GILES: I have to.

BUFFY: Uh-huh.

GILES: You have to be strong. I'm, I'm trying to-

BUFFY: Trying to, to what? (angrily) Desert me? Abandon me? Leave me all alone when I really need somebody?

GILES: (quietly) I don't want to leave-

BUFFY: So don't. Please don't. I can't do this without you.

GILES: You can. That's why I'm going. As long as I stay you'll always turn to me if there's something comes up that you feel that you can't handle, and I'll step in because, because ... Because I can't bear to see you suffer.

BUFFY: Me too. Hate suffering. Had about as much of it as I can take.

GILES: Believe me, I'm loathe to cause you more, but this... I've taught you all I can about being a slayer, and your mother taught you what you needed to know about life. (Buffy looks away, pouting) You ... you're not gonna trust that until you're forced to stand alone.

BUFFY: But why now? Now that you know where I've been, what I'm going through?

GILES: Now more than ever. The temptation to give up is gonna be overwhelming, and I can't let-

BUFFY: So I won't! No giving up. You can be here, and I can still be strong.

GILES: Buffy, I've thought this over ... and over. I believe it's the right thing to do.

BUFFY: You're wrong. (storms off)

• Buffy & Giles

written by: Rebecca Kirshner; transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com). action descriptions shortened by me.. Full transcript at:
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