"And your evaluation of Ms. Rosenberg herself?" The Professor continued.
"She's manipulative and controlling. When she isn't using Magic to manipulate people she's using psychology and emotional appeals. She's had little in the way of limits placed on her by anyone. Her parents began leaving her alone for extensive periods of time when she was twelve. Between that and her genius level IQ, she believes there's little she can't handle or master. Even if she doesn't bother to understand what she's trying to master."
"How can you have one without the other?" Logan asked. "Don't you need to understand something in order to master it?"
"You would think so, but Ms. Rosenberg never bothered to learn the difference between learning spells and understanding Magic. She simply assumed that learning spells was Magic."
"And the difference is like thinking a keyboard is the processing center of a computer." Logan said.
"Yes, because spells focus Magic, they aren't Magic itself." Wanda agreed.
"What about Dark Willow?" The Professor asked. "What exactly is she?"
"A separate personality. Willow is not possessed." Wanda answered. "And I'm not actually certain how long Dark Willow has been around. Not every person who has other personalities is aware of the other personalities after all. Willow herself, says she became aware of Dark Willow after the soul curse. That's very telling."
"How so?" The Professor asked.
"Willow was raised Jewish. Faith of any sort has beliefs in regards to the soul. Which means on some level, Willow knew that at least her family's faith would condemn her for that curse."
"So Dark Willow was self punishment for doing that curse?" Scott asked.
"That might be one way of looking at it." Wanda said. "It also can be argued that Dark Willow allowed Willow the freedom to do what she wanted and then be able to blame it on Dark Willow. She made me do it, she talked me into, she needed the Magic, not me."
"But Ms. Rosenberg herself admits she likes being in control." The Professor said.
"Yes, control. Control over herself, over Magic, over others. But the methods she used are disturbing and may have disturbed her as well, so she'd point to Dark Willow as being the reason she used those methods to achieve what she wanted."
"Why manipulate Mr. Harris?" The Professor asked.
"At first so he would be her protector. She was a nerd and she was bullied. He protected her from the bullies. Thing is, the manipulation was never necessary, he's naturally protective. Protecting others, over his own safety, is always his priority. And she knew that."
"So she manipulated him because she wanted to and because she could." Logan summed it up.
"Yes and then she found out there were bigger worries then bullies, vampires and demons. And a bigger protector, the Slayer. She didn't need Mr. Harris to protect her anymore, she had a Slayer and bonus the Slayer wanted to be her friend."
"So it became about supporting the Slayer, instead of manipulating her." Scott said.
"Oh, I have no doubt there was some manipulating going on, but mostly it was supporting the one who could protect her." Wanda agreed. "And from there it became Buffy can't do anything wrong. It's other people's fault when something goes wrong, not Buffy's. And Ms. Summers I believe, would agree with that belief. It's someone else's fault, not hers."
"So is Ms. Rosenberg insane?" The Professor asked.
"Insane, no. Disturbed, yes. And extremely dangerous. Her power may have been stripped, but her knowledge of spells has not. And it wouldn't be difficult for her to begin to regain power. It also wouldn't be difficult for someone else to manipulate her. She would probably feel confident she's in charge and never realize, she's being manipulated until it's too late."
"So binding her from doing Magic wouldn't do any good." The Professor said. "Someone else could remove the binding and help her regain what's been stripped. And she can hold a great deal of Magic, which means she could do a great deal more damage then she's already done. If convicted, something else would have to be done. Something more extreme."
"Unfortunately, yes." Wanda agreed. "She doesn't know how to set limits for herself and no one else has ever been willing to make her learn how to. She can self justify every choice she makes, good or bad. Most people can, but most people don't become mass murderers or rape people's minds either. And both she and Dark Willow felt justified each time they did so. Covering up Mr. Harris being a mutant, even from himself, was justified as protecting him from hate groups and by extension those he cared about, mostly her. Erasing knowledge of her girlfriend being angry at her and objecting to her misuse of Magic was simply excused as not wanting to fight. Erasing Ms. Summers memories of her time being dead was helping her friend getting over being sad, not covering up the fact that she'd ripped her friend out of what her friend believed was Heaven because Ms. Rosenberg couldn't be bothered to actually check where she was. She decided she knew where she was and that was that."
"I understand Mr. Harris was the only one who objected to resurrecting Ms. Summers." The Professor said.
"Yes and Ms. Rosenberg and for some reason Ms. McClay managed to talk him into it."
"You question Ms. McClay going along with it?" Scott asked.
"Magic was a faith for her, she would have considered it a violation of her beliefs. Her involvement only makes sense in light of the knowledge that Ms. Rosenberg had mind raped her."
"So what would you recommend if she's convicted?" The Professor asked.
"A total mind wipe. It's extreme but the only other option would be death. Locking her up in either a regular prison or a psychiatric facility won't do any good. She's not insane, so a psychiatric facility isn't recommendable. Not that she doesn't need psychiatric help, it's just she too dangerous to leave her as she is."
"The courts won't go for it and you know it. They're always going to try for rehabilitation." The Professor said. "So a special prison may need to be constructed as they did for Erik. She can be bound from doing Magic and counseled. But ultimately it's up to the courts, not us. Unless they sentence her to death and they won't do that as long she has a split personality. They'll insist on her being treated first."