"If it's one thing I've learned, it's that most people will accept just about anything they don't understand as long as it's not attacking them." How many times had she heard on the news that vampires were only gang members on PCP?
"Are there a lot of people here, from where you're from?" Dawn wasn't sure what she'd have done if Buffy - or even Xander - hadn't been here. She might actually still be wandering the streets; she could even have maybe been possessed by now, which was a pretty scary thought.
She hoped that by talking, she'd be able to forget her own fear for the time being.