Dawn: So, um, is that any good?
Cassie: Yeah. Actually, yeah.
Dawn: What do you have to read it for?
Cassie: Oh, just for me, I guess. I kinda stopped reading my homework assignments. I just... read what I want.
Dawn: That's so cool. I'd do that, but my sister'd be down my neck in a second.
Cassie: Summers... hey— are you the counselor's little sister?
Dawn: No. She's my sister.

Cassie: Well, I guess this is goodbye.
Dawn: No. *beat* I mean, let me walk you home.
Cassie: Oh, don't worry about it, I'm going to my Mom's. It's kinda far.
Dawn: Far is good.
Cassie: Dawn, I know what's going on here.
Dawn: What?
Cassie: Buffy told you about me, right? She told you to pretend to be my friend?
Dawn: No. Maybe. Cassie, she was scared. She wanted to help you.
Cassie: Well, she can't.
Dawn: Maybe she can. She's not like you think. She's got powers... of helping. And look, she was worried and now I'm worried and I wasn't pretending at all. I really wanted to be your friend.
Cassie: You are my friend.
Dawn: I am?
Cassie: Yeah. Just remember, I'm not as dumb as I look.
Dawn: I'm glad.

Buffy: She told me that her family had a history of heart irregularities, but she never told Cassie.
Willow: Cassie didn't know? Then it was fate?
Xander: I think she was gonna die, no matter what, wasn't she. Didn't matter what you did.
Buffy: She just knew. She was special. I failed her.
Dawn: *crying* Uh-uh. No. You didn't, 'cause you tried. You listened, and you tried. She died 'cause of her heart, not 'cause of you. She was my friend because of you. I guess sometimes you can't help.

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