WILLOW: Hey, you wanna go to the Espresso Pump and get sugared up on mochas?

BUFFY: I'm gonna pass. Hit the pool and do some laps.

WILLOW: (bewildered) How come the sudden calisthenics? Aren't you sort of naturally buff, Buff? Buff buff.

BUFFY: Well, they've got us running around on the physical side, too. A lot of reflex evaluation and precision training, you know. I-I just... Well, I-I wanna do...

WILLOW: Better than Faith?

BUFFY: (embarrassed) So very shallow.

WILLOW: Competition is natural and healthy. Plus, you'll definitely ace her on the psych tests. Just don't mark the box that says, 'I sometimes like to kill people.'

BUFFY: I know Faith's not gonna be on the cover of Sanity Fair, but... she had it rough. Different circumstances, that could be me.

WILLOW: No way. Some people just don't have that in them.

BUFFY: Look, I'm sorry. I-I know how you hate talking about Faith.

WILLOW: No, it's okay.

BUFFY: No, really, we should just... (glances at the pencil)

WILLOW: No. I-it doesn't bother me. I mean it.

BUFFY: (notices the pencil) Uh, Will?

WILLOW: (looks at it) Oh.

The pencil is spinning wildly. An instant later it darts off and buries itself deeply into a tree. Willow gives Buffy a concerned look.

BUFFY: Emotional control?

WILLOW: (abashed) I'm working on it.

• Faith vs Willow
• Faith vs/& Buffy

written by: Joss Whedon; . Full transcript at:
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