LINDSEY: Holland.

HOLLAND: Hello, Lindsey.

LINDSEY: I'm sorry. I did what I had to.

HOLLAND: You saved the children. That's very noble.

LINDSEY: I brought the disks back.

HOLLAND: Of course you made copies.

LINDSEY: A few things. Just enough to keep me safe.

HOLLAND: What does safe mean to you?

LINDSEY: Not being at war with Wolfram and Hart -- having my own life.

HOLLAND: Lindsey, haven't you learned anything? No one has their own life. We're all part of something larger.

LINDSEY: Like Wolfram and Hart.

HOLLAND: I handpicked you when you were a sophomore at Hastings, not because you were smart, not because you were a poor kid who had to do better than anyone else, but because you had potential -- potential for seeing things as they are. It's not about good or evil, it's about who wields the most power. And we wield a lot of it here, and you know what? I think the world is better for it.

LINDSEY: Look, I didn't come back --

HOLLAND: Why did you come back? To return some disks? Take a moral stand? I don't think so. You walked in that door and called me by my first name. You never did that before. You wouldn't have had the nerve. But you're different now. You stood up to us and won. Do you know how many people have that much nerve? I can count them on one hand. I need people like that working for us.

LINDSEY: You're offering me my job back?'

HOLLAND: Oh, no. I'm offering you a new job. A permanent one, with a thundering raise and ungodly benefits. In fact, I'm offering you this very office. I'm going upstairs. What I'm offering you, Lindsey, is the world. Now I know you pretty well, and I'm betting that you're gonna take it.

LINDSEY: You may not know me as well as you think you do.

HOLLAND: As I've been trying to tell you, that's a decision that each person has to make for himself. If you want it it's yours. If you don't, walk out this door. I'm going upstairs now.

• Lindsey & Holland
• Wolfram & Hart

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