[ sometimes, you gotta draw a line in the sand. and sometimes? being self-effacing is just another form of self-righteousness. ]

No, Faith. It isn't. None of this could ever be natural to anyone. So we deal in different ways. It doesn't mean...

[ a sigh. she might as well own up: ] I had a head start on you. Three years of Slaying before you even came on the scene. But don't think for a second that I fell into this gig with my best foot forward.

[ ...lamely: ] My first time out? I missed the heart.