XANDER: Hey! It's the woman of the hour.

WILLOW: It's Happy Birthday Buffy! Not Happy Birthday Buffy?

GILES: I-it's just that, um, part of the nightmare that Buffy had the other night actually transpired.

BUFFY: Which means Drusilla might still be alive. Giles, in my dream, I couldn't stop her. She blindsided me. A-Angel was gone before I knew what happened.

GILES: Even if she is alive, uh, we can still protect Angel. Dreams aren't prophecies, Buffy. Y-y-y-you dreamt that the Master had risen, but you stopped it from happening.

XANDER: You ground his bones to make your bread.

BUFFY: That's true. Except for the bread part. (to Giles) Okay, so, fine. We're one step ahead, but I wanna stay that way.

GILES: Absolutely. Let me read up on Drusilla, uh, see if she has any particular patterns. Why don't you meet me here at 7:00? We'll map out a strategy.

BUFFY: What am I supposed to do until then?

GILES: Go to classes, do your homework, have supper...

BUFFY: Right. Be *that* Buffy.

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