Hal saw she was a little uneasy, and took a small breath.

"Don't overexert yourself too much." he said.

"You're already been through a lot in a short period of time." he reminded her.

"So don't wear yourself down to nothing." he continued.

"You going to be all right?" he asked.

Hal just smiled.

"Go on then." he told her.

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The one behind the desk looked at her, and smirked in response.

"Sure thing." he said.

"I'm good to go whenever." he told her, leaning forward slightly.

"Whatcha suggesting?"

"...." he was silent, before shaking his head.

"Die... be reduced to literal nothing... all the same, I suppose." he said.

"Sure." he muttered.

"Might as well just do whatever." he reasoned, shrugging.

"If YOU don't have confidence in this, I might as well just go with the flow."

"Yeah, sure." he replied.

He then buzzed for someone to come and take his place, before looking at her.

"...man..." he mumbled.

"I've been through a lot in my life." he said. "See a lot happen in this world." he continued.

"Never thought it would end like THIS."

"Yeah." he said.

"This is the end. Literally." he said further.

"Existence will cease to be, and all will be nothing." he lamented, shaking his head.

"Honestly never thought it'd be something like this. I... just that never occurred to me." he admitted to her. "Not sure why. Maybe I didn't want to face that possibility." he guessed.

"Pondering a state of nothingness and non-being is... terrifying, AND a headache."

"Yeah, I guess so." Jake admitted.

He then looked at the clock, and sighed as his replacement stepped through the door.

"Headed out for a while." he told them.

"Not sure when I'll be back." he admitted.

"Let's go, Anya." he then said to the one that had been sitting atop the desk.

"The fact that that's a thing is scary." Jake said.

"You have a vast network as is." he told her.

"Them having no useful information is... unnerving." he continued.

"But... as you said, no point in thinking about it."

Jake paused for a moment.

"Ah... I guess... wait, hold on." he said.

"Firstly, could really go for sex, and then food after." he told her.

"Secondly, what are you talking about?" he asked.

"Mental connection? And earlier you mentioned Fallen's craftiness. What are you on about?"

"Yeah about that." Jake said.

"Back up." he told her.

"No longer a Fallen?" he asked.

"...you were one in the first place?"

Jake looked stunned for a moment.

"I... huh." he said.

"I didn't... know that." he admitted.

"So you say most demons, so not all of them. Which is fair." he continued.

"...do all demons that started out as angels remember their angel and fallen lives?" he asked her.