caughtinanetwork | 17: This is even better than reality TV.

[There's the sound of laughter. It's not exactly happy laughter, or the type of laughter that you have when somebody tells you a really funny story. In fact, it seems to have reached the point where it is exactly directed at everyone else.]

[The screen finally turns on, showing a particular demon grinning at the camera in the tidy location of a bar. Anthony J. Crowley is laughing at your misfortune, Vatheonites.]

Wow. Wow, this curse is priceless, isn't it? Just seeing all you people squirm when the truth is out...really, you make it easy to tell which confessions are the truth and which are not based on your reactions.

Ooh, and we've got some love confessions in there too! I have to say, watching all of these love triangles and squares and other polygonal figures is probably the best entertainment that I've had in the last several years.

[He snickers slightly, before taking a sip of wine.] And count my lucky stars, I honestly think the curse has passed over me. Haven't had the need to confess anything the last couple of days. Finally this place does something right.

[A pause as his smile widens.] So, don't be shy. Let all your secrets out to me. I'll have you know that I'm actually a pretty honest guy.

[...Wait a second. For a brief second, his smile falters. That wasn't exactly what he was meaning to say. But the smile is back as if nothing happened. Crowley is a pretty hard guy to read, after all.]

So, how about it?

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[A grin.] Glad to know I've made such an impression.

[No, really, it feels good to be remembered somehow. Not that Crowley will ever admit that.] Yeesh. Time shenanigans, much? I haven't been out to much due to...circumstances. But good to know you've had a lot going on with your family. Must have been sort of awkward, huh? Getting to know your son before he was born.

Every time a new person shows up, sopping wet, I remember stumbling upon you in the back of that theatre in a similar state. I mean that I was in a similar state, not you. Obviously.

[She laughs.]

Not awkward. Brilliant. I'll die when he's a year old, so...it was an impossible opportunity.

Yeah, I remember that pretty well. Lily Evans, the girl who woke me up when I was snoozing away in the back of a movie theater.

...True, true. Did he grow up to be a brat or the perfect child? I'm curious.

Who woke you up with tickle magic!

He grew up to save the world, Crowley.

Exactly.

Now, that's a profession not many people get to have. [A pause.] Good job. On raising such a hero, I mean.

Good times.

Didn't raise him. Gave birth to him. But thank you.

[RAISE HIM SCHMAISE HIM Crowley doesn't care about your choice of words for new human babies, man. It's all the same to him.]

Yeah. You know, hearing the world is saved is nice because I like the world and its inhabitants more than people think.

[...BI]

You know, the last time I spoke with you was during a curse, too. You were wearing a halo.

...

Don't remind me of that one. I hated that curse with a burning passion.

It was very strange. I don't know you all that well, but your behavior was extremely disconcerting.

Because the curse changed me. I don't usually act that way, don't you worry.

Good. Because I quite liked you when we first met. I suppose I liked you during that curse, too, but. You didn't seem to remember anything that happened when we'd first spoken. And then I didn't see you for a very long time.

Anyway, the point is that it's good to see you again, Crowley.

...The halo made me act like I was a long, long time ago. I don't want to remember it, really.

Good. Because it's good to see you too, Lily.

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