I wandered around the building absently, wondering what everyone else was doing. I didn't have any work to be doing at the moment... a meeting I was supposed to have been in was cancelled, due to inter-clan wars or something.

I couldn't exactly say I was disappointed.

As I passed random employees, I ignored their greetings; I just wasn't in the mood today... I had found out that Eve had hired Vilandra, after I had said no to the girl. Wasn't I supposed to have the final say in that kind of thing? I thought I was the boss around here, not Eve... but apparently, Eve can do whatever the hell she pleases.

And unfortuantely, I think the Senior Partners would be a little angry if I just happened to fire Eve...

Back in my office, I sat down a sighed. It wasn't so much that I wanted to be doing something, such as I wanted to have something to do, that didn't involve catering to evil clients that would destroy the city if we didn't. Temperamental clients... why had I taken this job again?

Oh, yeah, Connor. My son, who deserved a shot at a better life, a shot at a normal life. A life I couldn't give him. I had made this deal, so he could have something I would never be able to give him... I had seen where he had been heading before I had fixed it, and... i didn't want to see him go there. No father would ever want to see their son go off the deep end, ready to kill everything and anything he had once protected, or loved...

Well, save maybe my father, but then... I'd never know what he wanted to see of me, now would I? I knew where he wanted to see me, but I would never know what he would think of me otherwise...

I stood up abruptly, tired of this. I was going to go find someone to talk to, maybe Cordelia. I hadn't really talked to her since she had woken up, and I wanted to check in with her, see how she was doing... I heard Fred had been spending time with her, which made me feel kind of bad...

I had been so happy when Cordelia had woken up, only to be so busy since then... some kind of friend I was. I hoped she was doing okay...

I opened the door to my office, intending to go find Cordelia, or someone else even, when I almost ran into someone.

"Buffy?"

((Open to Buffy, of course...))