"Don't you find it a bit odd? Here we are, exactly one year after the big battle and you're still acting as if you're the only one. Why is that?" Buffy hated to be put in her place and especially by Faith. "You don't understand. I have to do this, because it's all I know. Other people, normal people, they're educated, they know stuff, about, other, stuff. People like Willow, they have degrees, they ahve something to fall back on because they know how to do stuff, it's in their nature. But me, I don't know how to do anything, this is all I have and no one is going to take it away from me. I've been down so many roads and it doesn't matter which way I choose, in the end they all lead back to this. It's my calling, it's my nature. I just can't give that up because there are others like me out there, worldwide, who's to say they'll do a better job than me?"
Buffy didn't need to be told to grow up, she already knew it. Sometimes all she needed was for somebody to push her to her limits. Faith sighed. "Well, who's to say they won't do a better job than you? B, you have to learn how to let go. You have more than a handful of ex potentials, who are now fullblooded Slayers. But you don't want to step down to even give them a chance. You're so afraid to fal, so you won't even try, therefore you never lose. You need to know how it feels though, how it feels to lose, to not always do what's expected of you, to not always do what's right. You've been living in the spotlight for way too long and you need to know what it's like not to anymore. It's been a while."