"Yeah," he nodded. "Nasty stuff I had to go through to prove I was worthy of a soul." He took another drink from the glass of whiskey as he thought about it. "Wasn't pretty, but...got what I needed out of it in the end."
A small moment of silence lulled between them before he spoke again. "You know, it all turned out in the end. Willow really curbed that magic addiction, and...she's one of the most powerful witches out there. Really got a good handle on it in the end..." That probably wasn't a huge consolation, but it was something.