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come wander through the BuffyVerse...| Fred to Gunn: What we did, I felt it. Every bit of it. But I'll take that over being a shell any day. from Sacrifice (Season 4) | Next Clip in Episode |
GUNN: Matthew? Matthew!
FRED: Matthew! You sure he went this way?
GUNN: Definitely heard splashin'. It's gotta be him.
FRED: Unless it was another one of those skittering creatures.
GUNN: Yeah, well, it better skitter its hindquarters outta my way, 'cause I ain't in the mood.
FRED: Or it could just be rats.
GUNN: (stops walking) Now what did you have to go and say that for? Damn!
FRED: Sorry, I wasn't— I'm sure if it's not Matthew then it's probably some horrible monster, but definitely not—
GUNN: Look at us. Where we are. I mean, yesterday we were happy. Happier than I ever thought possible. Now we're trudging through sewage, huntin' some 13-year-old kid to drag his ass back down here so he doesn't find out it's Shangri-la-la land up there.
FRED: He's scared, Charles. Think how he feels.
GUNN: You heard Angel. Feelings don't enter into it anymore.
FRED: (irritated) That the world we're fighting for? The right to be heartless, an uncaring shell? To be dead inside?
GUNN: We're gonna be dead, period, if Jasmine gets a hold of that kid. We're fightin' for our survival.
FRED: That's not enough, Charles, not for me. May-maybe you can turn off your feelings like Angel can, leave the people we care about behind.
GUNN: Yeah, well, you had no trouble turnin' off your emotion chip when—
FRED: (angrily) When what?
GUNN: Nothin'.
FRED: What were you gonna say?
GUNN: Forget it.
FRED: No, when did I ever—
GUNN: When you and I killed a man. (backs off) I mean, when I did.
FRED: (softly) We did.
GUNN: Whatever. Point is, when the circumstances called for it, you did what you thought you had to. Didn't matter what anybody else thought.
FRED: You're right about all of it except for one thing. What we did, I felt it. Every bit of it. And, you know, sometimes when I allow myself to think about it, it eats me up inside.
GUNN: Yeah, me, too.
FRED: Well, I don't know about you, but... I'd take that over being a shell any day.
GUNN: (looks away) Come on. There's a scared kid out there we gotta find.
written by: Ben Edlund; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited and formatted for this site by me. . Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season4/transcripts/86_tran.php