[ Buffy is such a mix of naivete and insightfulness - both usually ill-timed - he's glad that she picks up on what he's deliberately not saying.
he can't help the bleak chuckle he gives at her suggestion of coming to see him. ] I think seeing you is the last thing I should do, right now. I'm not-- [ he takes a deep breath. ] I want nothing more than to see you. ...Nothing. Which is why it's not a good idea.
[ it would be like the First's torment of him all over again, wanting to lose himself in her, except this time he'd have no one to blame but himself. ]
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[ Buffy is such a mix of naivete and insightfulness - both usually ill-timed - he's glad that she picks up on what he's deliberately not saying.
he can't help the bleak chuckle he gives at her suggestion of coming to see him. ] I think seeing you is the last thing I should do, right now. I'm not-- [ he takes a deep breath. ] I want nothing more than to see you. ...Nothing. Which is why it's not a good idea.
[ it would be like the First's torment of him all over again, wanting to lose himself in her, except this time he'd have no one to blame but himself. ]