Riley's initial response was also not verbal. Instead, he gave Xander a three fingered salute he hadn't had much cause to use since he was a teenager. But what the hell, he figured he had every right to use the Boy Scout salute.
"Scout's honor. And yes, 29 merit badges. No more intrusions on Wolfram and Hart property, either subtle or overt, unless I feel I have no choice, in which case I will warn you we're getting to that point. I'll even tell you where to find all the listening devices and transmitters we hid around the place. Buffy and Angel should like that. My own superiors, of course, will not, but they were all going to be found sooner or later. If I conveniently fail to mention you had help doing so, I suppose it won't change much.
"The one thing I cannot promise is to give Wolfram and Hart's CLIENTS a free pass. If there's a threat we learn about, and it's too big to ignore, I can't guarantee we'll wait around for Angel to throw paperwork at it. Is that fair?"