Angel

[ooc: I suck at titles, sorry. Based on Angel's explanation to Cordy as to why he was immune to Billy's touch in the S3 episode "Billy". It never gelled with how I saw Angelus and Angel's symbiotic relationship, or Angelus himself. So, this is my answer.]

"All that anger and hatred that Billy brought out in others? That's something I lost a long time ago."

"Even when you were evil?" Cordelia asked.

"I never hated my victims, I never killed out of anger, it was always about the - pain and the pleasure."

Cordelia was silent for a moment, going through the smooth motions of the kata with Angel. "Huh," she finally voiced. "So, I guess you could say your demonness makes you less petty than humans. Almost noble--I mean, in a twisted, dark and really disturbing kind of way."

Angel kept silent in response to that.
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( You lied to her. )