not everything is gonna be the way you think it ought to be;
You'll want to sit down. [ he advises this, yet doesn't take his own advice, preferring to remain standing. so he can pace. angel needs to pace. and he starts up with that very thing as she searches for a way to begin this, walking away from her -- and then towards her. there's no good way to go about this. he's already had this talk with xander a few days ago, and he hadn't perfected the good start then. he certainly hasn't now. ]
To be honest, I'd rather you not know about any of this at all, but if someone else who knows shows up here... I want you to hear it from me first.
[ well. here goes nothing. ]
Wesley's dead. So is Cordelia. [ and fred, but faith hasn't met fred yet. ]