"We were rescuing you in Pylea. We all thought that. Angel, Gunn, myself, even Lorne. Cordelia too, I suppose. We saved so many over the years, and the price you had paid to survive in that place was so high. So obviously high ... we never gave your situation a second thought. We saved you and that was all. Even when you stayed, and became one of us."
"By then, I suppose we assumed we knew your past already. Looking back on it, that was an outrageous way to treat you. But we were too busy--. Or rather, we kept ourselves too busy to have time to acknowledge that. That or any of the other things we preferred to forget."
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Date: 2006-06-24 08:25 am (UTC)Quieter, almost to himself: "You're right."
"We were rescuing you in Pylea. We all thought that. Angel, Gunn, myself, even Lorne. Cordelia too, I suppose. We saved so many over the years, and the price you had paid to survive in that place was so high. So obviously high ... we never gave your situation a second thought. We saved you and that was all. Even when you stayed, and became one of us."
"By then, I suppose we assumed we knew your past already. Looking back on it, that was an outrageous way to treat you. But we were too busy--. Or rather, we kept ourselves too busy to have time to acknowledge that. That or any of the other things we preferred to forget."