Wanna know what a bullet feels like, Warren? A real one? Its not like in the comicsI think you need to. Feel itIts not going to make a neat little hole. First - itll obliterate your internal organs. Your lung will collapse, feels like drowningWhen it finally hits your spine, itll blow your central nervous system-Im talking. The pain will be unbearable, but you wont be able to move A bullet usually travels faster than this, of course. But the dying? It seems like it takes forever. Something, isnt it? One tiny piece of metal destroys everything. It ripped her insides out It took her light away. From me. From the world And now the one person who should be here is gone - and a waste like you gets to live. A tiny piece of metal. Can you feel it now?
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Joss Whedon was a 20th-century American director, screenwriter, and producer. Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American filmmaker, comic book writer, and composer. He is best known as the creator of several television series: the supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and its spinoff Angel (1999–2004), the short-lived space Western Firefly (2002), the Internet musical miniseries Dr. Read more on Wikipedia →

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