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come wander through the BuffyVerse...| Angel: I want forgiveness. from In the Dark (Season 1) | Next Clip in Episode |
MARCUS: Most things that live and breath hate the dark and love the light.
(Marcus shoots holes in the ceiling to make Angel strain away from the resulting light beams.)
MARCUS: We?re different though, aren?t we? We hate the light of day, and it hates us back in kind. You hid the ring, Angel. You could be walking in the light right now. So I have to wonder: what do you want, if not the ring? It?s through the pain that we find the truth of who we are. It strips us of our defenses. We are made innocent again, like children. I like children, Angel. I?m here to help you find that innocence, here, with the light.
(...)
MARCUS: You did terrible things when you were bad, didn?t you? And now you are trying so *hard* to do good. But Angel, there is nothing either bad or good, but thinking makes it so.
(Angel fishes with his feet for the stake Spike dropped earlier while Marcus? back is turned.)
MARCUS: Now I can make the pain go away, (he pulls a poker from Angel?s torso; Angel screams) and as you know, I can bring it back again.
(He pulls out another poker, making Angel scream. As he walks back to the table, Angel manages to get the stake between his shoes.)
MARCUS: What do you want, Angel? I think I know, but I?d like to hear it from you. The truth. I?ll know if you?re lying.
ANGEL: I want...forgiveness.
MARCUS: Yes. That?s the truth. And you want to earn it. You?re not the type that takes the easy way out, which is why I like you so much. In the end, you won?t feel guilt, or remorse, or anything but pure darkness. In the end...the ring, the past...none of it will mean anything anymore. You?ll be free. I promise.
ANGEL: And I promise... (Angel swings his legs up and aims the stake between his feet towards Marcus? chest) ...to kill you.
SPIKE: (catching Angel?s feet just in time) Now, now. Staking the torturer is strictly prohibited.
(He pulls the stake out from between Angel?s feet and drops it, then Angel?s ankles. Marcus comes in and punches Angel.)
SPIKE: (pulling Marcus back) Easy, big fella. Still need that ring. (to Angel) Now you?ve made him mad. Wouldn?t want to be in your chains.
MARCUS: Won?t be long now.
SPIKE: Well, what?s say I?ll grab a pair of needle nose pliers and give a hand?
written by: Douglas Petrie; Originally transcribed by anonymous. Edited, formatted for this site and checked by M'lyn.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season1/transcripts/03_tran.shtml