"You're really trying to live up to the sullen teenager stereotype, aren't you?" she asks reflexively, more than a trace of sarcasm in there. Willow might be a kind person in general, but she has a deep well of pettiness and mocking that she is not afraid to whip out when someone treats her in kind.

"I don't want to talk about them, but pretending they didn't happen isn't going to solve it. It usually just makes things worse. I'm trying to take responsibility, not hide what I've done."