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[He smiled, a little less strained this time.] Thank you, Euphie.
I know what you mean. I was much closer to my final moments. I can... kind of remember them, but it's hazy. [A smirk.] Heck of a nightmare. It's like one of those crazy out-of-body experience stories you see on the TV. Only living it.
[He tried to convey some reassurance in his tone.] I guess what I'm getting at, is that at least you don't have anything like that. You've been given a new lease on life, from the looks of it. [A shallow smile.] I don't even know why I'm here.
[Lockon stops himself, putting a hand across his chest.] I'm sorry to kind of throw all this on you, when we've only just met. But... I haven't met many others who've shared this kind of fate, and it almost doesn't seem to bother them. [Spike, because he's died before and is only an honorary member of the I'm Dead! Club and Anya was, well, the coldest ice cube in the tray.]