"Maybe." she said, pondering the thought. "I suppose tenseness is a step up from nothing, it's moving forward. But hey, you know. If you have changed, like you say? Eventually, people are going to notice. If everyone else notices, and he's not acknowledging it, it's not you, it's him." at least that was the way he looked at it. "Even if that does suck." It was a suckish situation for her, but Buffy couldn't fix it, even if this whole conversation made her think she wanted to.
A coven of witches. Well there was something. None of them were Willow, but enough of them together was powerful, and maybe that was going to give Amy one hell of a run for her money. "Good, we'll need a coven. Someone has to take Amy down." because her eyes were going to be set on the man in the mask.
Buffy glanced to Rubys hands again as well, and frowned. Yeah, that had to hurt. She also frowned at the request, and was silent for a moment. "I won't tell anyone." she said, but continued. "At least not if I think you're okay. But if I have reason to believe you're burning yourself again," she said, pointing to Ruby's hands, "I might have to give a vague description to your boyfriend so he can stop you. He's probably faster than I am."