[ her gaze doesn't waver. it's as if she doesn't dare blink. this poor soul. dragged from its last minutes, shoved into this topsy-turvy world, and put through a gauntlet of weirdness. it's worse, she suspects, to be told in the middle of wide-winged confusion.
but -- buffy reminds herself -- she had to be told. it isn't as though anya's present had been far removed from the moment. it isn't as though she could have lied just to preserve her sanity. because she thought about how giles had lied about death, and it sours her stomach. ]
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[ her gaze doesn't waver. it's as if she doesn't dare blink. this poor soul. dragged from its last minutes, shoved into this topsy-turvy world, and put through a gauntlet of weirdness. it's worse, she suspects, to be told in the middle of wide-winged confusion.
but -- buffy reminds herself -- she had to be told. it isn't as though anya's present had been far removed from the moment. it isn't as though she could have lied just to preserve her sanity. because she thought about how giles had lied about death, and it sours her stomach. ]
I wish none of this had to happen to you.