Okay, so when they said "apprentice" they really meant it. They were Slayers who hadn't been called yet. This makes a certain amount of sense, if you've come to terms with the fact that the Rulers of the Buffyverse can't seem to firmly get a grip on their doctrine regarding a Slayer's life before she's called. (For instance, Kendra's parents gave her to her Watcher to be trained from the first moments of her life which suggests that everyone knew she was one of the Chosen. However, another chosen one, Faith, seems to have been totally ignored by the Council until she was called. She was raised by a neglectful, drunken mother and evidence indicates she was abused and sexually exploited.)

Giles is back and yet the question remains: Giles, alive or dead? There is a faction falling behind the belief that he IS dead and his appearance is a manifestation of the First Evil. I've decided to take the opposing view, but how exactly did he duck that huge axe thing that swung at his head?

I've cast on for the back of the AV pullover. Yeah!