ANGEL: I used to be, uh, a long time ago. I hurt a lot of people.

REBECCA: I don't believe that.

ANGEL: No, it's true. I was bad. Which is why I have to help people now. I'm trying to atone.

REBECCA: Cordelia says you've saved the world.

ANGEL: Oh, a couple times I helped. But I almost had it sucked into hell once, too.

REBECCA: Still -- don't you think, after all this time you deserve some happiness?

ANGEL: That's probably not a good idea. Mmm. You smell ... so good. (Rebecca runs a hand under his shirt.) So warm. I miss that.

REBECCA: You don't have to. You *can* have what you've been craving all these long, empty years. We both can. Forever.

ANGEL: Oh, ho ho. What are you saying?

REBECCA: You know what I'm saying. (Exposes her neck) Do it. We won't have to be lonely, either one of us, ever again.

ANGEL: You're wrong. You don't know what it is you're asking me to do.

REBECCA: Of course I know. I'm not a fool. There's a price. I understand that.

ANGEL: You couldn't possibly understand.

REBECCA: I wasn't afraid, was I? When I looked into the mirror and you weren't there. I didn't scream. I didn't run. I understood.

ANGEL: No, you weren't afraid. You looked into that mirror and all you saw was yourself. But that's all you ever see, Rebecca, and that's what really frightens you. This isn't about the way the studio, or network, or your fans see you. It's about how you see yourself. Your own reflection has been corrupted into something unrecognizable. You think you want it to stay the same? What you really want is to make it disappear.

REBECCA: You're supposed to help people. Help me.

• Angel's vampiric nature/past
• Angel, Angelus & The Curse

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