We can't. I can't. [ and she was drunk. he didn't trust drunk not to tell her that what was forbidden was a-okay and she should go for it, something a sober, sensible buffy wouldn't go for. that buffy would've had him crawling in bed with her the moment she requested it, trusting her to just sleep and not... sleep with him. ] Too risky.
[ too drunk, but he didn't want her to take it the wrong way. ]