Xander: So let me get this straight...

Xander: You don't mind being given omnipotent psychic powers...

Xander: You just don't want it to interfere with your schedule?

Xander: You really are different aren't you

Kore: I really don't get you. You act like I should begrudge you your power. You saved my life, Ves, thank you.

Kore: Besides if you're so powerful, how come I've never heard of you before? This place, Eynhallow, it isn't even on the shipping charts.

Kore: So what if you're three-eyed almighty Cthulu here, don't mess with me, I won't mess with you. You're just a man. A nice man.

Kore: You do come on a bit strong though. Mercurial doesn't even come close.

Xander: Don't. Don't run this con on me. Please.

Xander: You'll say anything to get your way.

Kore: Yes.

Xander: Haven't you assured yourself of your power over my poor heart? You'll tell me what I want to hear, just to feel this hurt burn through me? I could change you, right now! And you'd be in my arms. And then I'd feel as empty as you do.

Kore: It's Eynhallow's greatest collective grudge, isn't it? You have this power and they don't. Damn you have everything. For instance, I would have killed to have your plastic surgeon at eighteen.

Kore: Come on, smile. You didn't think the ears were even remotely natural.

Xander: Rhelan Grant.

Xander: He tells me that I should care. ...that I should fix everything...

Kore: Dear God, Grant again?

Xander: ...and I could...

Xander: But some live, some die. It's not my problem. And he'll say, no. Someday you'll regret that more than you can ever know. But I won't. I can't.

Xander: Do you understand?

Kore: Do I understand? I understand you more than you can know. I was you, once. Do I understand why you were chosen for this power? I suspect I know who did the choosing but why? No... I don't understand.

Xander: Who, Octopus?

Kore: Nol.

Xander: Don't you think it's weird that every time you see him, he hauls out the tentacles.

Kore: Kinda like every time I look over at you, you've grown another inch?

Xander: Look, that happens every time Grant irritates me. It just happens.

Xander: You were me?

Kore: I was you. Don't make my mistakes.