Spike smiled briefly. "Yeah, sometimes I'm not sure what they were thinking either. But that was then. I met a girl, you see, who changed all that. Made me want to be a better man." He looked at Elphaba seriously. "The reason I'm a warden and not an inmate is that I've already been through my redemption. I've been through hell, literally, and I've given my life to save the world, and I'd do it again." Not that many people get more than one life to give. Spike was lucky. Sort of. "But I thought you should know who you're dealing with."