REBECCA: Angel?

ANGEL: Oh, what's the matter? Look a little nervous.

REBECCA: You, you're..

ANGEL: Free! You freed me. Mmm. (Sticks a finger in the glass and licks the last of it off his finger) Oh, God, I love this stuff! Wow! Remind me to get the name of your dealer before I kill you.

REBECCA: Kill me?

ANGEL: In all my years, I never killed a famous person before. But with no witnesses, who's gonna believe me? Maybe we can take a picture. I know! We'll do it like we did back in the day. I'll keep your head on a stick -- as proof.

REBECCA: My head on a stick.

ANGEL: Well, OK -- (throws the glass over his shoulder and listens to it break) pike.

REBECCA: You're just trying to scare me.

ANGEL: Is it working?

REBECCA: No.

(Angel tosses her across the room.)

ANGEL: How about now?

REBECCA: You're crazy.

ANGEL: Oh, no. I'm a vampire. (laughs) Boy, you know, you could stand to drop a few pounds. Hey, I help you with that.

REBECCA: This isn't you.

ANGEL: Oh, they always mistake me for the character I play. They never see the real me!

REBECCA: I'm -- I just wanted to...

ANGEL: Be like me? Hey, can't say I blame you. I'm one happy fellow.

(Rebecca runs, but Angel cuts her off.)

ANGEL: Tell you what, I'll torture you for a few unbelievably long hours and then you can tell me if this is the lifestyle for you. Up to you.

(She runs up the stairs, he grabs her and tosses her back down. She pulls her self back up and leans on the edge of his table reaching for a brass candleholder behind her back.)

REBECCA: Whatever you're going to do -- do it. I'm not running anymore.

(Hits him across the face with the candlestick as hard as she can.)

ANGEL: Now *that* I respect.

(She hits him again and falls back into the chair behind him, then drops the candlestick and runs to the elevator.

ANGEL: (shakes his head) Women.

• Angel, Angelus & The Curse

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