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And when you stop trying, you let them win. [ darla's all for angel giving up his soul and pretty much coming to the dark side, but not at the expense of connor or letting wolfram & hart win. ] I spent years trying to tear you down, Angel. I never thought I'd see the day where you actually let yourself crumble.
[ and she doesn't sound happy about it, either. as much as she likes to cling to the idea of her boy still being inside that souled shell, angel was still angel when it came to his determination to protect. the fact that he's losing his heart is something darla, as his sire and as his partner for so many years, wants to rip some eyeballs out of skulls for. connor needs a father who isn't about to give up on something he held onto for so long.
she gets up all in his space, for once, something familiar to the way she did for many years. she needs to drive this point home. maybe she doesn't have a soul, maybe she does, but at the end of the day, she doesn't want her death to be in vain. ]