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At her new job, Buffy talks to students with problems and meets
a girl, Cassie, who knows she's going to die soon. Buffy promises
to prevent it, and enlists the gang's help. Buffy is suspicious
of Cassie's friend, and even her alcoholic father--until Cassie
explains she foresees things, and that while she doesn't want to
die, it's fated to happen. Buffy still feels she can win against
fate. When Cassie is taken by a group of school boys as a sacrifice
to a demon, Buffy intervenes and stops the ceremony. The demon appears,
however, and Buffy has to fight it. Spike shows up at the last minute
to help Buffy, and he frees Cassie, who tells him, "she'll tell
you. Someday she'll tell you." After Buffy kills the demon, she
and Cassie leave and they spring a trap. An arrow speeds toward
Cassie, but Buffy stops it. Buffy believes she's cheated fate, until
Cassie tells her she "will make a difference," then dies suddenly
of heart failure. Buffy is forced to accept the truth that she can't
always help and can't always win, but it's enough that she tries.
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