[For a long time Fred's quiet. The edges of this conversation are touching dangerously with her own experiences in Pylea. And not with the parts with caves or even collars. People with inflict all kinds of casual cruelties on things they equate to little more than an animal. She'd never talked about it, not really. But Fred suspected that Lorne knew, if only because he knew that place.

It clearly wasn't what Buffy had gone through, other than the sense it wasn't anything she would have chosen for herself.

Fred sighs]

You don't have to take it in stride, Spike. It sounds like it's something to miss more than a few steps over. I'm just saying that if you're feeling all this?

Buffy's trying to navigate her way though whatever happened too.