- Gabrielle: I really thought she'd changed... You did.
- Xena: So did you. You've changed in ways that have shown me choices I would've never known without you.
- Gabrielle: Thanks. It's funny; it seems that when push comes to shove, sometimes the only choice is to shove back, but with this path that I'm on, I can't do that.
- Xena: With me around, you won't have to.