Buffy shakes her head, recalling how things played out. "No, Dawn was afterwards. It was Max, I don't know if you know her. She's friends with Cordelia, too."

She smiles at the idea of sun-filtering windows. Why do bad guys always have the coolest stuff? "It must have been. But hey, now you're in Taxon, Land of Perpetual Sunburn. Some might call that a step up." She's mostly joking with that, though it does remind her of the conversation she and Spike had when he was all pink - and in light of their recent way-longer-than-necessary hug, she feels like she needs to be honest.

"Spike, I have to tell you something."