BUFFY: Giles, I don't want them to come here. I don't trust them. Make them not come here.

GILES: They're probably already on their way. Our old friend Quinton Travers is ... heading up the delegation.

BUFFY: They put me through that test, and it almost killed me. And then, when I was Faith, they almost killed me again. Honestly, I really can't handle almost being killed right now.

ANYA: I don't like the sound of this. They don't sound very ex-demon-compatible.

TARA: Are you sure they're English? I-I thought English people were, um, gentler, then, uh, (trailing off) normal...

WILLOW: Maybe it won't be so bad this time. I mean, Buffy, they did think you were Faith last time. Now that they know you're just you, maybe they won't care enough to kill you.

BUFFY: It's not just that. They're gonna screw everything up. I-it's a delicate time right now. I-I have to take care of Dawn, and-

XANDER: But that's not new, you've always taken care of her.

BUFFY: Right. Right, I, I know that, it's just, you know, there's, there's Glory, and...

(We see Dawn on the stairs, listening in, wearing pajamas.)

BUFFY: ...and I don't need the Council looking over my shoulder when I don't even know what we're dealing with.

GILES: Well, that's precisely why we need to talk to them.

(Joyce comes down the stairs and sees Dawn.)

JOYCE: Dawn, honey, what are you doing up at this hour? Go back to bed.

(Cut back to living room. Buffy hears Joyce and looks alarmed. )

DAWN: (OS) I was just getting a snack.

BUFFY: (yelling over her shoulder) Dawn, are you listening?

DAWN: (calling to Buffy) I can get a snack if I want to.

(Dawn turns and goes back upstairs. Cut back to living room.)

BUFFY: (alarmed, to Giles) She was listening!

WILLOW: Does it matter? I mean, is she really gonna set the junior high school buzzing with ooh, there's a delegation a-coming?

BUFFY: No, I, I guess not. You know, it's just ... sometimes we ... say stuff, and, and ... it's all good. Giles, you were saying ... something?

GILES: Um, just that ... if the Council knows something about Glory, her agenda or her origins, then ... (sighs) then maybe it will help us get a, a, a grip on what we're dealing with. Right now I think we're, we're a bit lost.

• Buffy & Dawn
• Watcher's Council

written by: Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/90checkpoint.html