well done and powerful

I really liked this story. I, too, thought that it would have been better if I would have known why Buffy was upset from the beginning of the story. But, the story had a rare emotional punch just the same. It was very well written and Buffy's actions were in character for her.

I'm printing this story out to keep.

Pretty good. The only thing that threw me off was not knowing when the story was supposed to be set - in the past, before Faith began to work for the Mayor, or in the future, sometime after she gets out of jail? Otherwise, some nice character work here.