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It's amazing how so much can be changed by one event. Damn that idiot Warren. He's the sort of person who would set off fireworks next to gasoline. If he somehow manages to survive the next few hours, I'll be perfectly happy to show him what real suffering is. The worst thing is that I blew it. I've been concentrating so much on figuring out how to win over Willow that I wasn't paying enough attention to what else was happening. But I never expected Warren to make that sort of attack. I may even have outsmarted myself. Maybe I should have approached Willow openly. She'd have refused, of course, but at least she might have come to me when she wanted Dark Magic. I could have steered her to something safer. Safer, at least, than what's she's using now. I wanted her unleashed, not crazy. Tara. She might be the only one who can get through to Willow. And she had power of her own, even if it was masked by her caution. I came here for Willow, but I quickly decided I wanted both of them. There are spells that I could use to bring her back. Dangerous spells, even for someone like me. And using them would be like announcing "Morningstar is here!" to the entire world, or at least to anyone who is paying close enough attention. I'm not yet ready to do that. But there are others who might be able to do something. Maybe there's some way one of them could be manuevered into acting. I usually have several plans going through my head. But I can't seem to think of anything right now. At least not anything that isn't horribly risky. I came here because I wanted Willow at my side, with her power unleashed. Power that will be badly needed if any of us are to survive the next few years. Even so, I may have to settle for her being alive and sane. But I don't have any good ideas for accomplishing even that.