001;

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

[Anya is sitting behind the counter of the Magic Box, like she does most days. And she's going over one of the ledgers like she has been lately since Giles keeps making her double check everything. But she's still watching the patrons out of the corner of her eye.

If there's one thing Anya hates, it's people who loiter around and never buy anything. They are the leeches of Capitalist society, as far as she's concerned.]

If you don't want to be thrown out of the store, I highly recommend you actually purchase something.

Comments

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

[Oh for fuck's sake. He rolls his eyes.] I'm a mutant, okay?

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

A mutant? Like in those comic books? [Look, Buffyverse doesn't have mutants..despite people like Gwen existing in them w/e. Anya still doesn't understand your life Sylar.]

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

[Well he decided this dream took place in his reality. It's a perfectly logical assumption ... ]

Yes. I'm genetically advanced. [He ... makes some sparks go off in his hand to demonstrate.]

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

[Anya is really fascinated by this.] I didn't know that was possible. I wonder if Giles knows about this.

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

I guess you missed the coming out party.

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

Coming out? Are you one of those homosexuals?

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

Mutants. Coming out. Last year. It was all over the news.

... And not anymore.

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

Not anymore. So you can go back to being straight? Willow told me it doesn't work that way.

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

That is not the point here!

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

Right. Sorry. So you're like a mutant, right?

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm a mutant. Didn't I just say that?

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

You did. I'm just trying to get back on track. Unless you prefer me focusing on your sexual preference?

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

No, that's not necessary. Now, where were we? ... Right. I'm a mutant. That's how I knew Sam lost his soul.

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

So you can just sense if someone has a soul? How? Does it tingle or something?

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

I can't describe it to you if you don't know how it feels. It's like describing color to the blind.

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

Why would you describe color to the blind?

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

Maybe they asked about it.

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

How would they even know what color is to ask about it?

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

People talk about color in casual conversation. They take their ability to perceive it for granted.

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

I suppose. I never thought about it much.

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

I can ask Willow if she knows anyway to re-soul a person. I mean, she did it with a vampire, Xander told me about it.

[intuitivelyapt.livejournal.com]

Yay. Great. Do that.

[withoutshrimp.livejournal.com]

...I just said I would.