Hmm, it shouldn't be that hard to figure out. It's gotta do with the Hellmouth and the Council. These girl that were running for the monks are slayers in training, or so i'm told by reliable sources. Besides there casting for slayers in training so that much I'm sure of. "From Beneath you it devours" Definatly the hellmouth. That is probably also what Willow and Anya talk about. But let's get back to what the shapeshifter-thing says (dunno wether it's a shapehifter or not, that's not really relivant). It's not about good, it's not about bad, it's about power. Exactly the Council, I mean there not bad, but u can't really call them good either. And there all about one thing Power and as pointed out painfully by Buffy in "Checkpoint" they dont have power. With two slayers on the loose the can do nothing but sit back and watch, but still they are training new slayers (refered to as S-i-t's by fan's). Maybe this is because of what is about to come. I dunno, but I sure as hell know the Council has something to do with it. And in "Lessons" we see one of these S-i-t's chased by monks and somebody watches from a doorstep. This somebody is somebody we happen to know; Spike. About the Shapeshifter again in one of the upcoming episodes Dawn will be visited by Joyce and Willow by Tara. Or at least ghost (again or something like it) with their forms. Maybe this is our Shapeshifting friend again, who knows? Well, Josh does ... but hey he's a God, he knows everything!!!