"Well, if you had managed to kill me quickly enough, I would have died before the sense of disappointment hit with full force." He followed Buffy's example and set his plates aside. "Tragedy averted."

Being saved by Buffy in such a way had brought about a certain degree of awkwardness in their reunion. Crossing that distance in the dark, staring at each other in disbelief. And that was even before the inevitable question of what he was doing in her world.

"You seemed in perfect form that night, though. For all your talk of 'rusty skills.'"