Oh. I get it. So I'm not supposed to have faith in your growth as a person, now. Right. Duly noted and logged and stored for any and all future reference.

[ cheeky with just a dash of extra barb. better this than the soppy so-glad-you're-not-ash-at-the-bottom-of-sunnydale reaction. she may have already had warning that spike was back in business but it certainly hadn't prepped her for how relieved she now feels to see him again.

conflict abounds. ]