JOYCE: I certainly would not. Being a substitute is an *extremely* difficult job. Besides... Honestly, Dawn, how many bowls of cereal are you planning on eating?
DAWN: Oh, these aren't for eating. I'm just trying to get the extra out of the way so I could... get this. Anyway, I want eggs.
BEN: I think you'll be able to take her home before too long.
RILEY: Well, that is definitely good news.
WILLOW: It does have that icky government feel to it.
DAWN: Did you know that one time the CIA tried to kill Fidel Castro with poisonous aspirin?
BUFFY: Dawn, please.
RILEY: So talk.
GRAHAM: What's goin' on, man? You gotta get this taken care of immediately. We gotta get you into an operating room.
RILEY: Very convincing. Makes me completely wanna put myself under government control.
BUFFY: No, he's not at his apartment, he's not at the gym, he's not at the library ... he's gone somewhere where he doesn't wanna be found.
ANYA: So basically he's gone AWOL.
BUFFY: Basically exactly.
WILLOW: Poor Buffy.
XANDER: Maybe he just needs some time alone. Like, I had this friend once, who really liked this girl, and ... he got all worried that maybe she didn't like him back... and maybe that made him act like a total jerk. Maybe Riley reminds me of that friend.
WILLOW: What are you talking about?
XANDER: Then again, maybe not. Maybe he just wants attention.
BUFFY: Well, here's a hot tip, if you want attention? *Be* there so people can give it to you.
WILLOW: Tara and I can scope out the burned-out school. Riley hid there once. Maybe he ... feels it's homey or something.
BUFFY: Homey. You know what else he might find homey in a ... dank, unpleasant evil sort of way?
BUFFY: He is not the only person that can die.
SPIKE: Hey. I'm just saying, if it's really that important to you, I think I'll get half now.
GRAHAM: Hostile 17 and a blonde girl.
BUFFY: Spike and Harmony, together again.
SPIKE: Listen to me. My stomach's growling, I'm so starved. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to have me a little snack.
Oh, don't worry. I won't fill up on the bread. I'll still have plenty of room for the main course.
SPIKE: You know what? Do it. Bloody just do it.
BUFFY: What?
SPIKE: End ... my ... torment. Seeing you, every day, everywhere I go, every time I turn around. Take me ... out of a world ... that has you in it! Just kill me!
BUFFY: Spike ... I want you.
SPIKE: Buffy, I love you.