GENE: (later, sitting with Angel and Lorne) I can't believe this.

GENE: Listen, I am ... really, really sorry. I had no idea I was putting the whole world in jeopardy, or that there were all these demons. Although the idea of aliens among us is consistent with Murdoch's multi-verse. I just -- I just didn't want her to leave.

ANGEL: (at Lorne's silent encouragement) Well, you know, love -- it's a fire.

GENE: You've been there.

ANGEL: It burns you ... alive. (Gene frowns at him) Down to the bone. And then it turns the bone to ash and --

LORNE: I-I think what my chipper friend is trying to say here, Gene, is the wheel keeps turning. You can't stop it. Sometimes things get worse, sometimes they get better.

GENE: I want the wheel to stop ... which probably explains the whole time in a box disaster. I can't emphasize enough how sorry I am about that.

LORNE: It just don't work, Gene-y. It's like a song. Now, I can hold a note for a long time -- (laughs) actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.

GENE: I guess. (Pause) You guys like beer?

ANGEL: Beer sounds great.

GENE: I'm glad you guys, uh ... (leaves the room)

LORNE: You're connecting to a human. That's a start. Although I'd go easy on the bone and ash metaphors for a while.

ANGEL: Well, the guy is a disaster at love. He nearly destroyed the world. I can relate. You know, I guess I did kind of leave 'em in the cold.

LORNE: What, your buddies? By firing them?

ANGEL: Yeah. Yeah, I guess I made it pretty hard for 'em.

• Angel & Lorne (the Host)
• Angel goes dark
• Funnies

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