[Twice, in fact. The most recent occurrence of it had left her, for five months, in the weakest position she'd been since the age of fourteen. But she respects the boundaries and pulls her hand back, folding it demurely with its twin in her own lap.

She stares hard at the back of the other's head.]

It's like they take that last bit of power from us. I get it. Really, I do. It's bad enough that they leave us in his disgustingly domestic attempt at a prison...but then they add a second kidnapping on top of that? Just so they can get their science on? [Buffy's eyes drop.]

It'll never be fair. Even when any of us get sent home, it's not because of anything we did. It's all random and it's all way, way unjust. I've seen a lot of people kidnapped in the past year. Friends, co-workers. Boyfriend and ex-boyfriend. Adopted family. Whatever. They've managed to turn all of us into victims.

[And now her own anger is bubbling to the surface. Clearly, she doesn't like being a victim.]