And again. She would smile to herself if the situation not the sort that would only be poorly accompanied by a smile. But instead, once Jack had returned, she set to preparing the cannon with him. At first, she was all a-bungling. The shot was not at all too heavy for her but it was all a new sort of work to her.

On the whole, Buffy tried not to get in the way. She tried to follow him and not mouth off -- even when through no fault of either of theirs she twisted a nail and snapped it while transporting one of the cannonballs.