Chateau Grief 9

Xander: Mr. Shane was practically dead. This is morally equivalent to volunteering for the procedure.

Grant: No it's not! No, not at all! Not like you do it, not like this!

Grant: I'm not buying this slip-of-the-fingers nonsense! You wrecked that kid on purpose!

Grant: You drove him out of his mind! So what?! So he could be the future prince of this little kingdom that you have? Vespasian Xander you botched this! You wrecked it. No one else! So how does it feel? More blood on your hands. Another soul on your conscience.

Grant: And it doesn't have to be this way! You could heal him! I've seen enough of your power over the years. There's nothing you can't do. Except apparently, admit that you made a mistake and try your hardest to fix it.

Xander: Just fix him? What kind of a monster do you think I am?

Grant: Gee Eugene, where do I start? You won't heal him because...you've decided that you want a daughter instead of a son.

Xander: Not exactly.

Xander: Come on, you have more imagination than that.

Grant: That would be immoral. That's irresponsible even by your dubiously puritanical standards. And I'm not going to believe it of you. You are better than this.

Xander: This is my chance, and I'm taking it. You don't know how lonely I've been all these years.

Grant: Oh believe me, I do. You harp on it for weeks on end when you get in your moods.

Grant: What was that.

Telepathy(Xander): She's testing out her new mind. It's a challenge to keep a handle on. I haven't had this much fun in years.

Grant: Swordfish, you can bring Mr. Shane in now.

Xander: He can walk?

Grant: Of course, Do you think I'd disturb you in a blue funk for anything less important?

Grant: Go on, face your sins, Eugene.

Author Notes:

Use your imagination. Just not too vividly.

Episode Recap:

Well maybe Grant isn’t as dumb as he looks because he’s figured out that Xander did this all on purpose, whatever he did. Grant figures Xander’s looking for an heir, because let’s face it. Xander’s an old dude. He may not want to admit it, but that white hair used to be a totally different color. Grant’s going off on the track that Xander’s failed at something, a rarity if Grant is to be believed, and he’s gloating. And he’s lecturing. Xander should do something, but do the right thing and not the wrong thing. Grant expresses upmost confidence in Xander’s magical power & knows he’s a good person underneath. Xander on the other hand, gets mad at Grant’s implications, rather tame as they are, and then takes this whole game in a new sexual direction like…gosh he is so crazy. He’s admitting that he’s attracted to Kore and going to pursue her to Grant, and Grant tries to talk sense into him, but hey we wouldn’t have a story if that was successful so nope. Cassandra, it is thy fate. There’s a bit of a sonic thing going on, and it’s finally loud enough that Grant can hear it. Xander implies that he’s replaced Kore’s mind with something else and that this is all immensely entertaining for him. Meanwhile the boom has caused someone to start screaming outside the doorway. Oh yeah, Grant said he brought Shane to see Xander earlier. Up next.