(cheap hotel. The hotel manager is having a
talk with Faith.)

Manager: The room's eighteen dollars a day. That's every day.

FAITH: Yeah, I know. I'll get it to you by tomorrow, I swear.

Manager: It's not like I own the place.

FAITH: But I bet you will someday.

Manager: Not if I listen to broads like you.

(Buffy appears at the door and steps in.)

Manager: (to Faith, indicating Buffy) Roommates are extra.

BUFFY: I'm just visiting.

(The manager gives up and walks out of the room. Buffy reaches for the
door to pull it shut.)


FAITH: So, what brings you to the poor side of town?

BUFFY: Cloven Guy. Goes by the name Kakistos.

FAITH: What do you know about Kakistos?

BUFFY: That he's here. We're not happy to see old friends, are we? What'd he do to you?

FAITH: It's what I did to him, all right? (starts packing)

BUFFY: And what was that? Faith, you came here for a reason. I can help.

FAITH: You can mind your own business. *I'm* the one that can handle this.

BUFFY: Yeah. You're a real bad-ass when it comes to packing. What was that you said about my problem? Gotta deal and move on? Well, we have the 'moving on' part right here. What about dealing? Is that just something you're gonna dump on me?

FAITH: You don't know me. You don't know what I've been through. I'll take care of this, all right?

BUFFY: Like you took care of your Watcher? He killed her, didn't he?

FAITH: (angrily) They don't have a word for what he did to her.

(knock on door)

FAITH: Oh, what now?

BUFFY: Faith, you run, he runs after you.

FAITH: That's where the head start comes in handy.

(She opens the door and sees Kakistos standing behind the dead manager, holding him up. )

Kakistos: Faith.

(cut to commercial)

• Faith vs/& Buffy

written by: David Greenwalt; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/37faithhopetrick.html