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Another night, another graveyard. The moon drifted
lonely in the night sky as Buffy's mind drifted to other things. The trees
were still and the only sound was Willow's voice beside her.
"It'll work Buffy, I can make it work." She enthused, obviously
excited.
"No Willow. A whole world of no. Never. Nada. Nothing. Na-ha. How
many other ways can I say this Will?" Buffy countered.
The two friends walked slowly through the graveyard, noting off landmarks
such as the von Hauptmann crypt along the way. Silence reigned as they
escaped the oppresiveness of the graveyard and instinctively headed
towards the Espresso Pump.
"But just think of the possibilities." Willow stated.
"I think Spike's imagined enough possibilities as it is. You are not
rebuilding the Buffybot. End of Story." Buffy said, and glowered, in
Willow's direction.
"I just thought that with Glory on our tail a decoy you would be a
good thing." Willow retorted, almost hopelessly now as the Espresso
Pump, and the rest of Sunnydale Main Street, came into view.
Willow silently thanked whatever gods were listening that Giles wasn't
playing there that night. She wasn't sure if he still played at the
Espresso Pump and was too embarressed to ask.
Again silence ruled as the friends sat down with their coffees, Willow
trying to figure out how to convince Buffy about the Buffybot while Buffy
just tried not to think at all, it was starting to hurt too much. An idea
started to formulate within Willow's mind.
"What if Giles said it was okay?"
"What?" Buffy asked, absentmindedly.
"If Giles said that it would be a good idea, would you let me rebuild
it?" Willow asked again.
Buffy seemed to recall that Giles hadn't really liked the bot, there was
no way that he would agree to let Willow rebuild it. Buffy had just been
handed her get out of jail free card, and it had been Willow's idea. Buffy
agreed wholeheartedly, knowing it would never happen.
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