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[ it's amazing to her that even though they've been apart for so long, they still know enough other well enough to recognize key expressions. she sees that it's difficult to take in, knows how it must sound, and so she tries to reassure him, reassure them both, that she's not a ticking time bomb. ]
I know... it's weird, me trying to end the world. [ but something had happened that had driven her over the edge. and still, even with this bombshell, oz is the one trying to reassure her, to pick her up when she needed it, just like he'd always done. ] I bet you didn't actually try to go through with it.
[ still halfway teasing because that's the only way she'll be able to get through this. ]
Giles and the coven helped. The coven members were all afraid of me, though, so I kinda... skipped a lot of my lessons. Giles helped me instead. He's not afraid of me... not even after what I did to him. [ or what she'd done to xander or buffy... or said she'd do to dawn. none of her friends were afraid of her and she loved them all for it. she wouldn't be here without them. ]