Spike: Well, you’ve got your friends to hold the fort.
Spike: They’ve gotten pretty good at it.
Buffy: At least I can trust that no matter how much they fight it, they’ll pull through in the end.
Buffy: I want to ask you something but I don’t want you to think it’s because I think this is going to go badly.
Spike: A little late for hold-backs, isn’t it?
Buffy: Just thought for some reason that I should preface it with that.
Buffy: If those guys can hold the fort… Can you just look after Dawn? That’s all I ask. You’re the only one who wants to protect her as hard as I do.

Buffy: Have I ever said that I did?
Buffy: I’m scared, like really scared. Different scared than ever before.
Buffy: But it doesn’t mean I won’t do it.
Spike: Well, you’ve got your friends to hold the fort.
Spike: They’ve gotten pretty good at it.
Buffy: At least I can trust that no matter how much they fight it, they’ll pull through in the end.
Buffy: I want to ask you something but I don’t want you to think it’s because I think this is going to go badly.

Buffy: I said “or something”…
Buffy: Walkie talkies?
Spike: Those.
Spike: Gotta be a magic equivalent. Way to buzz you and get buzzed, make sure you’re not knocked out and droolin’ somewhere.
Buffy: I’m sure Willow has something up her sleeve. Or she will if I ask her. Once they realize that I am doing this.
Spike: I don’t like it.
Buffy: Have I ever said that I did?
Buffy: I’m scared, like really scared. Different scared than ever before.
Buffy: But it doesn’t mean I won’t do it.

Buffy: I said “or something”…
Buffy: Walkie talkies?
Spike: Those.
Spike: Gotta be a magic equivalent. Way to buzz you and get buzzed, make sure you’re not knocked out and droolin’ somewhere.
Buffy: I’m sure Willow has something up her sleeve. Or she will if I ask her. Once they realize that I am doing this.

Spike: Someone else should go with you.
Spike: I know they can’t. I know it’s a Slayer thing, and the whole point is you’re the head of state.
Spike: But someone should.
Buffy; That’s sort of what this little soiree tomorrow is about. Everyone has their own ideas about this and I guess we’re just gonna talk it out and come up with a unified plan or something.
Buffy: Or I mean if we can’t agree I guess we’ll just battle it out? I don’t even know.
Spike: Not about a unified plan.
Spike: You’re awfully set in yours.
Spike: Has to be about how to make yours work best. Even out the worst bits, get people checkin’ in. Checkpoints and — and those little portable speakers you talk into.
Buffy: I said “or something”…
Buffy: Walkie talkies?

Buffy: I know. I know you’re as strong as I am. I know my strength might not be enough to stop them in the end. But at least I’ll put up a bigger fight than she would. I don’t know what else to do. I couldn’t live with myself if I just stood aside while she went in my place.
Spike: Someone else should go with you.
Spike: I know they can’t. I know it’s a Slayer thing, and the whole point is you’re the head of state.
Spike: But someone should.
Buffy; That’s sort of what this little soiree tomorrow is about. Everyone has their own ideas about this and I guess we’re just gonna talk it out and come up with a unified plan or something.
Buffy: Or I mean if we can’t agree I guess we’ll just battle it out? I don’t even know.

Buffy: I don’t know, I just keep thinking if she gets caught they’ll kill her to cover up their own mishap. Or they’ll try and run some tests or something and she wont be able to break free the way I would. The Initiative had hella shady dealings and I’m afraid it’s going to be a repeat.
Spike: I wasn’t shabby on the uppercut when they stuck me in a holding cell and sawed my skull open.
Buffy: I know. I know you’re as strong as I am. I know my strength might not be enough to stop them in the end. But at least I’ll put up a bigger fight than she would. I don’t know what else to do. I couldn’t live with myself if I just stood aside while she went in my place.

Buffy: Or maybe, just maybe, I don’t want her blood on my hands.
Spike: But your blood’ll do.
Buffy: I don’t have to live with it if I’m dead.
Buffy: And I’m not dying, that’s the point. If she goes she will. I’m stronger.
Spike: What’re they gonna do to her that’ll kill her but not you?
Spike: Your sort’s got a lot more verbs on the fatal list than my sort, and I’m not talking about Slayers.
Buffy: I don’t know, I just keep thinking if she gets caught they’ll kill her to cover up their own mishap. Or they’ll try and run some tests or something and she wont be able to break free the way I would. The Initiative had hella shady dealings and I’m afraid it’s going to be a repeat.

Spike: Oh.
Spike: Right.
Spike: If they try to get rid of her, they’re gettin’ rid of her as you. Your plan puts you as the one got rid of.
Spike: Get why you’re not waving a foam finger over it. Not big on martyrdom ‘less it’s you at the stake.
Buffy: Or maybe, just maybe, I don’t want her blood on my hands.
Spike: But your blood’ll do.
Buffy: I don’t have to live with it if I’m dead.
Buffy: And I’m not dying, that’s the point. If she goes she will. I’m stronger.

Buffy: Okay well I’m just gonna say this because I thought someone’d already told you. But there is another plan, one I completely don’t support.
Spike: Go on, have it out.
Buffy: Penelope Fairfax (the lady watcher- if you know her) goes and pretends she’s me and registers and I just get to watch as she probably dies because she’s not an actual slayer and I wouldn’t put it past these crazies to just get rid of her.
Spike: Oh.
Spike: Right.
Spike: If they try to get rid of her, they’re gettin’ rid of her as you. Your plan puts you as the one got rid of.
Spike: Get why you’re not waving a foam finger over it. Not big on martyrdom ‘less it’s you at the stake.
Buffy: Or maybe, just maybe, I don’t want her blood on my hands.