- Ares, God of War: You, on the other hand, have been keeping yourself busy. I wish I'd known you were looking for a father.
- Xena: I'm not.
- Ares, God of War: Oh? Well, somebody clearly got the job.
- Xena: Yeah, Gabrielle.
- Ares, God of War: I would have paid to see that.
- Gabrielle: Hm-m.
- [blushes]
- Xena: [to angel Callisto] What are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to be floating on a cloud someplace...
- Callisto: [smiles] Thanks to you. You saved me from an eternity in Hell and for that I owe you my soul.
- Xena: You don't owe me anything...
- Callisto: I've been purified by the waters of Heaven and yet, still all you see in me is a black heart.
- Xena: I know that the old Callisto is dead but she's alive in my memory.
- [pause]
- Xena: Don't expect too much from me.
- Callisto: I've come here to ask you not to interfere with Eli. He'll handle Ares on his own terms.
- Xena: Ares' army's about to march on Pylos. Eli thinks he can stop them with a kind word. He can't. All I'm gonna do is give him a fighting chance.
- Callisto: Eli has a destiny to fulfill. He's brought hope to the world and if that's to survive, he's gonna have to face this challenge alone...
- [Callisto disappears]
- Callisto: The new world can only be built on the foundation of the old one. The order of the Gods must fall. And you Eli, are the hammer.
- [pause]
- Callisto: There is no reason to be afraid. Your faith is stronger than any who have come before you.
- Eli: Until now...
- Callisto: You said it yourself. "All fear is the fear of loss and only through that fear can we truly love." You wouldn't have been chosen if you weren't afraid.
- [Eli bows his head. Callisto appears beside him and kisses his cheek]
- Callisto: Remember... in everything you do we are always with you.
- [Eli starts to cry and Callisto disappears]
- Callisto: Xena, my time has come to be reincarnated into the mortal world and the body that will bear my spirit has been ordained.
- [pause]
- Callisto: I can think of no greater mother than you...
- Xena: It was you all along?
- [pause]
- Xena: You gave me this child?
- Callisto: In the past, I destroyed your life Xena.
- Xena: [on the verge of tears] And I destroyed yours...
- [pause]
- Xena: Maybe it's time that we both gave back what we once took from each other.
- [Callisto touches Xena's stomach becomes the soul of the baby. A tear moves down Xena's face]
- Eli: [as an angel] Love is the way.
- [he disappears]
- Ares, God of War: [fighting Gabrielle] You'll always be a goodie-two-shoes.
- Gabrielle: Yeah, but with a really big sword!
- [she attacks Ares]
- Ares, God of War: Since the beginning of time it's been warriors who have shaped the world!
- Eli: That's about to change.
- Gabrielle: You believed in me Eli, but you always knew we were on a separate path. Believe in me now.