She was surprised to realize how gratified she felt -- hearing him own that occupation like that. Pirate. Things had seemed a little touch-and-go after he had revealed his penalty to her; however, Buffy wasn't taken in to the extent of feeling no conflict over it. Pirates, as he said, thought nothing of the law and she frequently considered herself to be the law. It was a conflict she was keeping carefully under wraps because she didn't want it to interfere with how good the most of this felt.

"And I'm a Slayer, love; we're a whole different kind of law." It was heady to parrot him like this -- that l word sneaking its way onto her voice in a way that felt just about kosher.