(Giles apartment. Buffy enters, sees Giles' condition)

BUFFY: What happened?

GILES: It's my fault. I should have known.

BUFFY: Giles...

GILES: 'The Word of Valios' is the name of a talisman, not a book. I blame myself entirely. I had it here.

XANDER: You had it here? Okay, first I thought you were being to hard on yourself, but...

(Willow brings Giles some ice)

GILES: Oh, thank you. I bought it at a sorcerer's estate sale. I really only glanced at it once. I thought it was a knock off.

BUFFY: Well, they have it. And they probably have their sacrifices by now, too.

GILES: They're on their way to perform the sacrifice now.

BUFFY: On their way where? You found out what the ritual is for?

GILES: The Hellmouth. They are going to open the Hellmouth. - The one in the library.

BUFFY: Looks like we?re going back to high school.

• Giles' mid-life crisis

written by: Marti Noxon, David Fury, and Jane Espenson; . Full transcript at:
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