[ the smile strikes her as off but she wants to believe she's really him. she takes a stilted step forward. ]

You're just... you up there? No evil queen stuff? [ she asked, trying to make it idle; she's just curious. right. so convincing. ]

Alex said not all of those guys are evil, though. That's um, Xander's mirror guy. ...You know he's back, right? Xander.

Or he will be. [ dammit. ]