(Oz walks along a well lighted walkway. He passes a group of three people, two men and a young woman. He senses something, he looks back and sees that the woman is looking back at him. They look at each other for a few seconds before they both turn back. In the bushes, we see three figures in camouflage carrying weapons. They appear to be following the group that Oz just passed. Oz is walking with Buffy along a path. )

BUFFY: ...so then Kathy's like, 'It's share time.' And I'm like, 'Oh yeah? Share this!'

(She punches at the air.)

OZ: So, either you hit her, or you did your wacky mime routine for her.

BUFFY: Well, I didn't do either, actually. But she deserves it, don't you think?

OZ: Nobody deserves a mime, Buffy.

BUFFY: Hmm, Kathy does. She deserves to be locked in an invisible box and blown away by an imaginary wind and... and...

OZ: Forced to wear a binding unitard?

BUFFY: Yeah, the itchy kind, it's perfect.

OZ: Just here to help.

BUFFY: Which I appreciate. But you've never come on routine patrol with me before, Oz. So, what's the deal?

OZ: Seemed more interesting than homework.

BUFFY: As long as it's an elective. I can handle myself alone, you know.

OZ: Not in question.

BUFFY: Good. So then, I go into the refrigerator--right?--and the label queen has managed to put...

OZ: Just a, just a thought, Buffy, but do you think all this ranting is scaring away potential demons?

BUFFY: You're right. Ooh! She's even affecting my work, now. She's the Titanic. She's a crawling black cancer.

(She brings her foot up, around and down onto a bench, breaking it in two.)

BUFFY: She's... other really bad things.

OZ: On the plus side you've killed the bench, which was looking shifty.

BUFFY: This isn't funny, Oz. Something has to be done.

OZ: (Pause) Agreed.

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by: Diov Llun . Full transcript at:
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