su_herald | Friday June 14, 2013

CORDELIA: That friend of mine, Doyle? He used to get these brain flashes. Messages from the PTB? The Powers That Be. Visions of all sorts of stuff: people in trouble, things about to cause trouble, places trouble is happening in.
BARNEY: And your friend left you that little inheritance?
CORDELIA: I’m never gonna forgive him for doing this to me.
BARNEY: What? Choosing you? Trusting you with an enormous responsibility? Believing that you were the only one worthy of such a rare and important gift?
CORDELIA: Did I mention the drooling?
BARNEY: I get the impression Doyle didn’t have much by way of possessions?
CORDELIA: No. No, he didn’t.
BARNEY: Seems like he gave you the most valuable thing he had.

~~Parting Gifts~~

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