(Angel's room)

(Angel and Cordelia sitting side-by-side.)

CORDELIA: I'm not gonna sit here and pretend that I know what you're going through, or that I could begin to understand what it is you're feeling. The last thing you need right now is, someone saying, that, given time, things will get better. Or, the hurt's gonna go away. Because, things won't get better. The hurt's never gonna go away. The truth is, if you lived another two hundred years, you'd never forget how Connor was taken from you. And you shouldn't. You loved your son, Angel. And you'll go on loving him. And missing him. You'll go on living too. You'll do that.

ANGEL: I don't know how.

CORDELIA: You don't need to. The how works itself out. Life'll just keeping happening. There'll be people who need us, and so, we'll help them. 'Cause that's what we do.

(They become aware of sobbing outside the door.)

CORDELIA: (Opening door) Fred?

FRED: (through tears) I'm sorry. I was gonna knock but it wasn't a good time so I didn't but I don't know what else to do...

ANGEL: Fred, what is it? What's wrong?

FRED: It's Charles. I think he's in terrible danger.

• Angel & Connor
• Cordelia & Angel

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