[It is never, ever, solely about him, Buffy. In fact, it hardly ever is about him. Just about his job. He doesn't even begin to take the bait, although it's still strange--and oddly elating--to think this has nothing to do with him being Emperor.]

In my time, we have a phrase about taking a wormhole jump to hell. Wormholes are how we get from system to system. Surveyors find wormholes and jump through them--in jumpships, obviously--just to see where they go, sometimes. A very small percentage never come back. [A pause.] I feel like I just took a wormhole jump to hell.