[It's appreciated, Faith's promise to keep her grounded if need be, and she nods with a little smile.]

Thanks. I'd do the same for you too.

[Or at least she'd try. In a place like Trench where monsters, or the world itself can influence behaviour, Willow is well aware that trying to stop any of them from falling victim to darkness could be an exceptionally difficult, if not impossible task.

She takes a deep breath as Faith brings up her first human kill, and that it had not been an intentional murder. Years later, as much as everything had changed, it's easier to recognize what a difficult situation it must have been for her.]

It was an accident, Faith - a horrible one, but still an accident. We... probably could have handled it better too.

[Would it have changed anything ultimately, Willow's not sure, but the acknowledgement feels important.]

Umm... It was Xander. I was gonna destroy the whole world. Giles had turned up with, um, magic given to him by this coven in Devon. I took it from him - which, I guess, he knew I'd do, and I could feel everything. All the pain everyone in the world was feeling. That, um. Wasn't part of his plan.

But Xander turned up, and talked me down. He reminded me who I was.