Wonderful chapter! I loved Spike and Buffy's conversation in the interregnum... it was very eye opening. Unless i'm wrong I think we just got a "Jiminy" puzzle piece. Love the story! Can't wait for the next update.

Author's Response: If by that you mean our humble caretaker convincing our hero that the way to deal with his inability to get back to his wife is to raise his Dove so that she can grow up and fly to Mum's arms? Then yeah, your're right. ;-)