[Climbing out of that hole isn't easy, and Spike loses his footing more than once as he tries to face the facts and figure out what he can do about them. He has to focus.
Find who did it. That's the first step. But murdering them is only temporarily solving the problem; he has to think bigger. He's destroyed buildings before. Plenty of times. Never any that were living, but that doesn't make any difference to him. The key was to find out what keeps it alive. Who does he have to kill to set them free...?
The sound of Julia moving distracts him yet again, and he realizes (somewhat slowly) that his silence might be worrying her. That's understandable. But he hasn't totally lost confidence in his abilities, even if he's failed to prove that to her. He's going to take care of this. One way or another.
For now though, all he can offer her is a hollow smile in reassurance.]
*too = to... fml
Find who did it. That's the first step. But murdering them is only temporarily solving the problem; he has to think bigger. He's destroyed buildings before. Plenty of times. Never any that were living, but that doesn't make any difference to him. The key was to find out what keeps it alive. Who does he have to kill to set them free...?
The sound of Julia moving distracts him yet again, and he realizes (somewhat slowly) that his silence might be worrying her. That's understandable. But he hasn't totally lost confidence in his abilities, even if he's failed to prove that to her. He's going to take care of this. One way or another.
For now though, all he can offer her is a hollow smile in reassurance.]
It's a fine time to get locked up.