"I think I would rather you had come to kill me, it would be less painful on all accounts" Lucius sighed, no doubt the time would come when Buffy would discover the truth and come to kill him. He could not bring himself to burden her with the truth of Daniel's death just as she could not bear to cause his death. Yet if things were allowed to run their course, both would occur.
Although Lucius would only die if he allowed it. Chosen One or not, even without magic he had always beaten her in a fight. She tired herself far too easily with insistent attacks that were so easily displaced. She could not pace herself nor step back long enough to actually formulate a plan of any merit.
"So what is your objection then? To me becoming a Master? You seemed perfectly at ease with your own"