Drabble - “Tilted Mirror”
Tilted Mirror
Fandom: Buffy
Spoilers: “the Replacement”, Season 5, ep. 3
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“Science is too rigid,” Willow insists. “No artistry, you can’t feel it.”
“Speak for yourself,” Willow shoots back. “And making magic … all that emotion, all those variables, there’s no way to reliably control something like that.”
“ ‘Speak for yourself’,” Willow mimics snidely. “It just takes the right touch.”
Giles, Buffy, Xander look from one Willow to the other, equal expressions of lost. Finally Giles says faintly, “We must locate Toth, reverse the effects of the ferrula gemina.”
“Tracking spell!” magicWillow says instantly.
“Neural disruptor!” techWillow says, not quite simultaneously.
Buffy’s expression goes even more blank, and Xander very quietly moans.