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ILLYRIA
(circling the bodies)
These are the fruits of your attempt to murder me. Your kingdom turned to ash and stale wind.
(sticks her battle-axe into the floor, looks at Angel, cocking her head defiantly)
I slew the white-haired one first.
ANGEL
This can't be.
ILLYRIA
(picks up the axe again)
And then Wesley, as he raised his weapon... and your demon clown as he wilted in terror.
ANGEL
And I'm next.
ILLYRIA
No, vampire.
(throws her axe into a pile of dust that used to be Angel)
You were last.
ANGEL
Why?
ILLYRIA
You know nothing of this. You're from an earlier point in the time line. You are a paradox. You're impossible.
ANGEL
We attacked you.
ILLYRIA
I didn't give you the chance. That you learn when you become a king.
(doubles over, holding her head)
Unh!
(gasping, pacing, circling Angel)
You learn to destroy everything that's not utterly yours. All that matters is victory. That's how your reign persists. You're a slave to an insane construct. You are moral. A true ruler is as moral as a hurricane, empty but for the force of his gale.
(groans, doubles over, holding her head)
(gasping, pacing, circling Angel)
But you... trapped in the web of the Wolf, the Ram, the Hart. So much power here, and you quibble at its price.
(looking Angel in the eyes)
If you want to win a war, you must serve no master but your ambition.
HANDS DOWN! Best fucking lines of the entire fucking season. Not to mention its THIS exchange that teaches Angel how to take on Wolfram and Hart. That's all
