bed. But the bot here seems to have got into a scrape while she was on patrol.

BUFFYBOT: I think my feet are broken.

WILLOW: Eh, looks more like a short in the navigational system.(to Spike) Can you get me a flashlight? It's in the, uh, kitchen.

SPIKE: She wanted to go out and look for you again, but I figured there are enough things in Sunnydale that go bump in the night.

WILLOW: Good thinking.

BUFFYBOT: But my homing device locates you when I am injured. I am programmed to go to you.

WILLOW: Right, I know. Still, I think just this once, it was a good idea to stay put. Spike was right.

BUFFYBOT: (smiling adoringly at Spike) Sorry I questioned you, Spike. You know I admire your brain almost as much as your washboard abs.

SPIKE: (quiet but tense to Willow) I told you to make her stop doing that.

WILLOW: I did. I mean, I thought I got all that stuff out of the program.

SPIKE: Well, you've got her opened up, fix it.

WILLOW: Sure. I mean, I have a lot of work here, but I'll see what I can do. Can you shine the flashlight right here? (no answer) Spike! (he slams out of the house)

BUFFYBOT: Did I say something wrong?

WILLOW: No, it's not your fault.

BUFFYBOT: I think Spike stopped liking me.

WILLOW: That's not true, he-he thinks you're swell.

BUFFYBOT: Then how come he never looks at me any more? Even when he's talking to me.

WILLOW: He just gets cranky, the way vampires do. Now, just relax. I am gonna make you good as new. I promise.

• Buffy & Spike
• BuffyBot

written by: Marti Noxon & David Fury; Transcribed by joan the english chick (pisces@englishchick.com). Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/101bargaining.html