"I was pretty embarrassed in the morning, I can tell you that," Buffy said as she finished her story.
"I would imagine so," Giles agreed. "Still, I doubt anyone would hold it against you."
"Forrest does," Buffy said. "But then, Forrest looks for things to hold against me."
Giles shrugged. "One can’t always please everyone."
"I guess not." Buffy fell silent and sipped at the cooling dregs of her hot cocoa.
Giles also sat in silence for a moment, sipping at his tea. There was more to say. Finally, he decided that there was no delicate way.
"If it’s any comfort," he said. "You absolutely had to do it. Sung posed an enormous threat. Controlling a large group of vampires is rather like herding cats, but she managed to do so within the first month after she was sired. If she was telling the truth about her powers, she could have been greater than the Master."
Buffy nodded and sighed. "I know."
"And is it no comfort at all that Darren will receive his just desserts?"
Buffy shook her head. "Punishing the guilty is a piss-poor substitute for being there to save the innocent, Giles."
As had happened to him far too many times since Buffy Summers had entered his life, Rupert Giles had no answer.
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