Spike: I tried to cut it out. from Lessons (Season 7) Next Clip in Episode (opens door, mid sentence) BUFFY: Dawnie, we have to get o-- (but sees an expressionless Spike instead) BUFFY: Spike? Are you real? (he laughs crazily. Then reaches for her face) SPIKE: Buffy, duck. BUFFY: What? Duck? There's a duck? (From behind, the dead janitor hits her) SPIKE: No visitors today. Terribly busy. DEAD TEEN BOY: Told you to get out. (Buffy does some zombieghost pounding, locks herself in the room with Spike) BUFFY: He'll probably show up in a sec. SPIKE: Nobody comes in here. It's just the three of us. BUFFY: Spike, have you seen Dawn? She came down here with some kids. SPIKE: (Yelling) Don't you think I'm trying? I'm not fast. I'm not a quick study. (Suddenly crying) I got my board in the water and the chalk all ran. Sure to be caned. (Laughs) Should've seen that coming. BUFFY: (revealing his scarred chest) What did you do? SPIKE: I tried... I... tried to cut it out. (cell phone rings) BUFFY: Dawn? DAWN: Buffy, where are you? BUFFY: I... Look, where are you? DAWN: I don't know. In a room by the furnace. Near where we fell in. They dragged us in here, and then they disappeared. BUFFY: Yeah, they came after me too. DAWN: Well, what do they want? BUFFY: So far, to piss me off. DAWN: Please, tell me it's working. BUFFY: Oh, I'm damage-bound. I just can't figure them. Ghosts can't touch you and zombies can't disappear, so I don't know what-- SPIKE: Not ghosts. DAWN: Who was that? BUFFY:(To the phone) Hold on. (To Spike) You know what they are? SPIKE: Manifest spirits controlled by a talisman, raised to seek vengeance. A 4-year-old could figure it. BUFFY:(To the phone) Hang tight. I'll find you. These things can hurt you. You can hurt them too. Find a weapon. I'll come for you. (To Spike) Spike, you gonna help me out? SPIKE: This is my home. I belong here. Always been here. Cheers for stopping by. (to himself) It's in the wall. BUFFY: (heading out, but a little torn) I'll get back to you.