One eyebrow went up at that. "I think he might have exaggerated a bit. And you might want to keep in mind that he was dating your sister." That would have been enough to make any man fear her.

"When he talks about you, it's not like someone he's afraid of. Same for Horatio. Or Stephen, come to think of it." She couldn't speak for Jack Aubrey. Buffy hadn't come up in their conversations, really. But somehow she couldn't picture him disliking the slayer, either.