Grave
Willow: Uh-oh, Daddy's home. I'm in wicked trouble now.
Giles: You have no idea. You have to stop what you're doing.
Willow: Sorry, can't do that. Not finished yet.
Giles: Neither am I. Stay down.
Willow: Remember that little spat we had before you left? When you were under the delusion that you were still relevant here? You called me a rank, arrogant amateur. Well buckle up, Rupert. 'Cause I've turned pro.
Buffy: What did you do?
Giles: Contained her and her powers within a binding field. It puts her in a kind of stasis for the time... You cut your hair.
Anya: I- I'm blond...
Giles: Figments?!
Buffy: All of it! You, Sunnydale... and I was just some nutcase in L.A.
Giles: Of course, well, why didn't we see it before?
Giles: I should never have left.
Buffy: No, you were right to leave. We're just stupid.
Giles: I know you're all stupid. But I never should have abandoned you.
Dawn: I don't believe you.
Xander: Fine.
Dawn: He wouldn't do that.
Xander: Is this blind spot, like, a genetic trait with you Summers women?
Andrew: Hiding out in a cemetery. What a fantastic idea.
Xander: Yeah, I'm working on a whole 'shut the hell up' pitch you might like too.
Anya: I'm so sorry. Willow forced me to free her with her brain. Are you okay?
Giles: I can see.
Anya: Oh, it's... a miracle?
Giles: Willow. I can see her. She took the magick I had, and now... I know where she is. I can feel what... oh god.
Anya: Giles, you have to rest.
Giles: Silly girl... I'm dying.
Buffy: There's too many. I can't take them all. Dawn, will you help me?
Xander: Hey, black-eyed girl. Whatcha doing?
Giles: There.
Anya: What?
Giles: It's not over.
Willow: You can't stop this.
Xander: Yeah, I get that. It's just, where else am I gonna go? You've been my best friend my whole life. World gonna end, where else would I be?
Willow: Is this the master plan? You gonna stop me by telling me you love me?
Xander: Well, I was gonna walk you off the cliff and hand you an anvil, but it seemed kinda cartooney.
Willow: Still making jokes.
Xander: I'm not joking. I know you're in pain. I can't imagine the pain you're in. And I know you're about to do something apocalyptically evil and stupid and, hey, still wanna hang. You're Willow.
Willow: Don't call me that.
Xander: The first day at kindergarten, you cried because you broke the yellow crayon, and you were too afraid to tell anyone. You've come pretty far - ending the world not a terrific notion - but the thing is, yeah, I love you. I love crayon breakey Willow, and I love scary veiny Willow. So if I'm going out, it's here. If you wanna kill the world, then start with me. I've earned that.
Willow: You think I won't?
Xander: It doesn't matter. I'll still love you.
Anya: Giles! You're not dead!
Giles: No...
[she throws her arms around him]
Giles: However I am still in some pain...
Giles: The magick she took from me, it did what I hoped it would do.
Anya: Oh. You dosed her!
Anya: Xander?
Giles: Yes, it was he who got to her in time. He saved us all.
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