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Gabrielle: "Xena ... Ares, you ..." Xena: "You know each other?" Gabrielle: "Your hair is shorter but you're still the same -- only you would take advantage of Xena when she's like this." Ares: "Like this? What do you mean? Because she can't remember things that make her mad, things that fill her with hate? Well, when did you become so hard?"

Joxer: "I still don't get it. What's Ares doing here?"
Amarice: "Yeah. First Kal, then Ares ... (to Xena) ... what is it with you and War Gods anyway? Ares wants something. What is it?"
Eli: "It's the same thing we need to get Xena back completely -- the Chakram of Light. According to this, only the purest of soul can touch it without being destroyed. It's also one of the few things on earth that can kill a god."
Gabrielle: "That's why Ares and Kal are involved. Whoever gets the chakram can wipe out all the other gods and make himself supreme."

Xena: "Look, why don't we just leave it alone and walk away?"
Amarice: "And you would never be normal."
Eli: "Those gods would just keep trying until they got it."
Xena: "... Alright, let's go for it."

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Kal: "So, they think they've got it all worked out. How would you know?"
Ares: "You'd be amazed what a little undercover work will get you."
Kal: "Indulging yourself with a mortal like Xena is hardly work. My guess is your attempt to use her failed as miserably as my own."

Kal: "Cut the dramatics, Ares. If Xena gets a hold of that chakram it could mean our lives. I say we call a truce until we stop her." Ares: "Okay, no more tricks."

Kal: "So, they're going for the chakram ... well, let them try. We'll give them a reception they won't forget."

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Xena: "I can make no sense of this. Whoever you are, whatever you are that brought me back like this, I need to know why. I don't know how I'm supposed to be, but the others say that I'm a warrior, that I kill so innocent people may live. They want me back the way that I was. Do you? Is that your plan? Send me a sign. How will I know what's right unless you do?"

Gabrielle: "Xena, are you praying?"
Xena: "I can't help wondering if we're doing the right thing. Restoring my Darkness, this violence, can that really be good?"
Gabrielle: "I think it's vital. I know that sounds strange coming from me. I think you have to know the darkest part of yourself to be whole."
Xena: "But this way I harm no one."
Gabrielle: "But, Xena, what about the people who harm others? Xena, you have this balance of Lightness and Darkness. Without both of those, the very best in you is defenseless."

Xena: "I can't -- I can't kill."

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