"It wasn't a great situation."

"Alex is upset because in our world Karen Teller was activated as a Slayer and was a great one. Died in the line of duty. In your world she became responsible for several young children and was menaced by vampire debt collectors, and Wolfram and Hart arrived in time to save her life, so to speak. She's been running around doing your paperwork and certain she'll die if she quits or comes to your attention. I know there's a lot on your plate but - the idea that this is typical for your employees is of course upsetting to anyone, and Karen's situation in particular is upsetting to us because we knew her."

"How certain are you that this is the same person?"

"I'd bring them both here so you could judge but, see, one has spent the last several months expecting you to murder her and the other one is dead. They're the same person. You of all people can hardly believe that no good person would ever end up working at Wolfram and Hart."

"Still. Not a lot of saints around here."

"I want to get them all out," he says to Maedhros.

I can't. I'm sorry.

"It sounds like a situation that would quickly make it very difficult to tell which choices are the saintly ones."

The fuck you can't. We can just yell at everyone in range right now.

That'll just scare them. 

I know. 

We could stake the guy.

"I've been finding that true, in any case."

He turns to Angel. "If you want this place investigated, it might make sense to call Fred down. It's not immediately clear to me whether this is more my jurisdiction or hers. She is still working on recorporealizing Spike - "

"Spike's not important."

"Hey! Standing right here."

"I'll get her. If it looks like you're about to be sucked into a parallel universe forever, uh - 

- don't."

He heads back into the closet and pulls out a phone.

"Is Fred definitely trustworthy? We object pretty strongly to Milliways being in Wolfram and Hart's hands."

"Fred is trustworthy. She joined when we did and has not submitted to any of Wolfram & Hart's - tampering. The other members of our previous organization are Krevlornswath of the Deathwok clan and Charles Gunn; I don't suppose either name means anything to you?"

"Nope. Wolfram and Hart have been - tampering?"

Sigh. "Gunn permitted Wolfram & Hart to upload complete knowledge of the law into his brain. We don't know what else they installed, apart from demon law, several demon languages, and a small collection of classical music."

" - huh. 

I'm not saying I'd do better in your shoes but it sounds like you're in a pretty vulnerable position, here."

"Yes, so it seems. I do believe that we've been making progress."

"Has the staff been particularly difficult or frustrating to work with?"

"Not intentionally. There are the obvious moral differences."

(He covers the mouthpiece of his phone.) "The tac team tried to shoot up an elementary school."

"We have had some problems."