(At the old Sunnydale High ruins. Buffy and Riley are setting up a campsite. )

BUFFY: I hope everybody else is okay. It was better to split up, right? I mean, we're just too findable in a big clump.

RILEY: It was better. Besides, I think it's mostly me the Initiative wants now.

BUFFY: Probably. So what should we do?

RILEY: We'll be safe for tonight at least. The campus is still blacked out, so that oughta slow the Initiative down. I'll - (gestures vaguely) figure out my next move tomorrow.

BUFFY: Quite a day, huh? You woke up to a big bowl of Wheaties. Now you're a fugitive.

RILEY: I don't know. I'm sorry it ended that way. But I am glad it's done. I'm glad I know where I stand, finally. I was wrong about Oz. I *was* being a bigot.

BUFFY: No you weren't. You were thrown. You found out that Willow was in... kind of an unconventional relationship, and it gave you a momentary wiggins. It happens.

RILEY: Still... I was in a totally black and white space, people versus monsters, and it ain't like that... especially when it comes to love.

BUFFY: I have to tell you some stuff... about my past. And it's not all stuff that you're gonna like.

RILEY: You can tell me anything.

BUFFY: I think so. (Smiles) I think I can.

• Buffy & Riley
• Riley & the initiative

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcript by joan the english chick (pisces@englishchick.com). Full transcript at:
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