just read this in one sitting - OMG!!! soooo good! 

I LOVE this bit, and I'm super excited for Spike's POV on all this.  I actually went through and skimmed the whole thing all over again (and will probably re-read it all over again in depth) just to remind myself how their first interactions went in the pocket dimension.

from buffy's pov, it's so easy to forget what spike is.  exactly how different he is from a human.   because she thinks about him being a monster, but perhaps can't comprehend it?  so reading this chapter was a bit startling, but a really good reminder of why he's called spike.