"Wow," said an intrigued Willow, her voice tapering the one syllable word. She eagerly punched away at the page down key of her laptop. Curious, Xander leaned over from the other side of the Library table.
"What are you looking at?" he asked.
"Well, I found out a way to hopefully change Oz back to a human, but it kind of needs a little hellfire to work," explained Willow readily.
"So are you reading up on hellfire?" further asked Xander.
"Well, no. There wasn't much known about hellfire, so I started reading on how a necromancer becomes a necromancer. This is pretty sad," Willow said, eyeing the screen in front of her.
Xander comforted, "Come on, Willow, you're not being that desperate."
"I meant how they become a necromancer is sad," Willow chastised. She questioned, "Did you know that when a necromancer seeks an apprentice he looks for people in the most vulnerable, frustrated walks of life?"
"No, but it makes sense. Who better to become an ultra bad villian guy then someone who can't even get a girl to notice him," Xander commented. He continued, accelerating into a ramble, "And then when she does she only thinks he's a pathetic loser. Finally, when she get's over how demeaning it is to be seen with him she puts him down at every opportunity to make herself feel important. But, I'm a man who has feelings, too. I'm not just her whipping boy-"
Xander interuppted himself, "What were we talking about again?"
"Like I was saying. They find someone who's already sick of the world and come to him in a nightmare. They torture that person in his sleep by showing him the most grusome horrors of man's inhumanity to man. By the time the dream is over he's an even more broken soul. Only after that do they offer apprenticeship," described Willow.
"Wow, and I thought colleges had aggresive recruiting programs," wryly joked Xander.
"This is like our first villian with a sob story. I mean, vampires get sired and then they're vampires. Demons are demons. But, this guy is a human being who's had a past and a childhood and developed in the monster that he is," Willow observed with a touch of compassion.
"Well that doesn't change the fact that he is the monster that he is. Right now, this guy being a vegetable is justice," redirected Xander.
"I guess. But, can you imagine how horrible his life must have been for a necromancer to pick him for an apprentice and, more importantly, for him to accept," offered Willow.
"You're not getting all soft on him are you?" Xander questioned.
"No. It's just that the more I learn about where Abel's coming from, the harder it is for me to hate him," answered Willow. Xander nodded empathically and closed with Willow in friendship.
"Will, you've got a bigger heart than most," he earnestly complemented.
"Hey, guys," greeted Buffy, emerging from Giles' office.
"Buffy-" began Willow, but she was cut short.
"I've thought about what you said and I've finally really got my priorities straight," interjected Buffy.
"I'm sorry for being so stuck up before," apologized Willow sincerely.
"It's cool. Anyway, there've been reports of a 'bigfoot' type monster in Weberton. It sounds promising so I figure after school tommorrow we can head up there for the weekend and see if we can bring Oz home," said Buffy, a mixture of emotions bled through at different times during her statement.
"Great! I'll brush up on some witchcraft stuff, it might help us find him," Willow said excitedly.
"What's this? My two best friends going on an overnight trip? Since I've got no plans, big surprise there, I must come along," Xander said happily.
"I'm sure Giles would want to come, too. I mean, he likes Oz," added Willow.
"Alright, it's a big Slayerette adventure then," commented Buffy.
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