QM 59 - "I cannot live without my life..." & 60 - "Why are your eyes always empty?"

59 - "I cannot live without my life! I cannot die without my soul."
60 - "Why are your eyes always empty?"

"Why are your eyes always empty?"

I laughed at her; laughed in the face of the mighty god-king with the power to squash me like an insect underfoot, laughed until I was hoarse, not that it was a long ways away considering the copious amounts of Lagavulin I had been imbibing in the last few days. Scotch burned at my throat even more effectively than it burned at my mind and dulled the pain.

It occurred to me that I had not laughed since I stood at the top of the lobby stairs, listening to "You Are My Sunshine", sung sweetly if just the slightest touch flat.

( Hollow man )

(479)

Networking ((RP phone convo for not_a_eunuch))

Wesley couldn't help but pay particular attention when Buffy expressed so much concern for Angel's... well, perhaps not his well-being, exactly, as there was no implication of the usual sort of danger. But she was certainly concerned for him and his situation. The whole span of the information Wesley's former charge had delivered was still daunting, but there were still only two or three facts required to move Wesley to action. Firstly, an old friend had done the asking. No matter what the history, Wesley respected Buffy and still harboured Watcherly regard for the Slayer. Secondly, the request had been made on behalf of a friend just as old, but a great deal more dear. Lastly, Wesley could help, or at least he believed he might be able, and so he had to.

Dialing the phone number Buffy had provided, Wesley sat at his desk in the Endeavour Agency offices and waited.