[ Spike pauses at that, giving Jack a look as if to say yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. He comes from a place of such deep self-loathing that the only thing that could come even close to curing it was dying and turning all that outward into aggression. He doesn't so much hate himself as revels in the fact that he's worth hating — if you can't be loved, and all that. That's also why Dru had such an easy time turning him. It was infinitely better than the alternative. ]
Oh you silly thing, you've really gone and done it now. What's the use of wasting time?
[ Don't fix him. Fuck him if you have to but don't fucking fix him. ]