GILES: Hus won't stop. Vengeance is never sated, Buffy. Hatred is a cycle. All he will do is kill.

(There's a knock at the door. Buffy goes to answer it and Spike is standing there, cowering below a smoking blanket.)

SPIKE: Help me.

(Buffy shoves him back and he goes tumbling.)

SPIKE: Ohh! What part of "help me" do you not understand?

BUFFY: The part where I help you.

SPIKE: Come on, I'm parboiling out here.

BUFFY: Want me to help make it quicker?

SPIKE: Invite me in.

GILES: No. It's fairly unlikely.

SPIKE: Oh, damn it! look, I'm safe. I can't bite anyone. Willow, tell' em what I did.

WILLOW: You said you were gonna kill me, then Buffy.

SPIKE: Yes, bad, but let's skip that part and get to the part where I couldn't bite you.

WILLOW: It's true. He had trouble performing.

SPIKE: Yeah, well, it looks like they've done me for good. Um...

BUFFY: What are you saying?

SPIKE: I'm saying that Spike had a little trip to the vet and now he doesn't chase the other puppies anymore. I can't bite anything. I can't even hit people.

BUFFY: So you haven't murdered anybody lately? Let's be best pals.

SPIKE: I've got information. About the soldier boys you were fighting. Got the inside scoop. Come on, what have you got to be afraid of?

• Buffy & Spike
• Spike's defanging
• Spike's uneasy truce with the gang

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