"And really, what would we be without that?" she jokes in return. Sometimes Buffy thinks that kind of simplicity would be nice. She remembers vividly the night she'd asked Giles to lie to her. He'd told her that the bad guys were always obvious by their black hats. The good guys wore white and they always won. She'd known then that it wasn't true, but it had been nice to pretend for just a little while.

That makes her laugh softly because, yes, it is.

Oh. Right. He actually gets her to blush a little at that. "I'm Buffy. It's nice to meet you, Stiles oh-partner-in-crime."