  there's a conversation between buffy and giles that i chanced across a long time ago, and never forgot because it was so true. post-slaying, after yet another night of death and standing between humanity and the apocalypse, buffy asks giles does life ever get easy? for moments after that, there are no words, only a silence defined by buffy's tired seventeen-year-old eyes, and giles' confounded, inadequate wisdom.
what do you want me to say? he finally replies, helpless, and buffy says lie to me, almost like she's begging, and giles pauses slightly before doing just that. yes, it's terribly simple, he murmurs, going on about how completely easy it is to tell good from bad, how good always wins and evil always loses in the end. buffy cuts him off with a soft liar , and the scene ends there. sometimes, you just need someone to lie to you. 
