The fact that no one agrees with her starts to sink in with Buffy, and she turns to look at Faith, who shrugs. Buffy then says she's not running a democracy; the group needs someone to "issue orders" and "be reckless" and "not take [their] feelings into account." And despite this being what Giles has essentially been telling Buffy all season, he just turns away from her. Damn you, Zombie Giles! And you know what else? I'm not falling for your little trick to try to gain back my affections by sending Spike and Andrew away, either! Also? You look like a tool in that turtleneck! "You need someone to lead you," finishes Buffy, which prompts Anya to observe sarcastically, "And it's automatically you." She goes on to resurrect Buffy's supposed superiority complex from "Conversations with Dead People," which, despite Buffy's near failure as a human being this season, I still don't believe is the correct diagnosis. Anya's not done, though, saying that Buffy didn't "earn" or "work for" her Slayer legacy -- her powers were "just handed" to her. Buffy is dumbfounded as Anya concludes, "So that doesn't make you better than us. It makes you luckier than us." As much as Buffy is getting on my nerves this season, I don't think I can agree with Anya that Slayers are ever lucky. And Anya's point about Buffy's powers not being a merit-based reward are only tangentially related to this conversation. It seems most of the people there would be happy to follow Buffy if she had faith in them and appeared to have any interest at all in their suggestions and concerns. "I've gotten us this far," says Buffy quietly, which causes Xander to rouse himself from his Vicodin-induced haze and reply, "But not without a price." He continues, "I'm trying to see your point here, Buff, but I guess it must be a little bit to my left, 'cause I just don't." Ouch! Burn! For anyone who hasn't seen this episode yet, Xander lost his left eye.