[ He listens in silence, watching her expression change or the way she shreds the napkin. Little things that he doesn't really need, because she's being very upfront about this. Once she's done he takes a moment to process — translate it from Buffy-talk and supernatural terminology to the raw psychology behind it. ]
That's... rough. [ Understatement of the year. ] And now that he's here... how do you feel about that? What do you think will happen?