Okay, this is getting too heated for Mal's liking. Yes, he's familiar with getting in trouble when jobs go south and contacts get angry, but this is on a completely different level. As far as he's concerned, he has no history with Angel and Spike, and so there's no reason for them to be after his blood like this.

There is that little detail about him resembling some enemy of theirs, which might explain a few things, but either way, Mal doesn't like the way these two are talking. "Look, you just gotta do what you have to. If meetin' me is what it takes to get you to settle down, then fine. Name the place and the time and I'll be there."