RILEY: Buffy . . . what is this? You're hiding an HST?

XANDER: Why don't you just back off and let her ask the questions, Jack? Your boss just tried to make monster food out of her.

RILEY: I-I didn't see much. I wasn't there. I . . . All I know is Professor Walsh told me you were dead. But then I saw you on the monitors . . . Look this isn't Professor Walsh-- There must be something making her act this way. Something I-- I don't know. Controlling her.

GILES: We think Buffy may have been becoming too in inquisitive. That she was getting close to something that Professor Walsh was trying to hide. Any idea what that might be?

BUFFY: What about 314? Maybe that's it?

RILEY: Maybe she was trying to test you. What if it was only a drill?

BUFFY: Then why did she tell you I was dead? Riley, it wasn't a test.

GILES: See, I've heard rumors that the Initiative wasn't all that we've been told. That, uh, secretly they're working towards some darker purpose. Something that might harm us all--

RILEY: No! That's . . . that's not what happens there.

BUFFY: Riley.

RILEY: I would know!

BUFFY: Look, no one is sure of anything. Okay? We're just trying to sort it out.

RILEY: I can't be here. I'll sort it out on my own. (heads for the door)

BUFFY: (going after him) Riley.

RILEY: No! Just-- I'm sorry.

(he leaves)

• Buffy & Riley
• Riley & the initiative
• the Initiative

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by Joseph B. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/70goodbyeiowa2.html