Right now the thing is that whatever he feels for Buffy is one-sided. She's still caught up on her boyfriend from home, which is par for the course for Alcide, to be all in when the other party is... not. He might be attracted to Buffy and care about her a great deal, but he knows the position he's in with her right now. He's been in it many times. And at the end of the day, Zee is his girl in an entirely different but equally important way. He's closest to Zee and that's the bottom line.

"Let me get you one, pay it forward in a way." Alcide isn't a fan of giving his credits back to the Computer either. But this is useful toward their main goal. Besides, Alcide isn't sure the black market funds go directly back into the Computer. Whatever he's funding, it's worth it if it helps them figure out where exactly to look next.

"We can use them to sneak around at night... look through the rest of Tech and figure out what area to infiltrate next." He says. "I already know that security is a little more lenient after the sleeping gas is pumped into the rooms." Which is information he's discovered from going out after hours before - an idea he got from Buffy and Derek.