(magic box)

GILES: It's a power play, that's what it is. It's about who has the power.

BUFFY: I'm guessing they do? Big power outage in Buffy county?

GILES: I should have set you loose on them, that's what I should have done.

BUFFY: Giles, that Travers guy is like sixty. I can't hit him. (looks up) Can I?

GILES: I suppose not. Well, I could. I think I will.

BUFFY: Can they really do the stuff they threatened? Kick you out the country?

GILES: In a heartbeat.

(he takes off his glasses, takes out a handkerchief and begins cleaning his glasses)

GILES: See, the rough stuff, they're all right out there, a bit ham-handed, but they get it done, but, uh ... this stuff, the, uh, bureaucracy, the pulling of political strings, they're the best in the world. They can kill you with the stroke of a pen. Poncy sods.

(There's a crunching noise as Giles's glasses break in his hands from too vigorous a cleaning. One of the lenses has popped out of the frame. Giles looks down at them. )

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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