"Do you have any siblings?" Buffy doesn't know a great deal about Ishiah, but she surprises even herself with the question, finding it strange that for almost a year they have known one another and still something like this remains a mystery. Having read none of the books but watched some of the films, she knows that technically, they're all siblings under God, or something like that. But it's weird to think of the man before her as a brother, and not just because she's so used to a family comprised of strong women.

The way that he speaks, she gets the feeling he's though about it before, that he isn't just thinking this up on the spot. He knows whole lot about and even bigger lot, though, so it's hard to say for sure whether he's speaking from knowledge or experience. All stoicness aside, though, he has always been relatively forthcoming with her, something she definitely appreciates, and hopefully there's no harm in asking.