Buffy is indeed close enough, and she gives Tara's hand an answering squeeze, her brows still knitted in concern, however. "Well sure, I'm all for... redemption and forgiveness, but there's 'dangerous' and then there's 'likes to make things go kaboom'. I mean, I don't blow things up. Sure, there was the high school that one time, and then... the Initiative and then the... whole... town and my point is losing all pointiness, isn't it?"

She quickly continues after that brief derailment, finding her thread again. "All I'm saying is that... I lost you once. I don't want to lose you again."