(Wesley, looking a little crazed, is researching in his office. Books and papers are *everywhere*. Throughout the scene, Wes is not all there. He skitters around the office, doing a bit of a Golum impersonation.)

WESLEY: (to book) All pre-Christian works dealing with the demon age. Same for primordium, index any mention of the old ones.

GUNN: (entering) Hey.

WESLEY: Gunn. First day back?

GUNN: Yeah.

WESLEY: (off-kilter) I stabbed you. I should apologize for that. But I'm honestly not sure how. I think it'll just be awkward.

GUNN: Good call.

WESLEY: OK.

GUNN: I ain't lookin' for a sorry. Don't know if I'd accept it. Besides, I just got my heart cut out of my chest every day for 2 weeks straight. Compared to what--a little jab in the gut? Kinda over it.

WESLEY: So, what are you looking for?

GUNN: I don't know. A compass, maybe. The thing that killed my friend just saved my life. No one knows why. This place just went Poseidon on my ass. I don't know which way is up.

WESLEY: Everything is... a bit odd. I suppose... we have to adjust. I imagine that's what all this is--adjustment.

GUNN: Adjustment?

WESLEY: To...things. To...myself. To this place. To...Illyria.

GUNN: She definitely takes adjusting to.

WESLEY: You can't... look at her without seeing... her body's previous owner. But then, what comes out of her mouth, pure unadulterated vertigo. We look so tiny to her.

GUNN: But you got her on a leash or something, right?

WESLEY: No. (laughs bitterly) No. She's monumentally self-possessed. She still thinks she's the god-king of the universe.

GUNN: So she's like a TV star.

WESLEY: No, nothing that bad. Bit more violent, though.

• Wesley & Gunn
• Wesley & Illyria

written by: Ben Edlund; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited & formatted by me.. Full transcript at:
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