[ She's only half-right. Spike does pay attention, especially when it can somehow benefit him... or like now, when he's bored. Perceptive like all hell, more so than anyone really gives him credit for and it is so much fun to poke and prod where he doesn't belong. Even more so now without Buffy around to antagonize. ]
And who is it that you'd rather see safely tucked into their bed back home, then?