FAITH: So the Mayor of Sunnydale is a Black Hat. That's a shocker, huh?

BUFFY: Actually, yeah. I didn't get the bad guy vibe off of him.

FAITH: When are you gonna learn, B? It doesn't matter what kind of vibe you get off a person. 'Cause nine times out of ten, the face they're showing you is not the real one.

BUFFY: I guess you know a lot about that.

FAITH: What is that supposed to mean?

BUFFY: It's just, look at you, Faith. Less than twenty-four hours ago, you killed a man. A-and now it's all zip-a-dee-doo-dah? It's not *your* real face, and I know it. Look, I know what you're feeling because I'm feeling it, too.

FAITH: Do you? So fill me in 'cause I'd like to hear this.

BUFFY: Dirty. Like something sick creeped inside you and you can't get it out. And you keep hoping that it was just some nightmare, but it wasn't. And we are gonna have to figure out...

FAITH: Is there gonna be an intermission in this?

BUFFY: Just let me talk to Giles, okay? I swear...

FAITH: No! We're not bringing *anybody* else into this. You gotta keep your head, B. This is all gonna blow over in a few days.

BUFFY: And if it doesn't?

FAITH: If it doesn't, (shrugs) they got a freighter leaving the docks at least twice a day. It ain't fancy, but it gets you gone.

BUFFY: And that's it? You just live with it? You see the dead guy in your head every day for the rest of your life?

FAITH: Buffy, I'm not gonna *see* anything. I missed the mark last night and I'm sorry about the guy. I really am! But it happens! Anyway, how many people do you think we've saved by now, thousands? And didn't you stop the world from ending? Because in my book, that puts you and me in the plus column.

BUFFY: We help people! It doesn't mean we can do whatever we want.

FAITH: Why not? The guy I offed was no Gandhi. I mean, we just saw he was mixed up in dirty dealings.

BUFFY: Maybe, but what if he was coming to us for help?

FAITH: What if he was? You're still not seeing the big picture, B. Something made us different. We're warriors. We're built to kill.

BUFFY: To kill demons! But it does *not* mean that we get to pass judgment on people like we're better than everybody else!

FAITH: We *are* better! That's right, better. People need us to survive. In the balance, nobody's gonna cry over some random bystander who got caught in the crossfire.

BUFFY: I am.

FAITH: Well, that's your loss.

• Faith vs/& Buffy
• philosphies on monsters, animals, killers, etc
• Slayerhood

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/49consequences.html